Ancelotti will probably fck up again with his x-mas tree just like he did back in October.

3-0 for merda.

Am I the only one who has a good feeling about this game? (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif)

I want to see this team against La Merda

Oddo--Bonera--Maldini--Janku
-----Rino---Pirlo---Seedorf-----
-------------Kaka----------------
-------Oliveira--Ronaldo--------

Inter – AC Milan: Fan vs. Fan

Inter fan Martino Neri and Milan fan Nigel Dawson answer Goal.com’s questions about tomorrow’s big derby game between the Nerazzurri and Rossoneri.

GOAL: First of all, how do you feel about your side's season so far?

Martino (Inter): I hope we can finish the Serie A season undefeated and try, although it will be very hard, to reach 100 points. Let’s just try to keep up the good work and not deflate like a balloon in this last part of the season.

Nigel (Milan): Disappointing, but understandably so. The 8 point penalty was never going to prove too big for a club like us, but the events that allied with Calciopoli were what really weakened us. The players were tired after the World Cup, had a very short vacation, we had a summer of uncertainty - with the players and fans wondering where we would be playing our football next season - and that surely didn’t help in the transfer market, as we failed to replace Sheva adequately. Our defense too, needed quality reinforcement. So all said and done, I can only hope this leads to some quality signings for the club to sustain the success we have had in the recent past.

GOAL: What are your expectations from the season?

Martino (Inter): Very important. Along with the home game against Roma it will be, on paper, our most difficult match. Also a win in the derby, after we also won the first “leg” against our cousins, would be a good way to make up for the Champions League disappointment.

Nigel (Milan): In Serie A 4th place is the least we can settle for. I am under no illusion about our current strength - especially offensively - so I’ll be happy with a run till the semi-finals in the Champions League. We could do with the money!

GOAL: How important is this clash, in that perspective?

Martino (Inter): I hope we get either Cambiasso or Vieira back for this match, as their presence is very important in our midfield. I think the battle will be won or lost, as in most cases, the middle of the park.

Nigel (Milan): It is a very important match in which a victory can give us some much needed belief in ourselves. We’ve always been a positive team, but this season has been difficult, and more than anything, I want us to avenge the 3-4 defeat we suffered earlier in the season.

GOAL: Tactically, where do you think this match may be won or lost?

Martino (Inter): I hope we get either Cambiasso or Vieira back for this match, as their presence is very important in our midfield. I think the battle will be won or lost, as in most cases, the middle of the park.

Nigel (Milan): No Viera, no Cambiasso. Definitely the midfield. We saw how much Inter missed both of them in the Valencia match. Without them in the centre, Inter are always vulnerable. We, on the other hand, have all our key players fit. I think Pirlo, Rino, Seedorf , Ambro (if we play a five man midfield) and Kaka will OWN Inter’s midfield!

GOAL: Which opposition player do you consider to be the greatest threat to your team in his clash?

Martino (Inter): Probably Kaká, although obviously Ronaldo will be keen to score against us. But Kaká, despite being still young, is Milan’s leader and best player. He’s also scored very often against us and was also Milan’s best man when they lost 4-3 to us earlier this season.

Nigel (Milan): Ibrahimovic. I hate to admit it, but the guy’s a magician. We’ll have to be on our guard all the time against him. We should make sure we don’t allow him much time on the ball, as he can conjure up something in a snap.

GOAL: Would you want him in your team?

Martino (Inter): I think we could use that type of player, a playmaker. While Figo or Stankovic can play in that position for us, Kaká was really born to be a number 10, just like Totti for Roma.

Nigel (Milan): His attitude is questionable, but I still think he’s in the wrong shirt!

GOAL: Who from your team should we keep a particular eye on here?

Martino (Inter): Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been playing his best football ever, even though against Valencia he turned us down a little bit. “Ibracadabra”, as he’s become nicknamed among us fans, will be keen to make up for that disappointing game with a great performance in this one, and he was already one of the main factors in our earlier victory against Milan.

Nigel (Milan): Ronaldo. I wasn’t a great fan of his move in January, but he was sensasional in the match against Chievo. Nobody ever doubted his technical excellence, but rather his desire. He seems to have got it back, that hunger to score, and I think he’ll be looking to prove a point or two on Sunday. And what better stage to do it than the derby!

