[Zed.D]

Almost always draw-win... history MUST repeat itself (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/devil.gif)

[han2503]

Almost always draw-win... history MUST repeat itself (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/devil.gif)

Except for the games against Man U who seem to be our b!tches in Europe (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) (Except for last season when the only reason they won their home leg was because of the Rino and Maldini injuries)

This post has been edited by han2503: Feb 21 2008, 08:21 PM

[Zed.D]

Except for the games against Man U who seem to be our b!tches in Europe  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)   (Except for last season when the only reason they won their home leg was because of the Rino and Maldini injuries)

(IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Our record in recent ties against Man U tells it all. four games, three wins.


So.. we have qualified from this round in the last seven seasons. I really don't see a reason why this record should come to an end now. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/96.gif)

[redbabies]

Jesus guys, youre saying we played sh!t yesterday?

The trouble is, this game had a 0-0 scoreline right from kick off - the 4 3 2 1 formation was sooooooo predictable by Carlo. We were happy to defend our @sses because we had our 1st XI back 4 which were SOLID.
I knew Kalac would be fit.
I knew Maldini would be like a brick wall.
I knew Pirlo would be pressurised
Therefore I knew Kaka would not get any balls. furthermore, I knew he would be marked out completely.
I knew Arsenal are a bunch of foulers - flecking Adabeyor with his scissor kick into Kala  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
I knew Eboue is a diving c"nt  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
I knew Adabeyor - 'the best player in the world'  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) - would miss from a yard out

But I never knew that Nostradamus is a Milan Fan (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

[redbabies]

Almost always draw-win... history MUST repeat itself (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/devil.gif)

dont forget the last knock-out stage matches that we drew 0-0 away from home in the 1st leg

Ajax 0-0 Milan and than we managed to win 3-2 at SanSiro in injury time.

Lyon 0-0 Milan also here the 2nd leg was dramatic...we were 1-1 until late in the 2nd half when we managed to score 2 goals and win 3-1

Celtic 0-0 Milan we could only win the second leg in extra-time.

Plus, considering that Arsenal is a much better team than all those 3.... it seems to be a very tricky result 0-0.

So, dont be that optimistic.

[weeeow]

But I never knew that Nostradamus is a Milan Fan  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

who is that? (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

[redbabies]

who is that?  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

isn't him you that KNEW everything (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

...just kidding m8 (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

This post has been edited by redbabies: Feb 21 2008, 09:00 PM

[weeeow]

isn't him you that KNEW everything (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

...just kidding m8  (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

o lol
but trust me, i did (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

[han2503]

dont forget the last knock-out stage matches that we drew 0-0 away from home in the 1st leg

Ajax 0-0 Milan and than we managed to win 3-2 at SanSiro in injury time.

Lyon 0-0 Milan also here the 2nd leg was dramatic...we were 1-1 until late in the 2nd half when we managed to score 2 goals and win 3-1

Celtic 0-0 Milan we could only win the second leg in extra-time.

Plus, considering that Arsenal is a much better team than all those 3.... it seems to be a very tricky result 0-0.

So, dont be that optimistic.

Right now yes, Arsenal are better then those teams, but at the time we played them those teams were far better then they are now

Ajax had a great team then with Chivu and Ibra and other good players

Lyon also had a great team, Diarra, Juninho in great form and a good all round stable and strong team. Which is much more then you can say for them now, they are struggling in their league and not in particularly good form.

As I said, if we go through expect it to be a dramatised qualification on our part.

[Il Capitano]

I am not as confident as some of u guys,I've seen a lot of arsenal games(my father is an arsenal fan) and they scare me to death.

In San Siro we will play a more open game and that might suit those bastards.

I know we are Milan and they should be scared of us but I can't help it.

I hope everything goes our way in the return match.

Forza Milan

[Fillipo Simone]

Da Silva could be out for a while after that Taylor tackling, so now they have problems up-front.

Milan has to make a better effort, and I'm sure we'll get a shot. Pirlo's or Rino's performance won't be the same. It's just impossible for such good players to repeat that dreadfull play twice,..

