In the first quarterfinal match of the Champions League, Italian "Milan" crushed Spanish "Deportivo" with a score of 4:1, and practically secured themselves a place in the semifinals of the most prestigious European tournament. However, despite the final score of the game, the match for the "rossoneri" began not as joyfully as the start of the second half. \n \nAlready in the 11th minute of the match, Carlo Ancelotti's charges were losing, after Pandiani jumped above the "Milan" defense and opened the score in this match with a header. The Italians delivered their first shot on target against "Deportivo" only in the 28th minute when Kaka shot from outside the penalty area. \n \nHowever, the tension near "Deportivo's" goal grew with every second, but the goal only materialized in the last minute of the first half. Kaka, having received the ball at the 11-meter mark, sent the leather ball into the corner of "Depor's" goal — 1:1. \n \nThe start of the final 45 minutes turned out to be terrible for the visitors. Already in the 46th minute, the Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko made his presence felt, who was barely noticeable in the first half, primarily because in the vast majority of cases his partners played through Inzaghi. Nevertheless, Shevchenko scored his goal. Having dribbled past several defenders in the penalty area, he powerfully struck low into the corner of "Deportivo's" goal — that made it 2:1. Three minutes later the Spaniards found themselves in another knockdown. And again Kaka was the scorer, who with a shot from about 18 meters made the score 3:1. Four minutes later "Deportivo" found themselves in a knockout. Pirlo beautifully executed a free kick, placing the ball practically in the top corner of Molina's goal — that made it 4:1. \n \nHaving hammered in three goals in 7 minutes, "Milan" calmed down, but did not allow "Deportivo" to score, and before the return match in two weeks Carlo Ancelotti's team can calmly prepare for Serie A games. \n \nIncidentally, a Ukrainian landing party also disembarked at the "Milan" — "Deportivo" game. At the invitation of the "Milan" management, the match was attended by FFU President Hryhoriy Surkis, "Dynamo" President Ihor Surkis and Shakhtar Donetsk President Rinat Akhmetov, as well as one of the sponsors of Dnipropetrovsk "Dnipro". Why such a company was at this game is not yet known. \n \nIn another quarterfinal match, "Porto" defeated French "Lyon" with a score of 2:0.\n\nQuarterfinal. First match. \n \n"Milan" (Italy) - "Deportivo" (Spain) - 4:1 \nGoals: Pandiani 11, Kaka 45, 49, SHEVCHENKO 46, Pirlo 53 \n"Milan": Dida, Pancaro (Serginho 76), Cafu, Maldini, Costacurta, Gattuso, Pirlo, Kaka, Seedorf, Shevchenko (Tomasson 87), Inzaghi (Ambrosini 82) \n"Deportivo": Molina, Andrade, Capdevila, Naybet, Scaloni, Gonzalez, Duscher, Silva, Valeron, Luque (Tristan 84), Pandiani.\n\n"Porto" (Portugal) - "Lyon" (France) - 2:0 \nGoals: Deco 44, Carvalho 71.