TOYOTA STADIUM - It ended 1-3 the quarter final between Sepahan and Urawa Red Diamonds with goals by Nagai (32nd), Washington (54th), Aghily (own goal, 70th minute) and Karimi (80th). The Japanese formation qualifies this way for the semi-finals against Milan on Thursday 13th of December at 7.30pm (11.30am Italian time).
"Now we have to match against Celtic on Tuesday, let's hope to break the San Siro taboo and come back from Tokyo with the Cup." - THE WORDS OF NESTA, ODDO, AND GILARDINO -
MILAN - Here are the declarations made by the rossoneri after Milan-Juventus 0-0:
ALESSANDRO NESTA:
"In the first half we struggled a little on the pitch, but we have been improving lately and we've been conceding very few goals. Only Wednesday in Lisbon we conceded a goal from outside the area. From the start of the year I've played nineteen games, but that's because I chose not to play with the National team anymore, otherwise I would not be able to rest. This evening Buffon once again showed he is the number one, scoring against him is truly difficult. Perhaps Milan, unlike other teams, have had a difficult start to the season, now let's hope other teams start getting tired so we can recover some gro
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Only the frame of the goal and some fantastic goalkeeping ensured the big game Milan-Juventus ended in a stalemate.
These two sides dominated Serie A in the 1990s, but this was a head-to-head battle to stay in the Scudetto race, especially for a Milan outfit that had not won a single domestic game at San Siro this season. Ronaldo, Marek Jankulovski, Mauro Camoranesi and Zdenek Grygera were sidelined and Claudio Ranieri surprisingly chose to drop Alessandro Del Piero.
It was immediately a very aggressive and fast-paced game. Vincenzo Iaquinta chested down the ball for David Trezeguet to drill wide, but the move was stopped for an incorrect offside flag.
Trezeguet went even closer on 11 minutes, as Cristiano Zanetti won back the ball in midfield and placed th
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