Today in the history of AC Milan: On April 3, 2007, in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals, the whistle conceded a goal to draw bayern
On 3 April 2007, the first leg of the 2006-2007 Champions League quarter-final was played in San Siro, with AC Milan at home against Bundesliga banjar Bayern Munich, and the direct showdown between the two giants attracted the attention of fans around the world.
AC Milan have won 15 of their previous 18 Champions League home games, and the winning percentage is amazing! In terms of historical records, Milan won 12 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw at home against German teams, including 4 wins against Bayern! In last season's Champions League quarter-final matchup, AC Milan drew 1-1 away to Bayern and returned home with a 4-1 win to advance.
Ronaldo did not qualify for the Champions League, and Gilardino played as a single arrow. Bayern beat Inter Milan 2-0 here last September, ending an 18-year losing streak in Italy, with Bayern captain Kahn suspended with midfielder Van Bommel and Rensin and youngster Otter in the starting line-up.
Take a look at the list of starting and substitute players from the two giants.
AC Milan (4-4-1-1): 1- Dida; 44-Oddo, 13-Nesta, 3-Maldini, 18-Jankurowski (86' Karadze); 8-Gattuso, 21-Pirlo, 23-Ambrosini, 10-Cidov (87' Gurków), 22-Kaka, 11-Gilardino (71' Inzaghi).
Bayern (4-4-2): 22-Renzin/2-Sanior (68' Lyle), 3-Lucio, 5-Van Bitten, 21-Ram/20-Salekhamidzic, 39-Otel, 23-Hargreaves, 31 Schweinsteiger/10-Makay (85' Santa Cruz), 11-Podolski (68' Pizarro).
The two teams began to attack without any adaptation, with AC Milan, playing at home, closer to the goal, but the imperative headers of Ambrosini and Gilardino in the 15th and 36th minutes were saved by the heroic Renssing!
In the 40th minute Milan finally broke the deadlock on the field, Kaka was shoveled by Lucio after bursting into the box on the left, the referee took a corner kick, the slow mirror showed that Lucio shoveled the ball first, and the referee was right not to award a penalty. Kaka's tactical corner kick from the left, Seedorf got the ball back, Kaka's low pass from the bottom line was leaked to the back post, Odore got the ball diagonally on the right, and Pirlo, who was inserted in the anti-offside front, successfully hoisted the ball into the far corner 8 meters from the goal on the left side of the penalty area, and AC Milan led Bayern 1-0! It was Pirlo's first European goal of the season and his fourth goal in 77 European games. The score remained until the end of the first half.
Two minutes into the second half, Pirlo circled the ball and Gilardino volleyed into the net from the edge of the penalty area after the referee whistled offside, and although he complained he did not hear the whistle, referee Boskakov showed a yellow card and Gilardino would miss the second leg of the away game. Kaka's three consecutive goals did not form a goal.
The two teams began to switch horses, Pizarro replaced Podolsky, Lyle replaced Sagnol, and Inzaghi replaced Gilardino. In the 78th minute Van Bietten volleyed into the bottom right corner and Bayern tied the score to 1-1!! Van Birten's only previous Champions League goal was a real Madrid goal at the Bernabeu on 16 September 2003, when he played for Marseille in Ligue 1.
In the 83rd minute AC Milan again exceeded the score, pressing on the Yangkulovski midfielder left side of the ball to the front, Kaka left rib high into the box to pass the national team teammate Lucio, Lucio chased back to shovel the ball out of the bottom line when Kaka fell to the ground, the referee penalty! Van Bitten protested with a yellow card, and from the slow motion, Lucio only took down Kaka while tackling, a penalty that is debatable. Kaka himself fired a right-footed shot into the bottom right corner to score, and AC Milan led Bayern 2-1! It was Kaka's 18th Champions League goal, second only to veteran Inzaghi in the squad. In this season's Champions League top scorer list, he also surpassed the already eliminated Real Madrid goalscorer Van Nistelroo Van Nistelrooy to take the first place.
In the last five minutes, the two teams used up the substitutions in one go. In the 85th minute, Santa Cruz stepped up the attack in place of Ma Kai; milan, Karaze replaced Jankurovsky and Gulkov replaced Seedorf to protect the lead.
But in the 3rd minute of stoppage time, Van Beatten's left-footed volley from a small angle 4 meters in front of the goal was stopped by Van Beateng, and Bayern read the second to make the score 2-2!! Referee Boskakov then blew the whistle to close the match, which was Bayern's first draw in Italy, after Bayern's away record against the Italian team was 3 wins and 7 losses.
In the second leg, Milan won 2-0 away to Bayern to advance and eventually won the Champions League.