AC Milan vs. Barca (1/2 CL, 1st leg)

What a great posts! an long posts
Let me express my opinion about how Milan should play with spanish.
Firstly, the middle 3 players of barca especially without deco are not as strong as the front 3. Our goal should be first of all make sure that ronaldinho eto'o and messi will not have enough balls from them, gattuso pirlo and zeedorf must take care of it, so that ronaldighno wil have to play back to distribute the ball and bigan attacks himself, so if he moves from the front line to midfield it will allow our deffenders especially costacurta to breath more freely. I think it is very important issue , we should force this crazy brazilian to think about orginizing attacks not being on the top of it and fo this reason we must lock barcas middle 3.
another important point is that kaka pippo and sheva have to be active to lock in deffence 4-5 barca players so that their flank deffece will not have chance to support atacks, this will make barca slow and once again give releif to our flanks.
and one more thing, I think kaladze nesta couple should not be splited, somebody said we should use kakha on the left, no way!, this centre deffence works pretty wel so far so lets keep it. my startin eleven is:
dida
Costacurta Nesta Kaladze Serghino
Pirlo Gattuso zeedorf
Kaka Shevchenko Inzaghi

First, we have overcome a German champion, and then a French champion, and now the Spanish champion. It is interesting to note that Milan has been facing one of the most difficult CL games this years and, as one may expect after Istanbul, Milan had difficulty in winning the group (but Milan did eventually topped the group).

To contain Barca, I believe that there are two ways:

1) The team has to work as a team. Players have to run and move around, cover for each other, not just Gattuso running around and Ambrosini trying to take down everyone. The team has to work as a team and cover spaces. Be alert and concentrate.

2) Play a possession game. Lyon is different from Barca in the sense that Barca may not be able to pressure Milan as much as the French has done. One reason is that Barca players are a lot more attacking and may not feel comfortable in doing what Houllier said, "We need to force them from the defensive line". It's easier said than done, to be honest, and Barca may not have trouble doing that.

To contain Milan for Barca:

1) Just pray.
2) Pray more.
3) Pray hard.

J

U are saying that Barca's midfield is not too strong, and that's bull. Let me remind u that they totaly neutralised Chelsea, a team that was considered as one of the toughest in the midfield (with players like Lampard and Makalele). Motta, Edmilson, Marquez and Deco (who'll play only the second leg) are very tough and hard players and they can make things very difficult for us.
I still think it's up to Milan, we already outplayed hard midfields before this year (Juve, Bayern), but it's all depends what Milan will we see. And I believe that some of Barca midfielders have injuries, that should make things more easy for us.
I think if all players give their 100 percent it will be in our hands, but in football u can't ever know.

Hi all there ... No matter what the outcome with Barcelona will be, I hope Milan take some lessons of the mistakes and difficulties they have been facing lately, we should make so many changes in our defense and we need to reinforce our mid-field with one top signing.

Any one here knows anything about Milan's youth ? I am under the impression that Milan has been lagging in this field lately...any input would be appreciated.

Back to Barcelona game, Milan will have to fight it hard this time, mistakes are not allowed this time, Costacurta lacked so much confidence lately in handling, controling and passing the ball, I hope Cafu and Stam will be fit though I doubt it, it will be tough against barcelona with our late form and Gilardino not helping at all. Kaka was neutralised against diarra and Kaladze also showed some moments of hesitation that were dangerous.

It would be interesting to see if Milan wins, I am curious about how would this happen anyways.

Originally Posted by bil4

Hi all there ... No matter what the outcome with Barcelona will be, I hope Milan take some lessons of the mistakes and difficulties they have been facing lately, we should make so many changes in our defense and we need to reinforce our mid-field with one top signing.

Any one here knows anything about Milan's youth ? I am under the impression that Milan has been lagging in this field lately...any input would be appreciated.

Back to Barcelona game, Milan will have to fight it hard this time, mistakes are not allowed this time, Costacurta lacked so much confidence lately in handling, controling and passing the ball, I hope Cafu and Stam will be fit though I doubt it, it will be tough against barcelona with our late form and Gilardino not helping at all. Kaka was neutralised against diarra and Kaladze also showed some moments of hesitation that were dangerous.

It would be interesting to see if Milan wins, I am curious about how would this happen anyways.

i agree...both teams are so evenly balanced that the matches could go either way. even if we lose, there is no shame losing to a team like barca..they are really a great side just like us..

so just relax, chill and eat popcorn...the match is a good advertisement for the beautiful game..top class..

