A.C. MILAN BEAT DEFENDING CHAMPIONS ESTUDIANTES, OF ARGENTINE, THREE GOALS TO NIL YESTERDAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE FIRST LEG OF THE WORLD SOCCER CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS.

SCORERS FOR MILAN WERE OUTSIDE RIGHT ANGELO SORMANI, WHO NETTED TWO GOALS, AND ONE BY NESTOR COMBIN.

MILAN TOOK THE LEAD IN THE FIRST HALF EIGHT MINUTES FROM KICK-OFF WHEN SORMANI HEADED INTO THE ESTUDIANTES NET A PRECISION CROSS FROM LEFT-WINGER PIERINO PRATI. BY HALF TIME THEY WERE TWO GOALS IN THE LEAD AFTER COMBIN DRIBBLED THROUGH TO SCORE IN THE LAST MINUTE OF THE FIRST HALF.

IN THE SECOND HALF, BY THE TIME MILAN'S THIRD AND FINAL GOAL WAS NETTED BY SORMANI, ESTUDIANTES' DEFENCES WERE IN RUINS, AND THE SHARPNESS TAKEN COMPLETELY FROM THEIR ATTACK.