ACMilan- Arsenal Champions League 07/08

I don't think Wenger will start RVP, he certainly would not want to risk him especially after Eduardo. He might be on the bench but I wouldn't bet on him coming on either.

So if we were 1-0 down with 15 minutes to go he wouldn't come on? lol
in all seriousness, if Rosicky is back we will play 4-5-1 with hleb playing off Ade

I only hope Arsenal don't fall in to the trap as United did last year, United I think were still left on the coach.

Originally Posted by cescvanpersie

So if we were 1-0 down with 15 minutes to go he wouldn't come on? lol
in all seriousness, if Rosicky is back we will play 4-5-1 with hleb playing off Ade

Wenger has came out and said it was his mistake for rushing Persie back so quickly, if he does it again I think he'll know the consequences.

Persie will only play if he's ready, but like you mentioned if Rosicky is fit then Hleb will play off Ade.

Exactly, Ghost.

What happened to United last season, how did they fail? I never watched the full match as I was too busy celebrating the fact United were losing.

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RVP looks set to be on the bench against Villa. His return will be a huge boost, and hopefully some minutes against Villa will give him better footing for a stronger impact against Milan. His return is so vital for Arsenal to realise there EPL and CL ambitions.

MU has been totally overrated by Milan last year (i don't know if it can be said like that ? we can say a player is overrated, but a team ?). I mean: Milan played really well, almost perfectly, they had to win, and they just did it ...

Milan actually has managed the perfect game by this way: not having all the time the ball possession, just let the ball to MU but pressing everytime the midfield (C.Ronaldo for example had almost no good ball), and when Milan had the ball, they did the special Milan actions lol (the ball is touched by every player and there is a goal 3-4 minutes later). After 5 minutes, I think a lot of guys could have said that Milan was going to win (I didn't anyway, too stressed to think we were sure to win lol).

I wouldn't say that the team was overrated as they were close to doing the treble again. EPL winners, FA Cup final and CL semi-final. However Ronaldo is overrated. He bar Arsenal has not scored against a big team even though he has played many many times. The only reason he even scores against us, is because we are very attacking. In big games he is poor and it's no surprise he was poor against you. In saying that he is excellent against the other teams.

Overrated wasn't the good word, sorry ... in France we say "Surclassé", I found "Upgraded" as a translation but I don't think it is the good word too lol.

Umh ... how to explain this word, perhaps over-estimated ??

Yeh you could.

I think you might mean "outclassed" Geotav.

Originally Posted by outlaw_member

Exactly, Ghost.

What happened to United last season, how did they fail? I never watched the full match as I was too busy celebrating the fact United were losing.

They got 'Raped' lol

lol united were awful, i remember getting stick from my college mates about their 3-2 victory.
Only man utd can be happy to let in 2 away goals for their opponents with a 1 goal lead and be happy about it Lmfao!
Trust me man utd were useless but that can also be put down to their useless defence on the day with vidic only just returning from injury and the absence of ferdinand.

Milan will be obvously favourites for this, but we have a chance, no one thought we would win at the Bernabeu in 2006. Anyway 1-1 will be enough for us, but still I hope it's a good game with both teams going all-out attack.

Originally Posted by elysian_fields

Milan will be obvously favourites for this, but we have a chance, no one thought we would win at the Bernabeu in 2006. Anyway 1-1 will be enough for us, but still I hope it's a good game with both teams going all-out attack.

No one thought we would win the CL last year (after a "poor" round robin and a very difficult match against Celtic, idem against Bayern lol) !!

For the 2 teams attacking, to watch that, you must hope that Arsenal scores first !! At 0-0, the two teams will manage a bit their match I think and if 1-0 for Milan, they will defend and attack sometimes only, i see this match like that (anyway it will be the best game of the year !! lol).