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

Originally Posted by Nadir

Milan have a superstition for cup finals - that they must wear white. I remember they explicity asked to wear white against Juve. Liverpool probably want to wear red anyway as it is the colour they are known by.

Ahh.. I love that we play in white in the CL finals, it is such a nice tradition. We go from being the red and black devils to angels dressed in white - and of course or football will be divine too

I don't think Liverpool will underestimate Milan. However, it seems like the English press could do a good job of putting pressure on Liverpool by raising the expectations before the match. That is certainly an advantage for us.

I do, however, fear that Milan will underestimate Liverpool. On the other hand, the scare we suffered against PSV may have been just what we needed to make sure that we take Liverpool seriously, even if in theory their squad doesn't compare to ours.

Originally Posted by Nadir

Milan have a superstition for cup finals - that they must wear white. I remember they explicity asked to wear white against Juve. Liverpool probably want to wear red anyway as it is the colour they are known by.

The very same superstition which costed Milan the Toyota Cup in 2003

Under Sacchi's all conquering Milan side, Milan won both the European Cups in all white, and the Toyota Cups in the traditional Red & Black.

Ancelotti, having played in those 4 games, should have known better than to opt for an all white kit against Boca

Originally Posted by ilgenio

Liverpool will be in their all red kit, which means Milan will be in their "lucky" all white kit.

We have won 5 finals in the white kit, those 5 as mentioned by you above. We beat Ajax in 1969 in our traditional rossonero colors.

I start to doubt about the magic of the white shirt...
Just recently at the Philips stadium we were beaten embarassingly by PSV when using the white shirt.

Or...will the magic white shirt will only effective in the Grand Finals like what will happen in Istanbul??

Either White or Red & Black...I do believe that Paolo will again lift the trophy!!! And...again...next year too..!!!

Oldman

Originally Posted by Oldman

I start to doubt about the magic of the white shirt...
Just recently at the Philips stadium we were beaten embarassingly by PSV when using the white shirt.

the shirt was white , yes... but with black socks and this nearly tragic and absolutely intolerable event due to carelessness has disturbed and weakened all the magic.
So, this excludes all possibility of doubt: an inexhaustible 'all white' for every final

Originally Posted by Oldman

Or...will the magic white shirt will only effective in the Grand Finals like what will happen in Istanbul??

yes, white, completely!


MILAN

I agree that the white shirt is such a talisman for us! We lose rearly when we are playing in White! White will be the right choice!

id like to see us in red and black.. those are our traditional colours, im not really superstitious, we can beat liverpool wearing pink for all i care! but milan is not the rossonero for nothing

RED AND BLACK

Have there been any previous meetings between the two clubs? Anyone got any history on that?

Originally Posted by Arildonardo

Have there been any previous meetings between the two clubs? Anyone got any history on that?

As far as I know this is the first time we meet Liverpool in Europe, the UEFA Cup included.

Arildonardo,i was interested in the same thing and this is what i was able to find out about our statistics with English teams in general.

English vs Italian Clubs in European Cups

1962/63 Champions Cup 14/11/62 Milan-Ipswich Town 3-0
28/11/62 Ipswich Town-Milan 2-1
Fairs Cup 16/02/66 Chelsea-Milan 2-1
02/03/66 Milan-Chelsea 1-1 aet

UEFA Cup 05/04/72 Tottenham Hotspur-Milan 2-1
19/04/72 Milan-Tottenham Hotspur 1-1

Cup Winners Cup 16/05/73 Milan-Leeds United 1-0 played in Saloniki (Greece)

1975/76 UEFA Cup 17/09/75 Everton-Milan 0-0
01/10/75 Milan-Everton 1-0

1978/79 UEFA Cup 23/11/78 Milan-Manchester City 2-2
06/12/78 Manchester City-Milan 3-0

1994/95 Supercup 01/02/95 Arsenal-Milan 0-0
08/02/95 Milan-Arsenal 2-0

Champions League 15/09/99 Chelsea-Milan 0-0
26/09/99 Milan-Chelsea 1-1

Champions League 19/09/00 Leeds United-Milan 1-0
08/11/00 Milan-Leeds United 1-1

source is http://www.rsssf.com/intclub.html

06/12/78 Manchester City-Milan 3-0

damn City, i bet all those goals were offside

not a very good record vs english clubs

GOOD NEWS

Milan-Palermo moved for Europe?
Saturday 7 May, 2005
Milan’s qualification for the Champions’ League Final could force another change to the Serie A calendar in order to give them better time to prepare.

The European decider against Liverpool is set for Wednesday May 25 – just three days after the penultimate round of the Italian domestic season.

Usually, Milan’s game against Palermo would be brought forward so that they would have an extra rest day, but as it is so late into the campaign and the Scudetto race is still wide open, that could be tricky.

The Serie A rules state that the final four rounds of the season must be played simultaneously to avoid potential match-fixing scenarios.

It is possible that the entire Week 37 set of fixtures could be brought forward to Saturday May 21, but that in turn would cause problems with the Coppa Italia semi-finals.

Coppa tie Udinese-Roma is set for Thursday May 19 and would leave both sides – fighting for Champions’ League and safety spots respectively – at a disadvantage to their opponents for these objectives.

If the Scudetto race is still wide open by that stage, then just Milan-Palermo and Livorno-Juventus could be moved to the Saturday.

I know that Milan will be the Champion of CL!!!!!!!!!!

We shouldnt even be bragging about this CL we got lucky. PSV outplayed us both games

Originally Posted by Playa_Pimp

We shouldnt even be bragging about this CL we got lucky. PSV outplayed us both games

Yeah riiiight.

We got into the final because PSV decided to bend over for us after outplaying us right?

We defeated the Ukrainian Champions on the opening matchday and broke their undefeated streak in Donetsk on Matchday 1. It was also the first time they conceded a goal in their season.

We defeated Celtic on Matchday 2.

We neutralized the most explosive offence in the world at home on Matchday 3 and sent Barcelona home without any points at a time when they were on fire.

We played a poor game on Matchday 4 against Barca and yet it took a moment of individual brilliance from Ronaldinho in the 90th minute to seal victory for them.

We blazed Shakhtar on Matchday 5.

We became the third team after Bayern and Barcelona to get something in Celtic Park in the UCL game on Matchday 6.

Double over Utd. and prevented them from scoring in a knock-out TIE for the first time since 1997.

Did the double over Inter under extreme pressure and made sure to maintain that undefeated streak. Became the first side to defeat them both in the league and UCL respectively.

Played one poor half vs. PSV at home and played a poor game overall in Eindhoven except 25 mins in two chunks and yet made the final.


And we didn't deserve the final? Give it a rest already. I feel for the Hos youse pimpin.