Milan vs. Celtic - 2nd Leg, round of 16

Originally Posted by merlin07

Now maybe you can help me, i'm flying into Milan on Tueday night,
Whats the best form of transport from Malpensa Airport to the town centre and how much does it cost. Also is there any part of Milan that we should stay clear from( i.e Bad parts of town where there may be trouble)

Any other information that might be relevent would be nice.

Cheers in advance

Well, the easiest is to just take a TAXI, but that's gonna be expensive... let's say 50-70 Euros... probably as much as your flight... I'd say you only consider this if you have the money, the urgency to get to your destination, or in case you arrive very late at night, or with bad weather...

What I would do, is:
TAKE A SHUTTLE! They go from Malpensa to Stazione Centrale... there's always one about to depart... and it costs like 5 Euros... if you don't know your way around town to find your hotel or where you're staying, just go to Stazione Centrale and from there take the Metropolitana (subway)...
the nearest stop to San Siro is "fermata LOTTO"...

the TRAM can also take you all the way into the parking lot of the stadium, right Biglietteria Sud (South box office)

From theGuardian website:

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_...024649,00.html

The prospects of a team qualifying for the next round, naturally enough, are influenced by the result they recorded in the first leg. Consider these figures from two-legged European ties played in the major competitions - the Champions League, Uefa Cup and the now defunct Cup-Winners' Cup - in the last 20 completed seasons. Of all the teams who lost by one goal away from home in the first leg, only 44% qualified for the next round - so Arsenal beware. Of all the teams who drew away from home in the first leg, 72% qualified for the next round. Of all the teams who won by one goal away from home in the first leg, 91% qualified for the next round.

This is certainly reassuring!

Now, where can I place my bet

Originally Posted by Warro Bantan

Of all the teams who drew away from home in the first leg, 72% qualified for the next round.

And when Milan ( in last 20 years) is concerned, the percentage is even higher.

See this, it's almost unbelievable :


Champions League
When Milan drew the first leg, they ALWAYS won the second leg
1993 - Aarau 0:0 - 1:0
1995 - Benfika 0:0 - 2:0
2003 - Ajax 0:0 - 3:2
2004 - Sparta 0:0 - 4:1
2006- Bayern 1:1 - 4:1
2006 - Lyon 0:0 - 3:1

Champions Cup
When Milan drew the first leg, they didn't qualify for the next round only once
1988 - Red Star 1:1 - 1:1 pen :4-2
1989- Werder 0:0 - 1:0
1989 - Real Madrid 1:1 - 5:0
1990 - Mechelen 0:0 - 2:0
1991- Club Brugge 0:0 - 1:0
1991 - Marselle 1:1 - 0:3

UEFA Cup
2001 - Sporting 1:1 - 2:0

Cup Winners Cup
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Total : In last 20 years Milan drew in the first leg 13 times, and they qualifyed in the next round 12/13 times , or 92%.

Now you can place your bet Warro

Aye Tony, your the lad to go to! We do have a tradition of 'leaving it late' don't we?

You guys bet all you want, im not betting one dime on this. If we have strikers like Gilardino to depend on then we are in real trouble my friends. Here's some stats for you, in the last 20 years, we never had to play with a lone striker as bad as Gilardino. I dont think we ever had a striker with only 1 goal in CL out of (i think) 10 games now?

Forza Milan, just lets not get complacent.

Does anyone know why Gourcuff didnt even make the bench against Chievo? Any chance he's being saved for the Celtic game? I have a feeling we will see Pippo-Oliveira up front.

Hello this is stefan from romania and i wish you all the happyness in the world to all the rossoneri fans and id like to make a prediction : AC MILAN - Celtic 2-0 jankulowski and aladino gilardino .... Forza Grande Milan Ps this is my video , an ac milan tribute http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLw88-WTrJ4

Forza Aladino Gilardino.....C mon guys gila is such a good striker but he needs time ... Thats all....

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

If we have strikers like Gilardino to depend on then we are in real trouble my friends. Here's some stats for you, in the last 20 years, we never had to play with a lone striker as bad as Gilardino. I dont think we ever had a striker with only 1 goal in CL out of (i think) 10 games now?

Forza Milan, just lets not get complacent.

I agree that we're lacking that cutting-edge up front, but remember that goals don't have to come from strikers only. If Kaka-Pirlo are on their game like in Glasgow, then we have a good chance of going through. I say Oddo and Janku should fancy their chances and go for goal.

Complacent? Aye, that happens. I think most of us know what serious contenders Celtic are and we're just trying to be positive is all man.

Originally Posted by acmilan_nutu

AC MILAN - Celtic 2-0 jankulowski and aladino gilardino .... Forza Grande Milan Ps this is my video , an ac milan tribute

The least you could do is spell the players' names correctly.

Originally Posted by BMWTaylor

The least you could do is spell the players' names correctly.

No, you don't understand. It is Jure coming back to MM.

Let's celebrate!!!

We should beat the HELL out of Celtic. 4-0 is good enough

Goals from
Kaka'
Gila
Pirlo
Nakamura (own goal)

I have faith that we will win this game. I'm already nervous for Wednesday!

Forza Milan! Non ti lasceremo mai!

Hello folks, first post for me although I've been reading for a while now.

I think that a positive result for us on Wednesday lies squarely on how we play. If we play as we know that we can then we'll be far too strong for Celtic.

Much has been made here of Nakamura's free kick ability in the Scottish media. This is more in hope than expectation.

Celtic are sorely lacking in the striking and centre back positions. Wednesday is all about Milan and how we play and I fimly believe that if the real Milan turns up then we'll take the tie by two clear goals.

Can't wait ...

gota say the x-mas tree would rock,

dida
bonera
simic
oddo
janko
pirlo
gattuso
ambro
gourcuff
kaka
gila

subs

seedorf
pippo
brochii