celtic: artur boruc, lee naylor, kenny miller (jiri jarosik dk.63), jan vennegoor of hesselink, mark wilson, evander sno, neil lennon (thomas gravesen dk.81), shunsuke nakamura, stephen mcmanus, aiden mcgeady, darren o'dea. teknik direktör: gordon strachan
ac milan: zeljko kalac, paolo maldini, kakha kaladze (daniele bonera dk.63), gennaro gattuso, alberto gilardino (ricardo oliveira dk.77), marek jankulovski, yoann gourcuff, andrea pirlo, kaka, massimo ambrosini, massimo oddo. teknik direktör: carlo ancelotti
yardımcı hakemler: steinar holvik (nor), jan petter randen (nor)
4. hakem: espen berntsen (nor)
celtic: artur boruc (gk), lee naylor, kenny miller (dk. 63 jiří jarošík), jan vennegoor of hesselink, mark wilson, evander sno, neil lennon (c) (dk. 81 thomas gravesen), shunsuke nakamura, stephen mcmanus, aiden mcgeady, darren o'dea
yedekler: mark brown (gk), paul telfer, derek riordan, jean-joël perrier doumbé, john kennedy
teknik direktör: gordon strachan (sco)
milan: zeljko kalac (gk), paolo maldini (c), kakha kaladze (dk. 63 daniele bonera), gennaro gattuso, alberto gilardino (dk. 77 ricardo oliveira), marek jankulovski, yoann gourcuff, andrea pirlo, kaká, massimo ambrosini, massimo oddo
honours even in glasgow published: wednesday 21 february 2007, 0.50cet
celtic fc 0-0 ac milan defences reigned in glasgow where visiting striker alberto gilardino arguably had the best chance of this first-leg draw.
by alex o'henley from celtic park
celtic fc and ac milan played out a goalless draw in the first leg of their uefa champions league first knockout round tie in glasgow.
strikers thwarted the best opportunity fell to alberto gilardino midway through the first half but he was denied by a superb reflex save from celtic goalkeeper artur boruc, while moments earlier jan vennegoor of hesselink failed to convert an opening from a shunsuke nakamura free-kick.
early scare carlo ancelotti had identified nakamura as one of the main threats and the japan midfielder demonstrated why on nine minutes, whipping in a dangerous free-kick from the celtic right. the ball arrived at the feet of vennegoor of hesselink, who had shaken off a hamstring strain to lead the home attack, but he seemed to be taken by surprise, allowing goalkeeper zeljko kalac to gather the loose ball. the dutch international was causing some anxious moments for paolo maldini and the milan captain, celebrating his 100th uefa champions league appearance, was booked for a late lunge at the centre-forward.
boruc intervenes play was swinging from box to box with both sides committed to attack. kenny miller tested kalac with a low effort after being played in by aiden mcgeady, while yoann gourcuff - in for the injured clarence seedorf - got on the end of a cross from andrea pirlo but headed meekly at boruc. the visitors should have opened the scoring just before the half-hour, however, when kaká sent gilardino through. the striker had time to set his sights and curl a right-foot shot towards the far corner only to be denied by boruc's outstretched foot, the poland no1 turning the ball past the post and to safety.
territorial advantage milan were now enjoying the bulk of possession in midfield, and massimo ambrosini and gilardino passed up decent half-chances from the edge of the area. with half-time approaching nakamura troubled kalac again with a long-range set-piece but the australian international was equal to the task, smothering the shot low to his left.
gattuso break celtic showed more composure after the break and, within minutes of the restart, mcgeady brought another stop from kalac with a snapshot from 20 metres. however, milan were still fashioning the better openings and gennaro gattuso should have done better on 52 minutes when pirlo freed him with another defence-splitting pass. the former rangers fc favourite slid his attempt the wrong side of boruc's left-hand post. at the other end, left-back lee naylor went close with a rasping drive which rose just over the junction of post and crossbar.
late rush gordon strachan sacrificed miller for jiří jarošík with half an hour to go, but it made little difference to the pattern of play with milan pouring forward looking for a priceless away goal. ın the closing minutes celtic pressed for the breakthrough that would give them a slender advantage for the return game but vennegoor of hesselink could not connect with another tempting nakamura cross, making milan the favourites to progress to the quarter-finals.
avrupa futbolunun en büyük kupa mücadelesi olan şampiyonlar ligi'nde kuralar çekildi.
isviçre'nin nyon kentinde yapılan kura çekiminde 16 takım çeyrek final mücadelesi öncesi birbirileriyle eşleşirken, galatasaray'ın grubundan lider olarak çıkan ingiltere takımı liverpool, geçen yılın şampiyonu barcelona ile çeyrek finale çıkma mücadelesi verecek.
şampiyonlar ligi'nde çeyrek finale çıkma mücadelelerinin ilk maçları 20-21 şubat 2007, rövanş karşılaşmaları ise 6-7 mart 2007 tarihlerinde oynanacak.
avrupa futbolunun önde gelen kulüplerinin katıldığı şampiyonlar ligi kura çekiminde almanya şampiyonu bayern münih, bu kupayı en çok kazanan ispanyol devi real madrid'i çekti.
grup mücadelelerinin en başarılı takımı fransız olimpique lyon ise çeyrek finale çıkmak için italyan as roma'yı elemek zorunda kalacak.
şampiyonlar ligi'nde final maçı ise 23 mayıs 2007'de atina'da yapılacak.avrupa şampiyonlar ligi'nde bir üst turda eşleşen takımlar şöyle:
fc chelsea (ingiltere) - porto (portekiz) bayern münih (almanya) - real madrid (ispanya) liverpool (ingiltere) - barcelona (ispanya) valencia (ispanya) - inter (italya) olimpique lyon (fransa) - as roma (italya) manchester united (ingiltere) - losc lille (fransa) arsenal (ingiltere) - psv eindhoven (hollanda) ac milan (italya) - celtic fc (iskoçya)
