David Villa had an astounding hat trick tonight at Celtic park as Milan crushed the PPPCCC underdog Celtic FC 4-0.
Man of the match Milan defender Kaka Kaladze did a brilliant job feeding the ball to a previously sub par attack, who scored double the goals Milan had going into tonight’s game.
In the 16th minute David villa caught and buried a rebound off an Alexander Pato breakaway shot which rang off the post.
Rebounds proved to be the thorn in Celtic keeper Artur Boruc’s side as another shot off the post was struck by Brazilian mastermind Kaka.
The Celtic offense led by new acquisitions Samuel Eto’o and Thierry Henry not only failed to produce but dissipated after Milan’s 2 goal lead. Before the end of the half another long shot from Villa hit the underside of the crossbar and spun into the netting.
Although Celtic looked strong initially this was by far Milan’s best performance of the season. Lacking offensive threat DiNatale and still producing four goals was a feat that even Milan did not expect to be achieved.
Every aspect of Milan looked strong. Christian Abbiati had 5 saves in the first 20 minutes, quickly shutting down the Irish catholic attack. Andrea Pirlo played a great match, all his passes were prime, but he was unable to work the keeper in 2 crucial free kicks. Ronaldhinio provided brilliant set pieces from both sides of the pitch.
Surely the praise is to be laid on the attack. In the 80′ David Villa scored his hat trick, a beautiful unassisted run across the midfield and into the box. Pato and Kaka were the perfect pair to support the Spaniard up front. Next week Milan face off against undefeated Liverpool and Celtic faces second place Lyon.