[acid911]

Firing blanks
Published by Cardillo on February 20, 2008 at 6:10 PM

As per usual, the best game on the slate turns out to be the dud of the matchday. No offense to the tactical 0-0 draw played out by Arsenal and AC Milan at the Emirates (as witnessed by America on ESPN2), but the day's three other results Fenerbache 3, Sevilla 2; Lyon 1, Manchester United 1 and the game I'm watching on ESPN Classic now Celtic 2, Barcelona 2 -- featuring a trademark piece of curling class from Thierry Henry. That's life, right?

Not to say Arsenal/Milan didn't have its moments, or more specifically moment -- when Emmanuel Adebayor doinked the crossbar with his header set up by a brilliant ball from substitute Theo Walcott. The most disappointing development from the Emirates was the lack of attacking spirit from the defending champions. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/sleep.gif) Milan seemed pretty content to stay compact, defend and leave England at 0-0. If Clarance Seedorf touched the ball in an attacking position, I must have missed it. Kaka was surprisingly muted. Alexandre Pato gave a game effort, but seemed to pull a muscle on his best touch of the day. (Maybe it's the unlucky new Nike orange boots wore by Pato, Ibrohimovic, Dempsey, etc.) Maybe summing it up was Andrea Pirlo nonchalantly lining up a freekick from 25 meters late in the game, barely giving an effort on goal. Milan's only real threat was a glancing header by Alberto Gilardino, which Jens Lehmann saved easily.

Though Pato, and earlier Alessandro Nesta Kolo Toure left the game with injuries, it didn't have much of an impact. Amazingly Philippe Senderos was competent in the Arsenal backline. Paolo Maldini eased seamlessly into the center of the Milan defense as well. The one weak link seemed to be when Marek Jankulovski was picked apart by Emmanuel Eboue (maybe Arsenal's best player, until a yellow card for diving) and Bakary Sanga.

To its credit, Arsenal did at least create chances -- except almost all of them were gobbled up safely by Spider Kalac, who probably would earn man of the match honors for avoiding any Dida-like blunders. Adebayor was quite dangerous in the first half, despite the man-markings of Nesta but seemed to drift out of the match until the death. He did boot Kakha Kaladze in the face, so he did have that going for him. Niclas Bendtner was almost the hero, but wasted a nice sequence with an off-target blast. Eduardo and Alexsander Hleb made no impact at all for Arsene Wenger.

Maybe asking this game to be great was too much, considering Milan's defensive tendencies. Sitting back and defending is in their DNA and the Rosseneiri were quite tidy with it. It remains to be seen if Carlo Ancelotti's apparent strategy of going back to Italy 0-0 is wise. You never want to get in bed with the 'away goals' rule, right? I still think Arsenal is going to get through, probably 1-0 or something. There's no way Kaka can school Arsenal like he did to Manchester United last year, right? (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) Unlike yesterday's Inter/Liverpool match I won't complain too much. At least two hours later I had the magic of Henry and Messi to wash the bad taste out of my mouth.

The distant future -- One thing I forget to mention in yesterday's post-Liverpool/Inter hasty post is that that match was a glimpse at the possible future of world football. Liverpool had two Englishmen in its lineup at the start, though it ended with four when Peter Crouch and Jermaine Pennant came on. Inter had one Italian -- Marco Matterazzi -- and he was sent off. So with all the talk of the Premier League going or not going global, it seems a moot point. Football has totally been globalised and it seems only a matter of time before the Champions League breaks apart and becomes a World League. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

Despite all the traditions and Sepp Blatter's FIFA mandates from on high, it'll happen within all our lifetimes. The reactionary Blatter won't be around forever, and once a forward-thinker like a Michel Platini assumes the top FIFA spot (pray its not Jack Warner, the Tony Soprano of FIFA) change will happen. There's simply too much money to be made. Maybe be the time this eventuality becomes reality Red Bull Park will actually be completed.

I know it's too late, but it seemed a decent read so I decided to post this. It's from a blog I frequent, and the writer raises some good points - particularly about Kaka and World League. I honestly think the second leg will be tough, keeping in mind our tight schedule and the kind of play we're putting up lately. I only hope Pato steps up this time, along with Kaka. And a well oiled midfield. Personally, I'd rather take a scoring draw, or a 2-3 result in England (ala Manchester) than a 0-0 (like Celtic). Let's hope for the best, nonetheless. (IMG:http://cyrus.medialayer.net/~m1ke/milanfan.com/forums/style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

[Bluesummers]

comon guys lets win the next round.

This post has been edited by Bluesummers: Mar 1 2008, 07:41 AM