AC MILAN 1-1 WERDER BREMEN

Brazil midfielder Diego gave Werder Bremen a UEFA Cup lifeline with a late equaliser on Wednesday to seal a 1-1 draw against AC Milan in the Round of 32 first-leg clash.
"The goal really pleased me, it is very important and was a special strike," said Diego after his crucial goal with just six minutes remaining.
"Nevertheless, we cannot be contented with 1-1, it was always going to be hard in Milan and the draw makes things harder still, but we are determined to progress in the tournament."
Many of the 36,000-strong crowd had come to see AC Milan's England star David Beckham, on loan from LA Galaxy, while the Italian giants wrestle with the United States club for the services of the global superstar.

But Beckham spent the vast majority of the game on the bench and it was Bremen's Brazilian who kept his side in the competition with an 84th-minute goal after he finally found the net after the home side squandered a huge amount of chances.
"We played the second-half determined to score a goal against AC Milan, that gives me hope," said Bremen coach Thomas Schaaf.
"Unfortunately, we do not have superiority in the scoreline.
"1-1 against Milan is not bad, but not good enough for the amount of energy we spent.
"However, if we repeat that second-half in Milan, we would be in with a chance."

Bremen are struggling at tenth in the Bundesliga, while AC Milan are third in Serie A, but it was the Germans who took the game to the Italians.
Diego's super strike mean Bremen go to Milan's San Siro stadium on February 26 for the second-leg with a slim chance, but with 23 shots on goal - compared to Milan's seven - Bremen should have won the game.
The Italians took the lead when Filippo Inzaghi's initial header from a Mathieu Flamini cross was blocked, but the striker was on hand to put Milan ahead by pouncing left-footed on the rebound after just 32 minutes.
It was veteran Inzaghi's 66th strike in UEFA club competition.
It looked like Milan had secured a precious away win until Diego rifled the ball into the back of

the net after Portuguese striker Hugo Almeida won the ball in the air and the Brazilian made no mistake on 84 minutes.
With Galaxy and Milan tussling for Beckham, the ex-England captain played no more than a cameo role when he took over from Brazil's Ronaldinho after 89 minutes.
It remains to be seen if he will be a confirmed Galaxy or Milan player by the time of the second

leg next Thursday.

For me just by looking at the starting line up have spark the possibility of Bremen's domination for this match,no pace can be injected from the attack dirve by any of our players.The second leg will be played at San Siro and to be frank,im not confidence that Milan can go far eventhough we might kick Bremen's butt.

Bremen in other hand have more than 25 shot to Milan's goal compare with almost nothing that can really shake Wender's defend offered by us.Another dissapointing game without Kaka,at least we can feel the excitement if Kaka was around but by carefully watching the game i will not put Milan as the favorite to win anything until a total make over is powered by Berlusconi pocket can be realise.