good evening everyone tonight we're talking to you from one of the special venues in european
football the san zero here in the city of milan i'm derek ray and joining me here on the
commentary box is lee dixon and we've got so much to look forward to this is where it all begins
in europe's premier club competition the uefa champions league the group stage match day one
action it's milan against borussia dortmund well the first group stage of the champions league
is always exciting three points is vital for both teams to get off to a good start
or a draw may be a good result as well we're about to find out what happens
this is the milan starting eleven john luigi donnarumma begins in goal
simon care plays alongside alessio romagnoli in central defense
and lining up through the middle and attack today is zlatan ibrahimovic
the vastly experienced marvin hitz is the goalkeeper rafael guerrero starts
with thomas minie as full backs mahmoud starts with emre chan in central midfield
and on this tactical set up they have just the one player in attack
romanoli
raymich
the cross played over and what to do defensively and across the touch line so a throw in here
opportunity to deliver the cross calabria
it's with ibrahimovic good defending to prevent the chance marco rice
it is going to be a dortmund free kick
the ball with marco voice
and a throw in forthcoming
alexis salamakers and boho dortmund's come away with it
manuel akanji
lost here
dahood
remaining patients
now with bellingham good technique displayed
tremendous intuition to win it back
now the attack promising as it was scuppered there
well he's lost the ball dortmund had been awarded the free kick by the
referee
given away by the rossoneri
hazard
and a chance for them to nudge in front well he didn't have it quite
on the target league that was a great opportunity sometimes he got a choice
power or placement he should have put his laces through it
well dartmouth have it once again
advantage borussia dortmund
akanji has it
now let's see what they can do here and just like that they've lost possession
ibrahimovic on the electronic board showing one additional minute fire again towards goal
and that a piece of goalkeeping you're going to see again
and again and again well the chance to take the lead it really is the crowd sensor goal
over it comes
and there it is the halftime whistle
and so the second half of this champions league group stage match day one contest commences
bellingham
manuel akanji
sanderbackers
a chance to whip it well nicely cut out
good bit of pressing calabria ibrahimovic at the ready
on and on he goes
well a chance here perhaps to invigorate the aerial targets
played into the center of the box well no end products corner once more
and firing it into the area and a goal
one nil it is they've been pushing for the opener and now they have it
well here's the replay and it's a decent set piece
and then it's a good heady finish to be fair keeper no chance lovely goal
well let's take another look at that girl shall we
well back underway here it's going to be interesting to see whether or not dortmund
can find the right reply jude bellingham well look at the stats dortmund controlling
possession here but after that it's been really disappointing players are looking at each other
you've got to take control you've got to take responsibility yourself
make something happen in this game well the referee wasn't going to let that go
substitution it is for dortmund
not high quality defending
marco rice and intercepted it and there's going to be a dartmouth free kick
it comes to absolutely nothing
calabria breaking at face they need to get bodies back real chance and it goes that will
greatly help the cause now they only need to keep concentration levels high well we can see
it again here now and it all starts with the ball over the top perfectly weighted and when he gets
through to the keeper he just smashes it past him gives him no chance to think lovely finish
so toe nail now we're now inside the final 20 minutes of the game he's given us away
a cross blocked delivered into the area here bodies forward and the break looks on
will they profit from this situation prepare to take on the shots now he's given a corner they
refereed
he read the situation defensively and did his job
good strength to keep the ball brandt it's worth much hummers
only ten minutes remaining here
marco rice
reddit superbly to take back possession
targan azar
brandt well clattered away money can he get one back oh it was a crucial challenge
many eight money a
possibilities inside the box
the door to a potential goal so full time it is and the morale boosting three points on the
board to begin the european campaign well it's everything you want from the start of match one
good strong start that result will give everybody confidence especially the players well done
and i think it's accurate to say lee that this man was the lightbringer for
his side well that was a really really good performance from the lad and a goal to boot
really delighted with that goal i'm sure he is