AC Milan vs Manchester United: 17 Feb

Let us hope this CL round brings us even fonder memories than the 2007 one angainst Man Utd. Pato is the one!

Originally Posted by mzk57

Hey Warro I can't believe that you still have doubts of ACM beating Man Utd Our midfield will eat the skinny Giggs, Kido Fletcher and the Ginger head Scholes and its not even worth mentioning the useless Carrick (18 mil pounds ). Apart from the Humpty Dumpty Rooney and Vidic, I can't see a single world class player in that line up. And we all know that Wayne Rooney is a loser when it comes to the bigger stage and Vidic is not the same of 2006-2008. The way I see it, we will blow them away at the San Siro and the again beat them at Old Trafford. Its a very simple and straight forward match

I am thinking of starting a poll on the next most wanted opponents of ACM in the QFs. Don't forget, aside from Messi, I mean Barca, no team is better than ACM, whether you like it or not.

Didn't he score against us twice when we faced Manchester at Old Trafford two years ago ??

he did...but Dida was to thank for those goals more than Rooney should be credited! but mzk makes a very valid point, Rooney is not a world class striker, not yet at least, he is extremely over-rated.

the advantage we have over manchester, is that they lack players of the ultra world-class calibre, players that can potentially win the Golden Ball.. they don't have any player that can turn a game around single handedly... Milan has quite a few: Nesta, Pirlo, Seedorf, R80, Inzaghi. I wish to add Pato but I don't think he's at that level just yet. I still think he wastes too many chances 'cause of poor decisions.

the biggest worry for Milan is having to play at OT the second leg. that's going to be the only reason this is not going to be an easy game for Milan. I've watched Man U play 2 games in the last week and they won both games with a big margin, however I don't think they are a great team..they have way too many flaws (granted that they have alot of players injured).

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

he did...but Dida was to thank for those goals more than Rooney should be credited! but mzk makes a very valid point, Rooney is not a world class striker, not yet at least, he is extremely over-rated.

the advantage we have over manchester, is that they lack players of the ultra world-class calibre, players that can potentially win the Golden Ball.. they don't have any player that can turn a game around single handedly... Milan has quite a few: Nesta, Pirlo, Seedorf, R80, Inzaghi. I wish to add Pato but I don't think he's at that level just yet. I still think he wastes too many chances 'cause of poor decisions.

the biggest worry for Milan is having to play at OT the second leg. that's going to be the only reason this is not going to be an easy game for Milan. I've watched Man U play 2 games in the last week and they won both games with a big margin, however I don't think they are a great team..they have way too many flaws (granted that they have alot of players injured).

hitman pato rises up to big occasions. i have a feelings that it will be him who will decide the return leg

Originally Posted by Lebanese

hitman pato rises up to big occasions.

Since when?

Roma and Real this season?

2 games is not good enough... in the San Siro game against Real, he scored a wonderful goal however in the rest of the match he wasted so many chances he shouldnt have. (not necessarily infront of the goal, but promising build up play). Against Roma he had a good goal and an average performance, he was by no means "great". I agree with you that he was great at the Bernabeu but in other games where it mattered (Inter, Zurich, Marseille) he was just another player on the pitch...actually worse, he always disappointed.

Originally Posted by Blacktop

Since when?

since he started playing for us.

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

2 games is not good enough... in the San Siro game against Real, he scored a wonderful goal however in the rest of the match he wasted so many chances he shouldnt have. (not necessarily infront of the goal, but promising build up play). Against Roma he had a good goal and an average performance, he was by no means "great". I agree with you that he was great at the Bernabeu but in other games where it mattered (Inter, Zurich, Marseille) he was just another player on the pitch...actually worse, he always disappointed.

The guys 20 and he's already scored against Inter, Roma, Juve, Real Madrid, basicly every big club he's ever played against, alot of the biggest players in the world can't say that. I think it's fair to say that he's a big game player.

Originally Posted by Christian

The guys 20 and he's already scored against Inter, Roma, Juve, Real Madrid, basicly every big club he's ever played against, alot of the biggest players in the world can't say that. I think it's fair to say that he's a big game player.

True that... But if Dihno is playing well, then Pato is sure to be dangerous.

Originally Posted by GeoTav

Didn't he score against us twice when we faced Manchester at Old Trafford two years ago ??

Sorry I don't remember that. What I remember is the that our useless gk scored 2 goals against us. If we had even an average gk, it would have been 2-1 victory for us. Simple

Originally Posted by Saliwonczyk

True that... But if Dihno is playing well, then Pato is sure to be dangerous.

I think its the opposite. Pato runs the show in important matches. But having said that, he should be sold to Chelsea rite now for 50 mil and the money should be used to bring in Dzeko and G.Rossi, because they seem to be ACM fans, and I have had enough of watching our star players leaving San Siro at their peak.

I just saw Manchester-Leeds today and suprise suprise Leeds won 0-1 at United!

It confirms everybody's thoughts that United are a whole different team without Ronaldo,everybody can beat them now.If you watch them it really confirms the things we said about them.They just miss somebody who really can make a difference,somebody who can win a game with one individual move,Ronaldo was that person and now they expect Rooney to do this,but he cant.

I am really confident if we play them,ofcourse i dont underestimate them,they are still 1 of the best in the world and much stronger then us.But we really have a chance against them,they dont have much dangerous players.

Meh, don't think Man Utd are all that bad despite that lose. They're still second in the league and won their group in the Champions League.

Still I love when they lose since I loath them. It's a pretty embaressing lose aswell, especially since Man Utd and Leeds apparently hate eachother.

Well, last time we beat Man Unt. everyone, including the ridiculously patriotic commentators had written us off due to our domestic form. We are different to United though. I think we can see thier struggles in England as a good sign for the CL playoff.

Just want to say that beside having Rooney and Berba, ManU played with their B-squad. And ManU did not win the group with those players.

Anyhow, if everyone is healthy, ManU will be tough. But they do lack firepower upfront, something that Milan must take advantage of.