Any team unable to hold on a 3 goal advantage at the midtime deserve to lose. period
The sad story is that Milan was playing much nicer football . Too often, thats not enough to win a game.
But , after seeing the game 3 times, i believe there are two factors that where instrumental in rossoneri defeat at Istambul:
1.- Carletto Ancelotti and his ability to arrive in second place.He is a great coach, he very good tactician, loved by his players but.... he lacks character. He demonstrated it at Juve and now this Milan, that is his masterpiece team, is showing that particular weakness (Depor, PSV, Palermo). When things get tough, Milan crumbles...particularly with bully sides, like juventus or Liverpool.
2. _ DIDA....FVcking pathetic. He was partially guilty in the three goals of Pool. First one, he misjudges and tryed to walk gerrard headshot, instead of jumping. In the second, he contacts the ball but was unable to contain. And in Xavi Alonso penalty he reject frontally, insted of get it aside....Frankly, there is still much distance between Gigi and dida....
Still, i enjoy very much the Milan performance in the first period.
When they arrived to the penalties shootout, they were already psychologically defeated.
And congrats to Pool to play with balls....