AC Milan vs Manchester United: 17 Feb

Originally Posted by fLame

I am not sure how useful Pato will be, having been out with injury for so long.

Indeed. It might take him a while to get back in gear.

Don't know if it's a good example, but look at Seedorf. Since he's been back he hasn't performed up to his standards so far this season. Then again the whole team has been shaky. Guess the same will apply to Pato.

Bring Nesta back for the game, and I'm confident we can beat them again this time.

.....................Abiatti.......................
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...Bonera....Nesta...Silva...Zambro.............
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.............Flamini.........Pirlo.................
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.....................Seedorf......................
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..........Pato.................Ronaldinho......
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....................Huntelaar......................

This team is good enough to beat any team on any given day, even Barca and Bayern. Having said that many of you are talking about Pato being the deciding factor, well I totally agree, but one thing that will be even bigger difference maker in this tie will be our FULLBACKS. I don't trust in Abate and Antonni playing together. Zambrotta must play, to control the wide players of Man Utd, similarly if Bonera is fit, he must play as well, specially in the second leg. Also, if Pato is missing then instead of being coward & playing with Beckham & 2 DM, Leo should play Borriello on right hand side & Huntelaar in the middle. No need to be afraid of playing with an attacking mentality. Seriously guys, why can't Borrie & Hunter play together? I bet they can form a lethal partnership in Pato's absence.

Prediction Time:
ACM 2 - 0 Man Utd
Man Utd 1 - 0 ACM

8 days left

as of today, our morale is dooooooown and their morale is up... but hey, that's how Milan has always preferred it to be in the CL

The biggest questions: Will our 4 injured starters make it back in time? Zambrotta/Oddo/Nesta/Pato. Shame that Mancini is cup-tied I thought he was pretty solid against Bologna and offers us something else on the flanks and his one-touch football can be useful for players like Boriello, Pato, Seedorf.

I truly think that without Nesta, we will lose, (even if Bonera put in an excellent shift vs Bologna...but thats Bologna it must be said), and even with him, looking at the form that Man U are in, it will be a tough task to advance past them.

They will have a Vidic back (and anxious to impress his potential new employers, if rumors are to be believed that he is on his way out, and to Milan at that) + Ferdinand will also return....Rooney is in sparkling form....

The only positive I see is that they will be attacking us, thus the game will be open, as long as we can get a couple of goals, we have a chance....yet we have failed to score more than 2 goals in our last 4 matches....

Who knows? The ball is round as they say...FORZA MIIILAN!! (regardless)

Warro, if Vidic and Rio start for them, trust me it will be good news for us...

Considering that Leo will play with one striker, Borreillo, and that if Vidic and Rio are starting for ManU, how can that be good news for Milan? To me Vidic and Rio are tougher than Lucio and Samuel.

To me, the scary thing about playing ManU now is not Rooney in great form or Vidic and Rio coming back, it has more to do with guys like Fletcher, Park and Carrick picking up their forms. As these three are their engine in midfield, who might not be as tough as Gattuso but do runs a lot on the field, win balls and make the no nonsense passes. They might not be the Essien or Pirlo or Cesc in midfield but as a unit those three are really tough to play against as they all compliment each other games really well. Once they start pressing and pressing and pressing, guys like Seedorf or Pirlo won't stand a chance against them.

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

Once they start pressing and pressing and pressing, guys like Seedorf or Pirlo won't stand a chance against them.

You know what, I believe that this ACM is good enough to beat Man Utd on any given day regardless of Rooney's form & Vidic etc coming back & the star of the show will be Pirlo & Seedorf. Mark my words

Plus one more thing, KJH must start. I hope Leo will understand now that personal likes & dislikes should be outside the pitch.

Vidic has looked shakey since Torres ripped him apart at old trafford, i just hope Borri stops wasting our time and chances and starts scoring them again and Dinho can play like he did against Siena.

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

Warro, if Vidic and Rio start for them, trust me it will be good news for us...

Hmmmm...

I have a feeling that Seedorf won't even starts against ManU.

It will be Beck playing the CAM with Pato and Dinho on both sides with Borreillo upfront.

Originally Posted by Gabriel489

I have a feeling that Seedorf won't even starts against ManU.

It will be Beck playing the CAM with Pato and Dinho on both sides with Borreillo upfront.

Pretty sure Seedorf will start. This is his kind of game and Leo knows it. While him holding the ball for ages might not be very good against the smaller sides, against Manchester I think it'll be an asset. My guess is that he'll start.

I really hope Dinho and Pato turn on their style for this game. If Milan can exploit MU's defence, then we have a chance. I think they should employ 1 player to mark out Rooney throughout the game. He will be their main threat. FORZA MILAN!!!!

Don't know why people keep saying Seedorf is a big game player. Beside the first Real game, he has been below par in all of those so call big games this season.

lets wait and see what happens. they are our regular customer.