GOAL: What single thing irritates you most about them?

Martino (Inter): Their fans are among the most arrogant in Italy. The rivalry between our set of fans and theirs is very intense. They always have some insulting flag directed at us even when they are not playing a derby. Very annoying people.

Nigel (Milan): Just because ourselves and Juve have been having a lot of success for the better part of the last twenty years, they seem to think that they have a divine right to the Scudetto every new season. What they don’t seem to realise is that you’ve got to play better than ALL the teams, throughout a whole season, to win it. And they’re such whiners at the end of it all.

GOAL: And what do you grudgingly admire?

Martino (Inter): Their European record makes ours look ridiculous. Especially in recent seasons they’ve done really well in the Champions League. However, domestically we aren’t that far away from them because, after we win this scudetto, we will have just two less than them.

Nigel (Milan): The loyalty of the fans and the glamour of the club, both of which never seem to wane. Despite not winning anything important for so long, their fans have retained their hope and continue to back the team. And despite not accomplishing anything of note for so long, the club is still considered as one of the elite and has no problem attracting world class talent.

GOAL: Who is your all-time number one hate figure (or object of amusement) from their lot?

Martino (Inter): Cristian Brocchi is quite an irritating little man. After spending one season with us when we weren’t having a great time and he spent a lot of time on the bench, under Marcello Lippi, he has made nasty, mean comments about us ever since. This is a man who truly hates Inter. Also, when he was at loan at Fiorentina last season he said he would have liked to stay there and now he is back at Milan again. So he’s also inconsequential, even though I know those things happen in football.

Nigel (Milan): Marco Materazzi. He had a phenomenal 2006 but I’ll never rate him because he’s a dirty player. He may be passionate about Inter, but we also have Gattuso who’s probably ten times as much passionate about Milan,  but you don’t see him whispering obsenities into opposition players’ ears and making career-ending tackles.

GOAL: What was the best bit of business ever done between the two clubs?

Martino (Inter): From our point of view, it was selling them Christian Vieri in 2005 at a time when he was clearly past his best period of form. Indeed, he scored just twice there and spent just half a season with them. From their point of view, unfortunately we have sold them several players who ended up being successful, particularly Pirlo and Seedorf.

Nigel (Milan): Oh, there are so many of them! But I’d pick Pirlo’s transfer. I don’t know what Moratti was thinking when he was selling him to us. He’s now one of the world’s best, and for that we’re indebted to Inter!

GOAL: What's your fondest memory of past clashes against them?

Martino (Inter): The derby earlier this season was easily one of the most exciting of recent times. We played magnificently, scored three magnificent goals through Crespo, Stankovic, and Ibrahimovic, Seedorf then made it 3-1, but Materazzi added another from a dead ball to make it 4-1. Right after that he got sent off for a second yellow after taking off his shirt, and we had to hold on with 10 men. Milan managed to squeeze in two goals, through Gilardino and Kaká, but despite a last-minute header by Oliveira which finished just wide, we got the win. A great performance that really gave us wings as it was the second of 17 consecutive Serie A victories and it also gave us morale to come back from the dead to qualify from our Champions League group (unfortunately to no avail, in the end).

Nigel (Milan): That’s easy. ‘That’ match in 2001, the 6-0 win. It was really magical, seeing all the goals go in one after another. The result will be etched in Inter fans’ memory forever, as a reminder of our superiority over them.

GOAL: What do you think the score of this match will be, and how will it affect your week?

Martino (Inter): I think we can win it as Milan still haven’t looked convincing this season and struggled hugely to knock out Celtic in midweek. I think, and hope, our own players will be very motivated for this one after the Champions League exit. 2-1 for us, with Ibrahimovic and Stankovic scoring.

Nigel (Milan): We’re away in this match, so it’ll be a bit more difficult. But I am positive Inter will be demoralized after their Champions League exit, while we enter the match in a positive state of mind. With Ronaldo on our side, I am going for a 2-3 win for us.

Point wise, a defeat won’t be a disaster, as I am sure we can make that up. I’ll only be concerned if we don’t show enough hunger to win the match.