Don't compare Barca to Milan, because we have class.
Barcelona players are morons, arrogant and... they don't respect their opponents. I simply don't like them. I can't stand Deco, he always play dirty and arguing with the referee (after u see him clearly crashing some poor guy to pieces, they show u him protesting with innocent and amazed face every time). I don't like Ronaldinho, because he is very stupid guy... every time he takes a free kick or penalty, he is making that serious "philosof" face like he is about to make history... can't stand him. And what about Eto'o?? Same idiot... And their captain Puyol that supposed to be their spiritual leader, well he is one of the biggest morons there. I can't stand their little dramas, all the little stories they creat to draw an attention, or when after every unsuccesfull play Ronaldinho claps his hands and motivate his teammates even if they are leading 3-0. I mean if I was a football player, I don't think that I would wanted some moron applauding and encouraging me every step I make. Especialy when he is another player just like me, who he think he is?? So I made a bad move, leave me alone... like it's all about him, like he is pushing his team forward. The man that fits this team the most is Mourinho, same stupid clown that likes attention.

No man, don't u ever compare us with that circus. That doesn't mean we are going to win, but it's not the most important. I realy want Sheva to stay in milan so I won't have to change clubs, Milan is the best team in the world.

There are some really good points being made in hewre, I can see we are all dead serious about winning this thing! And it should be this way always! Someone said we need to prevent their 3 players in the middle to pass to mesi and Ronaldinho, thats true, but what is even more impoetant is to play our game in the middle and make Barca suffer as much as we can do it. I dont think Cafu will be quick enough to play 1 on 1 with Dinho, and Gattusoi has a yelllow card already, thats bad situation. On the other hand, it would be gfood tzo majke messi cover for serginhoi more than serginho for messi. That way we can rest seedorf more and let him to to the middle and hold up ball so our formation can stabilize in the moments Barca is pressuring, and there will be such moments.... Our first task needs to be an empty net form Dida, and we can always score a single goal in San Siro. 1-0 would be a brilliant result.
my team...........
.................dida.........
cafu...nesta....maldini...serginho....
..............pirlo..............
...gattuso.........seedorf
----------kaka-----
....sheva..........
..................pippo.......

Cafu will play more defensive than usual, but with wisdom! We just need to be tight in the middle, and make our 3 up front play against their backline - that is the key. Serginho can always pass oleguer ,so can KAka against motta or whoever plays their DM in this game. Not to mention Pippo and Sheva.
So, Barca has something to be afraid about, but so do we. Just keep it mooving all the time and do not looks patience aven in the last minutes of the game.

sorry for misstiping some words, im somehow always in hurry in here.

Whata a cracker will it be, if Gila score the goal that will take us to the final...

hey, it could be, he could be, for once, our Jon Dahl Tomasson... entering the game when we need a goal, by any means necessary, and getting it...

doesn't have to be pretty, just put it in the goal...

then we would go back to all those Anti-Gila threads and say who is who...

Originally Posted by alex22

I think if all players give their 100 percent it will be in our hands, but in football u can't ever know.

Sash22, can you explain to me why you annoy me so much?

What??? What did I do now?? lol hahaha
U must be kidding me... right?

Gila scoring a goal that important would just send his confidence sky-high. After that he will not stop scoring in the Champions League (until it is over, of course)

But don't compare him to Jon Dahl, I hope Gila will be much, much better than him.
Tomasson may have scored some important goals, but in the long run he was incostisent and ended up being just another average Sheva striker partner.


If that happnes, Anything bad I have said about Gila you can use against me, and I will admit I was 100% wrong.

If I seem to be preparing that I was wrong, it is because I have a feeling that Gila will score at the San Siro at the end to give us a 1-0 victory, and that will end up being the decisive goal that sends us to Paris. That would be too amazing...

Great news - The Milan derby has been moved to Friday, 14th in order to give us an extra day to prep for the Milan-Barca game on Tuesday, 18th. It's on the official site and not only.
Yesterday, I read on calciomercato that Barca are trying to do the same for their game vs Villarreal, I think, and since both sides are interested in the move, chances it will happen, if it already hasn't.
Well, if this depended on the cigini in any way, a big thanks from us

Originally Posted by alex22

What??? What did I do now?? lol hahaha
U must be kidding me... right?

Nothing.

I just caught you lying ... again.

You wrote yesterday that you are not the same guy who is Sash22.
Today you replied to my remark to "Sash22". Aniother day - another lie?

No offense, just wanted to clear things out...

Finally the sun is out, we had miserable 5 weeks of rain.
I am putting on my yellow-n-blue #7 jersey to play in an hour. C ya! )))