Champions League Final: AC Milan vs Liverpool (ALL-match comments)

you sound like malcom X

This is just perfect. I would love for the English media to build Liverpool's confidence - to the point of being overly confident. Let liverpool think they are meeting some mid-table English Premiership team or some over-rated English Premiership team like Chelsea.

problem is, the press are sticking to Liverpool being the underdogs. Liverpool know exactly what there up against even though they have already put Chelsea and Juve out. The PSV game has given them hope but thats hardly the fault of English journalists when even everyone here agrees that PSV for large parts were the better side

by the way, Liverpool are barely above mid-table themselves and have lost almost as many as they've won domestically so they wouldnt be over confident anyway if they thought they were playing a midtable EPL side

BTW, if Liverpool play like a lowly SErie A team, they will be able to get to the second half 0-0 and maybe get half way past the 2nd half without goals being scored. But Milan will eventually crack the Liverpool defensive nut. Liverpool will definitely not hope to take this to penalties as they know Milan have a penalty stopper expert in Dida.

The style is similar but the difference is that not many lowly Serie A sides have a midfield including Gerrard, Alonso and Garcia. Those players are capable of putting together a quality move, it may only happen once in the match but the way things have gone for them recently if they got 1 chance they would probably score it......

Guys we are acting like we drew up Barcelona with Ronaldinho, and Samuel Eto'o. We drew frigging liverpool!!! we should be able to brush them aside. i think liverpool is far far overrated and liverpool is underrating milan because of the PSV game.

It will be a very difficult game for both us and them.
We give away a lot of chances lately, but never too much. And we are deadlier than any other side when it comes to converting our own chances. Liverpool is a side that doesn't give away much chances, but doesn't create a whole lot of them eather.
Our central midfield is both creative and strong, but on our wings we are vulnerable .Their central midfield is good in defense but poor in offense. Their wings are dangerous.
They have a goalkeeping problem, we have a goalkeeping advantage.
They can adapt to different tactics and plans, while we need a consistent approach to every game and depend on chemistry.

But we have one thing in common: a great legacy of achievement and tradition.
Which is why there will be mutual respect but also a fierce and prestigious fight.

I'm looking forward to it already.

Originally Posted by Nadir

Guys we are acting like we drew up Barcelona with Ronaldinho, and Samuel Eto'o. We drew frigging liverpool!!! we should be able to brush them aside. i think liverpool is far far overrated and liverpool is underrating milan because of the PSV game.

I don't think any finalist should be treated like that. For their sake as a matter of respect, but especially for our own sake as a matter of realism. We should have learned by now that arrogance and disdain are our toughest opponents.
In fact, Liverpool is a better side than Barca. Why? They got past Chelsea and made it to the finals, and Barca failed to do both. We are the experts in playing for the end result, so we should treat others the same way as we treat ourselves. Right now, we are both in the same place and we'll just have to prove that we are better.
And I believe we will prove that we are the best in Europe, as long as we take the other side seriously.

For all you say about us, in 270 minutes of Football against Juve (away) and Chelsea (home and away) we did not conceed a goal.

We will not underestimate your team, even if our press may do so. Everyone that is connected to the club one way or another knows what we have achieved so far is fantastic. However in the cold light of day we've won nothing yet.

Originally Posted by Stezagud

The style is similar but the difference is that not many lowly Serie A sides have a midfield including Gerrard, Alonso and Garcia. Those players are capable of putting together a quality move, it may only happen once in the match but the way things have gone for them recently if they got 1 chance they would probably score it......

Excellent analysis!

This could turn into another Portugal-Greece

Liverpool'll be well-prepared, they haven't been in a ECC/UCL final for 20 years, their players'll consider this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

I'm as sceptic as ever as we approach this final. Let's just hope our quality'll prevail

Originally Posted by Nadir

This is just perfect. I would <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=love&v=56">love</a> for the English media to build Liverpool's confidence - to the point of being overly confident. Let liverpool think they are meeting some mid-table English Premiership team or some over-rated English Premiership team like Chelsea. Let them keep comparing Milan to those teams and plan accordingly. Let them think that Shevchenko is equivalent to Drogba. Let them keep thinking that Nesta and Stam are a pair of "static" defenders with no idea how to win cup finals. Let them keep thinking that Maldini and Cafu are aging has-beens who have no clue how to compose themselves to win cup finals.

Let them believe. Let them dream. Let them hope.

we know what the end result will be.

