article_snippet: In the second half We improved a lot, We took the lead, but then We stopped playing. '
article_snippet: The match was very tactical with the goals coming from set pieces.'
article_snippet: Neither side produced clear chances in a tense and physical first-half that saw no shots on goal.
article_snippet: The closest either team came to scoring early on came when Kostas Manolas intercepted a cross from Alvaro Morata and nearly redirected a cross from Alvaro Morata into Kostas Manolas own net in the 22nd minute.
article_snippet: On the half-hour mark, Kostas Manolas couldn't take advantage of a close-range opportunity and goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon quickly collected the danger.
article_snippet: Both sides came out with more aggression for the second-half and a long, angled shot from Vidal went just wide in the 50th.
article_snippet: It wasn't until just after the hour mark, though, that the course of the match changed.
article_snippet: Buffon then preserved the lead by pushing wide a header from Manolas in the 72nd.