SL Benfica vs Milan: Ambro and Pippo injured

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Originally Posted by eltomas2

nesta almost gave benfica the lead after a very bad pass + a couple of clumsy challenges, not his best performance...kala and bonera have been doing well so far, I'm not sure if seedorf or sergino are even playing?? specially sergino...kaka and gila have done pretty average so far...

that was serginho who gave the ball away, not nesta i am pretty sure.

kaka still not his best, pirlo did pretty good, and we got our result. that is all we can ask for.

of all the teams....as much as i dont want to say this but respect must be given where it is due and that is to inter....they are very dangerous probably the most dangerous they have ever looked in the chamipons league..

Honestly, it's still way to early to tell. Arsenal and inter may look strong but you know what... somehow t hey just messed it up in one or two games.

Save your judgment till later....

Not a good disply by Milan today. I would say that Dida was ok today and Kaladze was good today together with Nesta. Gattuso, Serginho a lot of bad passes need to fix that by Saturday.

channel4:

There were worrying moments in Lisbon when Ronaldo was preparing to make his Champions League debut in a Milan jersey, but pulled up for treatment instead.

“Ronaldo felt a twinge during the warm-up and still wanted to go on, but considering Clarence Seedorf’s ankle wasn’t in good shape I opted to play it safe. Ronaldo is fine and will be available for Saturday.”

Dida 6; Bonera 6,5, Nesta 7, Kaladze 7, Serginho 3 (Maldini 6 dal 1' s.t.); Brocchi 6 (Gourcuff 6 dal 6' s.t.), Pirlo 6, Gattuso 5; Kakà 5,5, Seedorf 4 (Oddo dal 28' s.t.); Gilardino 5,5. All: Ancelotti 6.

(Voce d'Italia)

Sheesh, you'd think Zeekay was giving the ratings for Milan games nowadays.

We did what I was expecting us to do. Not a brilliant display, but we got away with the result we needed and now we have to gain one point from Celtic to be in the 1st place. Since the game in Japan is a week later, I expect us to play at least 80% of our first team, as the first place is needed to avoid teams like Real, Barcelona, Chelsea, ManU, Arsenal (or is it Sevilla now?)...

Originally Posted by remote2book

of all the teams....as much as i dont want to say this but respect must be given where it is due and that is to inter....they are very dangerous probably the most dangerous they have ever looked in the chamipons league..

Thought the same, but first, in CL the thing is harder than just the team that looks stronger, and two, Inter's group (alongside Arsenal's) is the easiest of all, so we don't really have a good meassure stick to see how strong they are.

[/quote]Thought the same, but first, in CL the thing is harder than just the team that looks stronger, and two, Inter's group (alongside Arsenal's) is the easiest of all, so we don't really have a good meassure stick to see how strong they are.[/quote]

thats true but our group isnt the brightest either we have been quiet lucky the past seasons and you are right things willl get harder i mean we got byren in the quarters and Man u in the semis and Liverpool in the finals that is not easy for anyteam but as always the teams get stronger every year

Originally Posted by BMWTaylor

Dida 6; Bonera 6,5, Nesta 7, Kaladze 7, Serginho 3 (Maldini 6 dal 1' s.t.); Brocchi 6 (Gourcuff 6 dal 6' s.t.), Pirlo 6, Gattuso 5; Kakà 5,5, Seedorf 4 (Oddo dal 28' s.t.); Gilardino 5,5. All: Ancelotti 6.

(Voce d'Italia)

Sheesh, you'd think Zeekay was giving the ratings for Milan games nowadays.

Most probably only a 6 because though he looked solid and confident, the saves he was forced to make were expected saves, and had any one of them gone in then he would have been at fault. Personally, I'd say he deserved 6.5 as he offered a great deal of calm to the backline.

If Ronaldo is out of the Juve game then we are in some big toruble as Gila cant paly against Chiellini. I hope Roonie can play some matches untill january and then - off with him or just get another forward.

Im sorry guys but this is ridiculous. The man cant play 2 mages in a row, didnt play for 5 months, what more? We cant let this happening to Milan.

We need to draw against Celtic so we can play our second let at the SS. As it looks ike now Arsenal will be the toughest 2nd team, but aldough they are good, I dont see them beating us in CL.

Great Game...I love you Benfica

I applaud Benfica on their game, indeed, the Rui Costa that had trouble making our side, repeatedly walked through our team like he was on a Sunday stroll...maybe we respect him too much....

Why he, Seedorf Kaka and Pirlo couldnt play together, with a single striker and DM, is beyond me...but Carlo wins us trophies, so...who am I to judge...

Anyway, trophies arent won in November, so I fear no side´s form at this point in the season..there remains our match vs Celtic, to lend greater knowledge of whom we will face in the round of 16...so I will worry about crossing that particular bridge, when we get there.

I really hope that we dont start to succumb to too many injuries...well, that may be a blessing in disguise, as it may force some purchases in the January window.

My dad, who is Real Merda fan , was also speqking how Rui Costa would do great with Milan... It was great to see Rui play like that! BRAVO RUI!

Now we need to push up the tempo and fight untill we drop on the field in 95th minute, as that is the only way we'll beat Juve.

Ronaldo injured??

Originally Posted by jpick

that was serginho who gave the ball away, not nesta i am pretty sure.

kaka still not his best, pirlo did pretty good, and we got our result. that is all we can ask for.

Kaka is definately not on his best form...he went on a couple of classic runs yesterday with nothing to show for it.
The final run he made at the end of the game would have hit the back of the net no questions in last year's CL.
I guess it happens to all players, better now than in February, and I hope it doesn't last too long.