A BIG FAT RED AND BLACK


BTW, if Liverpool play like a lowly SErie A team, they will be able to get to the second half 0-0 and maybe get half way past the 2nd half without goals being scored. But Milan will eventually crack the Liverpool defensive nut. Liverpool will definitely not hope to take this to penalties as they know Milan have a penalty stopper expert in Dida.

Exactly my sentiments. Let the english media say whatever they want. Boast their ego, make Milan the underdogs. I <a href="http://www.ntsearch.com/search.php?q=love&v=56">love</a> it when Milan is the underdog.

When Milan faced Man U, Man U was in their winning streak while Milan drew/lost their domestic game at the weekend, hence deeming Milan to be the underdog. 2 - 0 to Milan.

Against Inter, Milan also did not managed to win their domestic game while Inter is still in their unbeaten record. Again the media feels Inter could finally break their jinx against Milan but look whos in the finals~

Whoever faces Milan, as long as it is an English team, i can't wait for Milan to teach them some humility lesson. I hope that the Liverpool fans whom will be patronising this forum will behave better than those Man U fans (Stez n Rae aside) whom came here to wreak havoc.

Milan - Under Dogs

Liverpool - Hot Favourites

I honestly hope we wear the Red And Black

so liverpool are in the final with a clean sheet record going on! classic!

- 1995: seba rossi was in the middle of a clean sheet in ajax-milan 1-0. kluivert ruined it for him.

- 1996: van der sar had his record terminated (record still standing) by ravanelli when juve beat ajax after penalties

- 2005: non c'e' due senza tre!!

Hope we will beat Juve on Sunday, we have to replace our defense because it was a long time Dida took 3 goals, there was something form Deportivo in the game on Wendsday, Pirlo is THE most important players in our Middelfield and he wasn't that goed, Gracie Massimo !
Pero la finale e per noi ! doveve vincere per le 39 morte del heysel !

Originally Posted by Gregsta

... we have to replace our defense because it was a long time Dida took 3 goals ...

this is the type of exaggeration we need to avoid, guys. we are still the best defence in italy and one of the best in europe. should one game influece your judgement of the season as a whole?

Everyone now is boosting Liverpool cuz they eliminated Chelsea and Juve and they are underestimating us cuz of the PSV games.
I'm not worried, just remember that we're playing well in the last 3 years, Liverpool shone only in the last months and only in the CL. We're a lot better than them. I just hope that we'll be physically ok, because that's my only fear and not the opponents. In recent years we've beaten Real, Juve, Inter, Bayern, Man United, Barcelona and Ajax so we can beat Liverpool as well.

Originally Posted by Laudrup

Excellent analysis!

This could turn into another Portugal-Greece

Liverpool'll be well-prepared, they haven't been in a ECC/UCL final for 20 years, their players'll consider this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

I'm as sceptic as ever as we approach this final. Let's just hope our quality'll prevail

While I reserve the right to place another post closer to the day of days...I wanted to give my initial impressions of the outcome of this fixture at this juncture.

I agree with Laudrup here (yes, really I do) in that Liverpool will be completely focused on this game to a man, and will mayhap be in slightly better physical condition than Milan.

Nevertheless, I some how cant see Liverpool beating Milan. We are a better team than they are, and though I rate Benetez highly, I think Carlo may get the nod tactically.

What I think will determine the outcome of the game (from this far in the future) will be how well we adapt to the high pressing game from the English team. If our midfield is chock full of ball winning defensive midfielders, then I look for a repeat of the PSV encounter...but if Kaka could somehow be joined by the Portugese maestro, then we will evade those rushed tackles, and split the Reds defense with incisive passes and dribbles.

Man for Man, the Reds dont match up with us very well, and both teams have been beaten by "lesser" opponents domestically this term...which at this stage...means little or nothing except that we both succumb to lapses in concentration, which I doubt will happen in the final, at least to Milan.

In besting a Chelsea that was sans Duff and Robben to me is no feat, as Chelsea are pretty average without those wingers. Milan hopefully will have all our "graft" players available, and with these providing service to Sheva, no team in the world can stop us.

Let Liverpool fret, worry, bite their nails, and cringe at the thought of facing Milan. I feel a certain sense of destiny this term. A sense of confidence that I have not had in recent seasons. We will win the UCL final in Istanbul.

FORZA MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILAN!!

We aren't fretting, and we aren't over confident. We'll play our game and maybe just maybe we'll come out of it with number 5.

I'd expect Didi, Alonso and Gerrard all to start in midfield. With them, Carra, Sami and Garcia in the team we'll have a good shot at you.

We also feel a slight destiny this term too..... Last time Charles got married? Last time we had a new pope?