UEFA champions league Pre-quarter finals first leg.

AC Milan thrashed the mighty Arsenal in a decent margin of 4-0in their home match of the 1^st leg of the UEFA champions league at San-Siro in Milan, Italy .It was the last match for the Arsenal star Thierry Henry for his side but unfortunately it couldn’t be a fairytale finish for him rather it would remain a nightmare for Thierry Henry before joining his new club New York Red Bulls. 7 times European Champion AC Milan dominated the entire match in front of their home crowd, they utilized their entire home advantage from the beginning minutes of the game.

Kevin Prince Boetang opened the account for Milan with a magnificant volley from the right side of the penalty box in just 15^th minutes of the game, Robinho doubled the lead for the homeside in 38^th minute with a brilliant header by a accurate lob form Zatan Ibrahimovic. Robinho scored the 2^nd & the 3^rd for his side with a sizzling sitter from the top of the box in just 49^th minutes of the game. It looked the homeside was desperate to increase their margin once again for reaching the quarters of the tournament, even they couldn’t reach in the quarter since 2007. But for the visitors Arsene Wenger brought Thierry Henry in the field in the 2^nd half of the game, he tried a lot to decrease the margin, he was looking really dangerous in his last match but Van-Persie spoilted all those opportunities created by Henry. The entire Brisitsh side looked they are here to succumb themselves against the Italians, just an example the Milan goalkeeper Abiatti saved his first ball in the 65^th minute of the game. Homeside started to penetrate more for increasing the margin, they got the fruit in the 78^th minute, the Swedish star Zatan Ibrahimovic fouled inside the penalty box by Johan Djoru of Arsenal, referee blew his whistle & indicated towards the spot, Zadtan didn’t make any mistake to convert it in a goal & gave his side a 4-0 margin. Robhinho replaced by Alexandro Pato in the 84^th minute of the game, Pato also got a chance in the dying moments of the game but he targeted the Arsenal goalkeeper only .

In an another match of the champions league Russian side Zenith beat the Portugesse side Benfica in a 3-2 margin.

Tonight Manchester United will take on the Dutch side AIF Ajax in the EUROPA LEAGUE.

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