C League

So it has been decided. The final four of the UEFA Champion's League have been filled by four of the best European teams of this year. Milan take on Barcelona and Arsenal take on Villarreal. Milan had a particulary interesting game on tuesday when they faced off with Lyon. Having played out a goalless draw in the first away leg of their campaign, Milan were on shaky ground, since they needed to win to advance for sure. Milan, started off by pressing for the advantage early on in the first half and their labour finally paid off with a goal from veteran striker Filippo Inzaghi in the 25th minute from an absolute stunning and graceful play. Acting skipper, Shevchenko fed the ball to an unmarked Seedorf on the left wing who whipped in a pinpoint cross to Inzaghi, where the ball found Inzaghi's head and eventually ended up on he farpost. Milan were on top and in a comfortable position.

Six minutes later, the milanese crowd was stunned into silence with a Diara header that found its way into an open Milan net. The Rossoneri tried to foul up Juninho's set-piece by setting an offside-trap only for the move to backfire. The cross found Fred of Lyon who was inadvertently blocked by his own player, during this time Dida tried to punch the ball away only to have himself finding the air and being knocked down to the ground immediately. With the ball still in the sky, Diara jumped and completed what should not have been a goal. Lyon, galvanised from this goal and with the advantage pressed harder to seal the deal. Moments from the first half, Juninho's crossed once again to Fred only for the latter's attempt to graze the woodwork. The First half finished at a scoreline of 1-1.

Milan made quite clear that they are going all out in the second half, by keeping three men in the back. In a game that epitomised the adage, "The best defence is a strong offence," Lyon counterattacked several times and coming close on several occasions. It seemed as if Milan would be knocked out this year. Shevchenko, who had a pedestrian game until a few minutes before the final whistle, let one loose but unlucky as he was, his shot came off the farpost and then rebounded to the nearpost and seemed to pop out of harm's way but alas it Inzaghi was at the right time at the right place and knocked another one in to make it 2-1. Not being satisfied with the current situation Milan decided to hammer in the final nail of Lyon's coffin as this time the Czar, Sheva found the net at the farpost end to seal the deal with a final scoreline of 3-1. Milan will now face a Barcelona side that plays, Ronaldinho.