Arsenal-Milan CL Round of 16 Leg 1

Originally Posted by Jeff

Is this result actually surprising? Is Milan ever fresh to play this game? (I didn't watch the game, so please comment!)

Seedorf, Pirlo and Kaka were completely out of this game.
and i dont mean that as " arsenal marked them good" , they were rather poor, especially pirlo who made lot mistakes, seedorf wasn't that good too.
Basically they left Kaka and Pato all alone in arsenal's half.

IMO best players were 1. Oddo 2. Kalac 3. Maldini

Oddo was great in defense it was in enormous contrast to his previous games in serie a, Kalac was always secure, always catching the ball , Maldini was also great and did the 90 % of CB's work ( kaladze was kinda out ) .

But Adebayor has been dreadful , he could have made the game 2-3 : 0

I think Kalac was best today in the Milan team, then Maldini. Ma Arsenal ran our sucks of in the second half, especially the first 10-15 min in the second half.

Originally Posted by Jeff

Meanwhile, is Pato injured AGAIN?

No, he was just tired. He just had cramps.

Wow, losing Nesta in our defense was like losing 2 players, weird how much pressure Milan was under after Nesta was gone, I wish I was exaggerating but Arsenal really had our backs against the wall, from minute 50 to about 60 the pressure Arsenal was putting on was relentless, and then that last chance Abeda-pain-in-the-ass had all alone against the woodwork, luck was definitely on our side. Kaka looked very very slow, is so obvious specially for us Milan fans, he is definitely playing with pain, and pato got injured, dont know if it was the same ankle, that really sucks...oddo had a great chance but im not sure what he was aiming for, but I thought he played well tonight, kalac had great positioning, always was were he was supposed to be, great job...let's hope pato and nesta are ok, SPECIALLY Nesta, this guy is invaluable to our defense...i still cant believe that last chance arsenal missed, the young gunners couldn't go for the kill

sounds like it's a defense day for us. I don't blame the players; they have been playing one game every three days and they seem to get drained. Our away form is usually awful (except against bayern when Milan needs to win).

I'm surprised that milan didn't get grilled; it should have been 2-0 or 3-0 against Milan but Arsenal sounds like they didn't take the chance.

I'm quite certain we'll see a different Milan 2 weeks later. Or let's at least hope so!

J

Oh ya... if Nesta didn't come back and Pato... I'm a bit worried then

I'm just surprised that Arsenal didn't take their chances, like Man U did last time.

Pato wasn't injured , he just had cramps and it was his right foot i think he injured the other one

Originally Posted by Jeff

I think so, but we have two weeks to figure this out lol.

Meanwhile, is Pato injured AGAIN?

I think he was faking to kill time, but I'm not sure

The chanses for Arsenal was to win with 1-0 not more, don't get me crazy, i am the one who wants 5-8 trasfers but we weren't faced an Arsenal to beat us 2-0 or 3-0.

So... if Nesta has not something very serious our physios will make their job as they did with Kalac today... Pirlo made one of his worst games, he can't be worser in the 2nd, Seedorf was very poor also, the same with Pirlo, Kaka tried but he was alone.
Kalac was very good, Il capitano was great again... Pato was good also...
Gatusso and Ambro average...
So regarding all these facts along with 70.000 Tiffozzi in San Siro i believe that is up to us to qualify for the "8"...

Kalac is my motm

you exaggerate Arsenal's quality in this game, they had been dominating, but with only few serious chances..
the best Arsenal could get out of this game is 1:0
luckily for us, it's a draw,
hope we rape them at the San Siro

arsenal basically looked really eager to score the whole time today...i think it could be cuz they might think our defence will be really hard to break down at the san siro..but arsenal pressured us the whole game...kalac and the whole defense did great even after nesta went out maldini marked Adebayor just as good ...iam confident that we will go through arsenal must be worried that they didnt score..pirlo did not have a good game at all..same with kaka and seedorf..and with these guys not having a good game you can only imagine the striker...on the flipside its not like febragas had a good game eboue was running like a man possesed in the second half i think that was because maldini had gone into the CB position...but overall the defence and kalac deserve all the credit today there is no other team in the worl that can do what our defence did for 60min today...but 0-0 is a tricky result we cant let arsenal score in the san siro..we would make it hard on ourself..

On the positives, last year we drew in Glasgow 0-0, and then our fitness went improving week after week.

I think in the San Siro it'll be a COMPLETELY different story, as they will need a boast of confidence once they get inside.

Btw congratulations to Arsenal. They are a great team, and we must accept the chance that in 90 everything can happen, especially given that they have 2 results out of 3.

My ticket for the return leg is worthy 10 times the price i paid. I will make noise for 2.

Originally Posted by drucurl

Kalac is my motm

Not Quaresma?

Hello,

Im an Arsenal fan from England, and Ive popped over to see the reactions of you Milan fans to our 0-0 draw
Also, Id like to know if your opinion of Arsenal has changed in any way. Prior to the game, a few Milan fans on various forums happily expected to "rape" us and one or two put us in the same class as Roma and Sevilla.

Well played you guys, San Siro is a tough place to go to, but you remember that we OWNED your rivals inter 5-1 at the San Siro a few years back. So Id like to think that we have a chance of winning this

Cheers guys