Man Utd - AC Milan (Post Game Comments)

This is not meant to be a cynical post, but I think some of you are overlooking the fact that we could have been 2-0 down by half time.

Man Utd didn't put away their chances, but I thought our defence looked a bit shaky, maybe even nervous, in the first 30 minutesof the match. Nesta had a poor start, gave the ball away a few times, but got better as the match worse on. Maldini was also not having his best game, but I knew Ancelotti would eb able to change things in the 2nd half and Milan quickly improved and wer the better team in the the 2nd hald and deserved to win in the end and it could have been more, if only Kaka had passed.

Crespo had a hard job playing up front on his own, but did well in the end. He is still not the player we need as he doesn't hold the ball up well enough or have the ferocious pace to be really dangerous and he certainly isn't worth £10m

I thought we got players forward to support him, but we overcommitted players at times, which left us stretched when our counter attack broke down i.e. the Fortune shot which just missed the post.

Gattuso, Cafu, Pirlo (even with some wayward passes at times). but particularly Seedorf, played really well and I think, with Sheva and Stam back for the home leg, we have a good chance. Also, where is Inzaghi, does anyone know when he is back from injury, as I can't believe it but we miss him?

"Milan are just playing some fantastic attacking football
that I doubt the home side would have expected."

Think: if only they could get a cross in from Cafu which wasn't too high or too low....

Yes, not a perfect game by Milan, but the REAL DEVIL team deserved.
Utd play is too much poor.
I remember the Old Utd, the Bobby Charlton Utd.
An other story, totally different.
Today, they lack of pure class (and experience)

Not at our best, but this 50% Milan is enough for the Fergie boyz.


What a control of the ball: Man Utd narcotized.

I'm over joyed, even though we deserved more.

We went to machester AND MADE THE GAME. I was feared by C Ronaldo but Kaladze did very well, Nesta Maldini Dida, where super as always.

Stam got injured (hope he has nothing) but was an advantage playing with Cafu.

Midfield boys where brilliant. I don't have more points to add;

At the goal the atmosphere was incredible people where flying from all places in the Milan club. I was drunk by the result, later with alcohol Now hangover but who cares?? I'm just too happy

BTW where are those united fans e.g; Koku??????

Congratulations to all Milanisti for that great victory and a huge step towards securing our quarterfinals place . In addition a huge morale booster at this critical stage of our season . Actually before anything Carlo Ancelotti deserves full praise for this result and the way he managed the match tactically was superb . Before the match Carlo's main focus was to keep hold of ball possession as much as we can slowing down the tempo of the match and imposing our style on them . Actually the players completely succeded in that playing the possession game and showing maximum tactical discipline and fighting spirit . It is extremely difficult to handle Man UTD this way at their home especially that they have a very strong attack . We played with Crespo as a lone forward supported by Kaka and Rui Costa and I believe Carlo opted for Rui Costa ahead of Serginho to serve his tactic of keeping hold of ball possession without rushing into attack . Actually apart from a clear goalscoring opportunity to Fortune in the first half that went inches wide we were rarely under threat and our defenders prevailed . Equally we had were unfortunate not to take the lead early after a long range bullet from Seedorf bounced off the crossbar . Near the end of the match we snatched a late victory showing the character of champions after a long range shot from dutchman Seedorf rebounded off their keeper Roy Carrol to find Crespo on the follow up to finish it off . Anyway we still have a task to do in the second leg and we shouldn't rest on this result . Hopefully we can have king of goalscorers Sheva available because that will make a real difference . Now we can switch our attentions to the tough derby looking forward to a victory . Forza Milan .

Man. United didn´t play well, but we also must remember that there are two teams in the field, and we MADE United look so bad. We simply outplayed and outsmarted United in a way that I have not seen before, and furthermore we did it at The Theater of Dreams

Gattuso, Pirlo and Seedorf were among our best players, but really this was a TEAM effort and much credit must go to the whole team and also Ancelotti for making the perfect tactic.

We controlled the ball completely throughout the game and therefore we were able to slow down the speed of the game and thereby we could control the match completely.

Yes, United had some big chances and could have taken the lead but you can never ever keep United from creating chances especially in Old Trafford. They olny looked dangerrous on their fast brakes, when we had many men at their half and then lost the ball.

Now let´s not forget that we are not in the quaterfinals yet, we all remember what happened last year and I´m glad Tomasson after the match said to danish TV that "Nothing is settled yet, last year we won 4-1 against Depertivo and then made a fool out of ourselves".

If we think we are allready through then we will get huge problems in the second leg... we have the upperhand and I do think we will win the second match also, but we need a fully concentrated performance like tonight to do that.

manchester had 2 clear chances with scholes and fortune but they missed
they could win this game
but we won!
ım happy but we didnt play well

My god we didnt play well??!??!?!??!?!?!?!??!?!?

We CONTROLED the game.

The game was played OUR way.



If Kaká wasnt so selfish, the second leg would have been much more confortable.

One question: When is Filippo Inzaghi back, does anyone know? Will he be back for the 2nd leg with Shevchenko?

FORZA MILAN

Good win and an important away goal. Man united will find it difficult to beat us at San Siro.

I wish someone could tell that Rooney to shut his gob.

pity... but true... finally they clashed... very disappointed eve... I do not want that happen that MUFC is almost out of the tournament.... though the hope die the last .... congrats to all you guys... Milan did great... I am proud of that.... though not very satisfied... I donno what I am speaking... do not mind my words... juss ignore em...

FORZA MILAN

Good win and an important away goal. Man united will find it difficult to beat us at San Siro.

I wish someone could tell that Rooney to shut his gob.

great performance great nite watched the match wiith a lot of friends who support man u in the pub. milan you did us proud

I watch the game in a sportsbar where they showed both the Milan game and the Barca game on big screen. The place was jam-packed with english tourists. All left disappointed

ManU positives:
1. Central defence actually looked pretty good indeed
2. C. Ronaldo did cause some trouble on his side
3. ManU were very very quick on the counter attack (something we must control in the return leg)

ManU negatives:
1. Playing with a lone striker against the best defense around was a bad coaching mistake
2. ManU played with 10 men behind the ball and looked like a mid table team playing away from home. Weather or not that tactic can work, it is not an honourable way to play for a team of ManU stature.
3. Keane who?

Milan Positives:
1. At least 60 minutes of one-touch acurate passing. We owned the midfield
2. Cafu - without him our game would have been pretty but boring. Even though his passing wasn't up to standards, he added width to our game that was desperately needed.
3. Fighting spirit - Milan took the game to Manchester and controlled it. Yes, ManU missed great opportunities, but so did Milan (Seedorf, Kaka, Crespo).

Milan negatives:
1. Even though we controlled the game, we did not create much. We need two strikers and strong wing-backs to not only control but to capitalize on the domination.

Spurs milan i was wondering of asking you this question,are u tottenham fan or san antonio spurs?

Ciao tutti!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cannot beging to tell you how good I feel today!!!! I was at the match last night and before we give the players and the coach all the credit that they so rightly deserved lets put our hands together for the Milan fans!!!!! Although I am sure those who were uinable to attend did their bit infron of the screans but the fans that were at Old trafford were awsome!!!!! We out sang the 60,000 Man Utd supporters! and we gave them a lesson in passion towards your team! We were great and! So as a specail request to all you milanisti out there lets have a specail well done to the Curva!!!!!!