By Chris Wright

Not that we wish to brag but, as the prophecy once again foretold, AC Milan's superb, frenetic and knackering defensive shift ensured that Barcelona were kept schtum in a Champions League tie for the first time in two-and-a-half years and that the Rossoneri upheld their record of having never lost a Champions League quarter-final game at the San Siro.

FC Barcelona was held to a goal less draw at the San Siro stadium by AC Milan in the first leg of Champions League Quarter Final. A brilliant defensive display from Milan, coupled with a horrible pitch was good enough to negate any Barca threat. Arsene Wenger did complain about the state of this pitch, but I never throught it was this bad.

AC Milan will be looking to put behind them their disastrous weekend outing when they host Juventus at the San Siro tonight in the Coppa Italia first leg semi-final. With Juventus also having settled for a similar barren draw with Siena in the weekend, the match will definitely be an explosive one.

They won 2-1. Imagine what Xavi would have done to celebrate winning the Balon D'or. Image via twitter.

Real talk: how many of you guestimated the measurements of Xavi's youknowwhat?

Copa Del Rey

Real Madrid 1-2 Barcelona

No Pepe, we couldn't believe our eyes either.

Max Allegri has named his squad for the Parma clash. Clarence Seedorf as expected has not been included along with Alexandre Pato and Gennaro Gattuso who is out for six months. Surprisingly Thiago Silva has been included but it is doubtful he will start. GOALKEEPERS – Abbiati, Roma DEFENDERS – Abate, Antonini, Bonera, Mexes, Taiwo, [.

MILAN, Italy AC Milan held onto top spot in Serie A after a disappointing 0-0 stalemate with Lazio at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. Despite having the vast share of possession and a catalogue of chances Massimiliano Allegri's men could not break down a stubborn Roman wall of defiance. A bright spark was AC Milan's [.

Diego Bonera had a nightmare game. Alexis Sanchez, Antonio Di Natale, and German St Denis were beneficiaries of some very shoddy defensive work by the central defender.

The second goal by Di Natale highlighted a poor defensive sequence as Clarence Seedorf was stripped and Di Natale scampered down the field to leave Bonera hopelessly out of position.

ROME, Italy — AC Milan grabbed an injury-time leveller to share a 4-4 draw with Udinese at the San Siro on Sunday in a thrilling game that gave them a six-point lead at the top of Serie A. Udinese had led 3-1 at one stage and also moved into stoppage time with a 4-3 lead [...]

The Serie A will be resuming tomorrow, when a fresh slate of midweek games will be played. There are many interesting fixtures, but the one which I'm really looking forward to is Cagliari - AC Milan. AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri will be returning to his former club at the Stadio Sant'Elia, and he'll be bringing a slightly different side than usual with him.