UCL QF: AC Milan vs Bayern Munich

April 3. Nesta and Serginho are set to be back by then and hopefully Gila/Oliveira will eventually find their form.

Last year we eliminated Bayern after playing away and then home. In recent years (ie. in the Ancelotti era) we have struggled in the knock out phase against teams that we play against home first and then away and here's the list of ALL the games we played home first then away:

Milan 4 - 5 Deportivo, Milan 3 - 3 PSV, Milan 0-1 Barca.. Personally I dont like the draw and I dont think Depor or PSV were better than the Bayern we will be playing. What do u guys think?

Anyway, we have a nice plus for the game against Bayern:
* Van Bommel has been suspended for 2 CL games. He will be missed dearly by Bayern.

Originally Posted by hitmannq8

* Van Bommel has been suspended for 2 CL games. He will be missed dearly by Bayern.

What happened?

Originally Posted by BMWTaylor

What happened?

He got a direct RC against Real Madrid. I think it was him and Diarra who got in a quarrel just before RVN took the penalty and the ref has shown them both a RC.

I really have no idea why was he suspended for 2 matches and not 1. He must have said smthg to the ref on his way out.

I will be majorly surprised if Nesta and Serginho in particular will be ready for this game. I will cross my fingers and hope i am proved wrong

van Bommel got 2 YC=1 RC in the second game vs Real at Allianz Arena ... this leads to 1 game suspension automatically.

In the first game vs Real at the Bernabeu, however, he made obscene gestures at the Real M crowd and was handed a 1-year probationary period, during which he was facing a 1-game ban if he repeated an offense of similar type.
So, after his antics during the second game vs Real M, UEFA decided to add one more game to his suspension and thus he will miss both Milan games.

Originally Posted by Jim_UK

I will be majorly surprised if Nesta and Serginho in particular will be ready for this game. I will cross my fingers and hope i am proved wrong

I think they have boh been training with the squad for some time now and Nesta is expected to make it at least on the bench vs Atalanta ... most probably he will even get some playing time too. So, bar any injuries, he should be in pretty good shape - maybe not top form but not far from it either - for the bayern games, the first of which is 3 weeks away.

As for Sergio, I think he is a little behind in the prep compared to nesta, so he will probably be ready for selection i.e be ready to make it to the bench when we will be playing Bayern ... I still doubt however he would be fit enough to start a game by then, most probably that moment is 4-6 weeks away, counted from now.

Zlatanov, I believe Sergio should be ready by the end of the month, which means he will play vs Bayern even against Roma on March 31st

From now on it's kill or be killed, I don't like the second leg away from home though. We have to win the first one at home with 1-0 and imo we'll be fine. And Pippo has to play this one, he is the Bayern killer.

No Van Bommel for both legs for them, great news. And just seeing the 'UCL QF' thread gives me the chills. This is what we live for. If Nesta comes back our defense will be given a huge boost. And if Serginho returns and immedeately regains his 05-06 form, unlikely, I know, we are set in the defense.

http://www.channel4.com/sport/footba...ia/mar16n.html

Originally Posted by Vadim

http://www.channel4.com/sport/footba...ia/mar16n.html

Now that is a great news... With Lucio,Van Bommel and Kahn out for suspension,we surly become favorites..and I think we can do it..

Those three together with Shwan. are the most important players...

Its not confirmed yet, but if they are indeed out, even for just one leg, I'm very optimistic.

I personally doubt these two would get suspended ... a suspension of their two best players would create too much unrest in the Bayern camp, especially now that van Bommel is out for sure.
I would expect that they would get fined, scorned and given a warning that should these things happen again, they would face a ban ... anything more than that would be a bit too harsh, I think.

Did Oliver "Hothead" Kahn (aka mzk's best keeper in the world ) and Lucio refuse outright to take a drug test?

Maybe Lucio has been on something; he's always looked like the Brazilian Frankenstein to me.

Hope they all get banned and we whoooooooooooooooop their ass