Rangers v Ac Milan - Friendly (Highlights)

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Rangers v Ac Milan - Friendly (Highlights)

Post  Lewnics on Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:06 am

FT: Rangers 2 AC MIlan 2 - Terrific night at Ibrox. AC Milan showed their undoubted class with Kaka, in particular, showing his mercurial skills in the second-half. For Rangers it was a worthwhile exercise with several fringe players such as Edu, Aaron and Beasley giving Walter Smith a glimpse of what they have to offer for the remainder of the season. Draw was a fair result after an entertaining 90 minutes.

85min - Velicka is brought down 25 yards from goal and Aaron swerves a delightful free-kick which has Dida scrambling across his goal. Terrific effort from the confident Spaniard.

82min - GOAL! Rangers 2 AC Milan 2 - Sasa Papac bags his second goal for Rangers, albeit not a competitive one! The left back is found by Aaron darting into the Milan 18-yard box and slots the ball calmly past Dida. Great composure from the Bosnian.

80min - Rangers substitution - Kris Boyd on for Lee McCulloch.

DaMarcus Beasley scores against AC Milan77min - GOAL! Rangers 1 AC Milan 2 - Exceptional goal from Kaka. Brazilian used his lightning pace to get by Davis before drilling a low shot from 18-yards beyond Alexander. What you would expect from a player recently linked with a £100million move to Man City!

74min - Double substitution - Steven Davis on for Mo Edu and Michelangelo Albertazzi on for Luca Antonini.

72min - Great passage of play from Milan results in Pirlo dinking a beautiful pass to Pato. McGregor does exceptionally well to save the Brazilian's point blank effort.

69min - GOAL! Rangers 1 AC Milan 1 - Kaka takes the ball past Whittaker and squares it. Dailly intercepts but the ball rebounds off Whittaker and breaks to Pato who fires the ball in to an empty net.

67min - AC Milan substitution - Brazilian superstar Pato on for Andriy Shevchenko.

66min - Kaka tries his luck with a swerving 30 yard shot but it was never going to trouble Alexander. Seedorf, however, is starting to show his undoubted quality.

64min - GOAL! Rangers 1 AC Milan 0 - Edu plays a long ball to DaMarcus Beasley and the American makes the most of a defensive mix-up before prodding the ball home from 12 yards. Good persistance from Beasley.

62min - Seedorf skins Whittaker with a step-over before blasting a long-range shot high and wide past Alexander's goal.

60min - AC Mialn substitiuions - Jankulovski, Kaka and Mathias Cardacio on for Mathieu Flamini, Ronaldinho and Felipe Mattioni. Great to see Kaka and the Brazilian receives a warm welcome from the Ibrox faithful.

59min - Rangers substitution - Aaron on for Steven Naismith.

Mo Edu takes on Ronaldinho55min - Aaron has his training kit off and looks set to join the action. Kenny McDowall is giving the youngster instructions.

54min - The answer is no. His effort hits the Gers' defensive wall and the ball is cleared.

53min - Dailly brings down Ronaldinho 25 yards from goal with a rash challenge. The Brazilian takes but can he score?

50min - Aaron is warming up alone in front of the Main Stand. It would be good to see the Spanish winger on a night like this and he looks eager to get on.

48min - First real moment of quality from Shevchenko. The Milan legend cuts inside from the right but his low shot is well held by Alexander.

46min - AC Milan get the second-half started. Senderos and Beckham off for Milan and replaced by Seedorf and Matteo Darmian. Alexander, Dailly, Beasley, Velicka, Ferguson and Broadfoot on and McGregor, Weir, Bougherra, Lafferty, Fleck and Mendes taken off for Gers.

HT: Rangers 0 AC Milan 0 - First-half has been a tight affair. Milan have shown their quality, most notably from Beckham and Ronaldinho, while Fleck remains Rangers most influential player on the night. Changes expected at the interval.

Steven Naismith tackles Luca Antonini40min - The game remains level at this stage and in truth neither team has really dominated proceedings. Fleck, Mendes and Edu have been stand-outs for Gers so far.

34min - Fleck is showing no signs of nerves on such a big occasion. Once again the 17-year-old drills a cross in to the danger area and when it falls to Mendes 25-yards from goal his is inches wide. Good spell for the home side.

31min - Edu crosses deep from the left and Mattioni clears for a corner. Mendes takes but his cross fails to beat the first man. Poor delivery from the Portuguese star.

29min - Best moment of the game falls to the impressive Fleck. Mendes slides the ball to the youngster on the right and his low shot across goal is well saved by Dida. Good chance for the youngster who exudes confidence.

23min - Free-kick awarded for a foul on Ronaldinho 25 yards from goal. Beckham steps up as expected but Ronaldinho takes and the ball smashes off McGregor's right hand post. Brilliant effort.

22min - Beckham plays a trademark 40-yard pass to Inzaghi but the striker's touch is poor and the attack grinds to a halt.

20min - Pretty even game so far. Both teams playing some good football with Edu a stand-out for Gers in the early stages.

David Beckham16min - Corner for Gers after good play from Whittaker. Fleck crosses to the near post and McCulloch bullets a header which Dida does brilliantly to parry away from goal.

15min - Ronaldinho flicks a beautiful pass through to Inzaghi who was not ruled offside. The poacher supreme took one touch but his shot was smothered by McGregor. Let-off for Gers.

13min - Fleck crosses from the left and Lafferty powers a header over Dida's bar. Good play from the home team.

10min - Mendes tries a long range effort which is deflected wide for another Gers corner. Dida, however, easily gathers the cross.

8min - John Fleck shows a bit too much commitment with a crunching challenge on Mattioni. Ref William Collum decides to leave his cards in his pocket on this occasion.

6min - Antonini heads a John Fleck cross away for a Gers corner. Nothing comes from the resulting cross.

4min - Slow start from both teams but Edu has shown a couple of nice touches to the delight of the home support.

1min - Change to the Gers formation with Lafferty up top as a lone striker and Lee McCulloch sitting behind Edu and Mendes in the centre of a five man midfield.

0min - Rangers get the action underway. Big test for Walter Smith's men at Ibrox tonight.

RANGERS (4-5-1): McGregor; Whittaker, Weir, Bougherra, Papac; Naismith, Edu, McCulloch, Mendes, Fleck; Lafferty

Subs: Alexander, Ferguson, Boyd, Miller, Beasley, Broadfoot, Dailly, Aaron, Velicka, Davis

AC MILAN (4-3-3): Dida; Mattioni, Da Silva, Senderos, Antonini; Beckham, Flamini, Pirlo; Ronaldinho, Inzaghi, Shevchenko

Subs: Donnarumma, Darmian, Jankulovski, Albertazzi, Seedorf, Strasser, Kaka, Cardacio,

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