the 88th minute strike from two-goal hero the Duck Alexandre Pato gave AC Milan a shock 3-2 win over Real Madrid in their UEFA Champions League clash at the Santiago Bernabeu .Pato scored in the 88th minute of a match that was strewn with goalkeeping errors, including two uncharacteristic mistakes from Real's Iker Casillas on his 100th appearance in Europe.
Milan is not the Xerez, nor the Tenerife, not even the Valladolid, last victims of the Madrid, on which some illusions had been constructed. Milan plays with black red t-shirt and rather counts on a handful of soccer players talluditos, definitively perhaps finished, but that still leave sparkles than a day they were. Thus it happened in the Bernabéu, where they overcame of good to a first party that they had lost. Madrid, dominating until the rest, granted to two unusual goals by work and grace of Squares and was petrified, sighing by Christian, with the shames to the air and without another resource that the heroic one of Raul.
Madrid skipper Raul capitalised on an early howler from Milan keeper Dida to open the scoring and equal Gerd Müller's record of 66 European goals before Andrea Pirlo equalised with a 35-yard strike that caught Casillas napping.
At the time of game everything for Pellegrini came down, portrayed again before a category rival, as it already happened in Seville. Madrid had the victory in the hands and it disappeared suddenly without giving explanations, after Pirlo and Pato they removed the colors to Squares, author of two improper failures of his category. It did not know to react to zarpazo too distant and doubted in another one happens of Ambrosini for happiness of the small Duck(Pato), the best one of “rossoneri” during all night. That 1-2 left in state of “shock” to the stage and the equipment, paralyzed in four minutes.
It rained on the white hearts, it poured on the Bernabéu and Madrid twisted catarrazo in I milk of the pain. It had half an hour ahead and it was thrown to by the tie with irresponsible fury, helped by the entrance of Drenthe and the perserverancia of Raul. Between both they put the 2-2 with córner outside style and zurdazo of the Dutch, hero during brief minutes. Only until traca final of Milan, an equipment pricked in its pride, knowledgeable of which the triumph could rise to him of its ashes, as it happened to the right Juventus a year ago. It did not matter to him that they annulled a legal goal to him of Thiago Silva after córner, because Seedorf found the pause with the refinement that him made unique and gave the victory to the seductive Pato.
Salomon Kalou scored twice as Chelsea virtually secured their place in the knockout phase with a 4-0 win over Atletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge. With striker Didier Drogba sitting out the final game of his three-match UEFA ban, his Ivory Coast team mate Kalou scored either side of halftime to put his side in charge.
Frank Lampard then ended his lean spell in front of goal with Chelsea's third and Atletico's miserable night was complete when Luis Perea scored an own goal in stoppage time.
A late strike by winger Antonio Valencia gave Manchester United a 1-0 win over CSKA Moscow at the Luzhniki Stadium.
The £18 million summer signing, who scored his first goal for the Red Devils against Bolton Wanderers on Saturday, hit the crossbar in the 81st minute and then netted from close-range five minutes later. The win extended United's unbeaten run away from home to 14 matches.
Bordeaux defender Michael Ciani turned from villain to hero as Les Girondins secured a 2-1 home win over Bayern Munich on Wednesday. Ciani scored an own goal after only six minutes but made amends on the half-hour with a superb goal, scoring with his right heel with his back to the goal.
Bayern had playmaker Thomas Muller sent off for a second booking and five minutes from the break defender Marc Planus scored the winner for Bordeaux from close range. The French club then missed two penalties and Bayern had another player sent off in defender Daniel van Buyten.
Juventus ended a run of five games without a win when Giorgio Chiellini's header sealed a 1-0 victory over Maccabi Haifa. The Italy centre back nodded in Diego's free kick from close range just after the break to give the hosts five points from their opening three games.
Maccabi, bottom of the group, had substitute Tiago Silva sent off midway through the second half for a studs-up tackle on Chiellini.
Brazilian forward Hulk scored twice to help Porto come back from a goal down and beat APOEL Nicosia 2-1. Porto dominated the first half but APOEL stunned the home side when they scored with their first attack on 22 minutes when Alvaro Pereira deflected the ball into his own net.
The Portuguese champions took 11 minutes to react and equalised when irrepressible Colombian striker Falcao stole the ball on the edge of the Cypriot box and passed to Hulk who scored with a well-placed left-footed drive on 33 minutes.
In the first minute of the second half, Elias handled the ball in the box and Hulk converted from the spot to give the hosts a deserved win.
VfL Wolfsburg missed a series of chances and hit the woodwork before having to settle for a 0-0 draw with Beskitas. The Germans, who dominated the game until striker Grafite was sent off for hitting an opponent, could have taken the lead through an early Edin Dzeko header.
A rare moment of quality from Gabriel Heinze settled a poor game between FC Zurich and Marseille as the French club won 1-0 in Switzerland. The former Manchester United centre back volleyed home after 69 minutes to settle the match.
