UCL SF 1st Leg: Manchester United vs. Milan

We will go trough to the final. I really am looking forward to the game tomorrow. Milan is in a great form. The confidence is back. Manchester's defence is weakened very much. We will have to profit from that. And our magnificiant defencesive midfield trio will stop their dangerous counter-attacks, more important: they will stop CR.
Milan will show the world tomorrow why they are the greatest in Europe.

forza Milan

whole english league is predictable, if u ask me. Fast and physical in defence, deadly on counter and cant play it low. I looked several EPL matches in these 30 days and i always see the same. They get the ball, pass it on their own half a bit and then one of them sends it forward to wing or rushing midfielder/scorer. They rarely pass the half-line on the ground. Almost no tactics but so much more crazy kicking the ball in the air and crazy running after it...

I think the important thing here is not getting the goal. And since our back line can be a bit slow those quick counters worry me. Also our defending midfields should watch the 25-30y area, i fear the biggest chance for them to score would be from a long range uncovered spot.

What is likely to be our starting lineup?

ACMILAN1983, Ambro,Rino and Pirlo together? Does that mean a lone striker.
Is Berlu allowing that these days.

Also is Cafu likely to get the nod ahead of Oddo.

Iv seen a few clips of C.Ronaldo on fire recently. When ever he is on the right against us the one man to stop him should be Serghinio. Hes fast enough. Unless Janku has blossomed and please say he has.

Originally Posted by K77SH C

What is likely to be our starting lineup?

ACMILAN1983, Ambro,Rino and Pirlo together? .

Wow! Does 1983 have CL experience? lol

Originally Posted by K77SH C

ACMILAN1983, Ambro,Rino and Pirlo together? Does that mean a lone striker.
Is Berlu allowing that these days.

Is this a serious typo or is there some inside joke I'm missing here?

I always have to take a deep breath and come back to reality after watching the english league. it's fast, it's out of control and it produces some great goals. but as many have been stating, it is a bit predictable and not skillful.
when i watched milan decimate munich, i remembered back to milan-man u from 2005. i was worried then, thinking that if man u played in the 'english' style, we'd get destroyed. ha! milan came in, did the most efficient job, and shut them down. twice.
i think man u will be psychologically decimated by the injuries. fletcher, o'shea (aka watermelon-feet) and smith, while hard-nosed prem players, are not european quality. even if milan don't score (please come back to life, gila), i think they can effectively kill the game off with possession. it's the same thing with celtic-go to parkhead, probably a tougher stadium to play in since OT is usually quiet, kill the game off, come home and do it.
i think it will be milan, 4-1 on aggregate.
let's all enjoy the ride-what a season!

Originally Posted by Milancelotti

Wow! Does 1983 have CL experience? lol

It was a typo !
He wanted to write 1984, and we know he ment George Orwell, the anglo-indian defensive midfielder.

And K77SH C , i'm not Dev but i think i can give you the same answer :
Yes, Carlo will probably start with lone Gila up front. Oliveira is the other available attacker ( Pippo is injured, i think) and i can't see him starting, especially on an away and such important match.

Concidering Cafu played on Sunday and Oddo was rested, i believe it's going to be Oddo who'll start tonight.

Originally Posted by K77SH C

What is likely to be our starting lineup?

ACMILAN1983, Ambro,Rino and Pirlo together? Does that mean a lone striker.
Is Berlu allowing that these days.

Also is Cafu likely to get the nod ahead of Oddo.

Iv seen a few clips of C.Ronaldo on fire recently. When ever he is on the right against us the one man to stop him should be Serghinio. Hes fast enough. Unless Janku has blossomed and please say he has.

nothing personal vs Dev but I'd rather see Seedorf in there

yeah, we'll be using X-tree as we've done in most CL games of the second stage. Plus with Ronie cup-tied and Pippo not in good shape, we don't have much of choice to begin with.

the formation will likely be:
Dida
Oddo, Nesta, Maldini, Janku
Gattuso, Pirlo, Ambro
Kaka, Seedorf
Gila

I would expect Oddo to start over Cafu as the latter played a full game vs Cagliari and he no longer has 2 games in 3 days in his legs ... but I am sure he would be ready to come in if necessary.

Serginho will probably be on the bench as he probably doesn't have enough match fitness to start such an important game. I would expect him to relieve Seedorf later in the game, especially if ManU needs to push forward and we could take them on the counter.

The way I think Milan will try to stop CR is pack the midfield and defense so that he doesn't have much space to operate in ... which is when he is most dangerous ... doubt we would bother putting a defender on him.

Zlat, I agree on the formation... and although Dida is traveling with the team, I'm not 100% sure he will start... maybe Kalac will play...

It´s simple and easy to know who will win

If Milan's players play what they know, the italian team will win for sure

If Ancelotti mess the team, Manchester United will win

It´s a good game for Ambrosini and Gattuso play together, Gattuso must run behind Cristiano Ronaldo all the time and Ambrosini must deffense the zone

English teams use to be robotic, they don´t have so much imagination so I think Seedorf and Kaká, two smart players will do a great job

Ferdinand is a fantastic deffender but iI don´t think the other Manchester United's deffenders can mess the job of Milan's attack

In football, everything can happen but I think Brazil, Italia and Netherlands is the best combination of players for a team and that´s kinda what Milan is really trust that Milan can win bouth challenges

I think we will line up with 4-3-2-1:

Dida; Oddo, Nesta, Maldini, Janku; Pirlo, Gattuso, Ambro; Seedorf, Kaka; Gilardino

Originally Posted by Tony29.

Shut up Zlat and don't ruin my perfect argument how Milan is the luckiest team of all time in the universe
.......
Still, you're lucky bastards ( my signature doesn't aply when we talk about Milan's luck )

Well, maybe that's true because after all, "fortune favors the bold".

Edit: Oh, and are you sure that OT is usually quiet? Cuz when I watched the Roma vs. Man U game, the booing from ManU fans was pretty loud. Actually, it was quite scary, no wonder the Roma players lost their nerve so easily.

Oh yeah, FORZA MILAN! FIGHT LIKE THE LIONS AND HEROES YOU ARE!!!!

Originally Posted by Lilly

Edit: Oh, and are you sure that OT is usually quiet? Cuz when I watched the Roma vs. Man U game, the booing from ManU fans was pretty loud. Actually, it was quite scary, no wonder the Roma players lost their nerve so easily.

Umm... that's why 'experience' counts.

12 hours and counting.

I'm going to watch this game while playing GOLF tomorow! LOL! Not at my ususal course. I'll be going to a golf club that has Sat TV screens in them. Wooohoooo! Play golf and watch footie! Life couldnt be better!

FORZA MILAN!