good evening everyone tonight we're talking to you from one of the special venues in european
football the san siro here in the city of milan my name is derek ray and with me as my commentary
partner lee dixon and this is where it all starts in the uefa champions league the group stage and
match day one my goodness so much to look forward to it's milan against atletico madrid well derek
i hope you are as excited as me to start the champions league always a special atmosphere
both teams will be hoping for a long journey or it may be very very short we're about to find out
and milan's lineup looks like this the goalkeeper is chippy
and tatarushanu teo hernandez starts with davide calabria in the fullback positions
and the story and attack is one of a strike partnership
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this is the starting lineup for atletico
black starts in goal stephan savage starts alongside jose maria jimenez in central
defense and so many different ways to configure an attack in this case it'll be two men up front
it's the opening match day champions league group stage match day one underway
it's with romagnoli
on the ball luis suarez
cocay and return to trippier
hernandez now
he's going to be rightly proud of that moment magnificent
well here's the replay it's a really dangerous ball into the penalty area and from there the
soft pushing bolly's an absolute dream i love this goal now the girl again albeit from a different
angle
well he's every right to be angry the players are not executing his game plan
today
so the game has been restarted it's milan in front here
joel felix
cocay and here's lamar with it but he could run onto it here
great pressure to win the ball back
under pressure doesn't seem to be bothering him
and a wonderful save all types of save keepers make but that's really important
look how close the striker gets
favoring the short one
trippier jimenez
tremendous block well no danger now
samuel castillejo good tackle take it away
lamar
absolutely fantastic goalkeepers make saves like that win games
played into the center of the box that's very decisive goalkeeping
oh dealt with by the goalkeeper another corner kick can see that let's see what they do this time
and firing it into the area got a strong glove on the ball from the keeper kessie a
the cross is on fisted clear
joel felix well as the stats show you atletico enjoying the bulk of possession
here however after that the coach will be disappointed with what they produced
they need to be a little bit more clinical in front of goal and the goal kick will be next
well sometimes for a striker it can be a hit or a miss and for luis suarez it's been very
much a miss so far at any rate lee well if they are going to get back into this game he
needs to up his work rate his endeavour his creativity his shots at goal the full works
alexis salamakers
salazar ibrahimovic and jiro waits to fire it was well stopped well the positioning is
everything for a goalkeeper and he was in a good position then
marcos jorente
trippier now savage
there is going to be stoppage time but only the one minute lamar
marcos jorenze and so it is the first half story has been written
ibrahimovic can be so difficult to keep quiet and that was the case in the first half
lee your thoughts well derek you're right he has played well and goals win games he's been a joy
and so the second half of this champions league group stage match day one contest commences
cocaine
he's played it over the middle to carrasco not a great pass milan showing good weights
and zlatan ibrahimovic in the center oh tremendous goal technical excellence to finish that one off
well here it is again it's all about the pacing transition
that was so quick to get out from the back and the timing to get this spot
on yes it needs a bit of luck but boy does it need skill as well it's a brilliant goal
well a second goal for them here
suarez keeping possession of the ball with authority savage cocaine with it
lamar promising pass
castillejo well nicely cut out
and here's calabria will pass after pass maybe they can chisel an opportunity
an authoritative challenge could be a chance to break here
well read to win possession back making use of his physical strength to hang on to it
cocaine marcos jordante has it trippier good work from milan to make sure possession changed hands
milan have hardly had the ball really but on the break they've been devastating
the pace really hurts defenses they've been electric when they've had the ball
trippier
and that'll be offside
castillejo
ibrahimovic and there it is another go and surely there's no way back from this now
well here we see it again and it's all about the pace of the passing
one touch slick movement and still with lots to do he unleashes a very powerful
effort gave the keeper little chance lovely goal that was
well all the days frustrations are there for
all to see the coach needs to try and turn this around and quickly
so the live action continues it's all milan they hold the aces
ten minutes left for play in this match good ball to switch the play
trippier
now jimenez and they are on the move again and here is luis suarez well they pulled one back
but perhaps a bit too late in this contest they haven't been at the races this evening
well here's the replay it's a really good passing move in the build-up but as good as the movies
the goalkeeper has had an absolute shocker beating at his dear post
terrible
mateo hernandez it's worth charlanolo
kessier has it
samuel castillejo there's still danger here
so full time it is under 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 clearly the difference between the two sides today two goals a really
good performance ran into the channel did everything right absolutely nine out of ten