Man U v AC Milan

[The Proclaimer]

Man United: Edwin van der Sar; John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Gabriel Heinze, Patrice Evra; Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick, Paul Scholes; Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs

 

Not sure how Fergie's gonna line them up, but my guess would be:-

 

------------------Van Der Sar

 

------O'Shea Brown Heinze Evra

 

--------Fletcher Carrick Scholes

 

--------- Ronaldo Giggs

 

--------------------Rooney

 

Rooney and Giggs may swap though, as Fergie seems to like playing Rooney wide left in Europe

 

AC Milan: Dida; Massimo Oddo, Alessandro Nesta, Paolo Maldini, Marek Jankulovski; Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo, Massimo Ambrosini, Clarence Seedorf; Kaka; Alberto Gilardino

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Man United: Edwin van der Sar; John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Gabriel Heinze, Patrice Evra; Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick, Paul Scholes; Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Ryan Giggs

 

Not sure how Fergie's gonna line them up, but my guess would be:-

 

------------------Van Der Sar

 

------O'Shea Brown Heinze Evra

 

--------Fletcher Carrick Scholes

 

--------- Ronaldo Giggs

 

--------------------Rooney

 

Rooney and Giggs may swap though, as Fergie seems to like playing Rooney wide left in Europe

 

AC Milan: Dida; Massimo Oddo, Alessandro Nesta, Paolo Maldini, Marek Jankulovski; Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo, Massimo Ambrosini, Clarence Seedorf; Kaka; Alberto Gilardino

 

 

Looking good for a Utd win... "In the last 23 matches @ Old Trafford they have won 20. They have found the net in every game and scored 60 times, while at the other end they have kept 10 clean sheets and conceded 14 goals"

[minijc]

Goal united and think it was ronaldo or possible Heinze

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Looking good for a Utd win... "In the last 23 matches @ Old Trafford they have won 20. They have found the net in every game and scored 60 times, while at the other end they have kept 10 clean sheets and conceded 14 goals"

 

And so it continues...another Italian rout on the cards??

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Goal united and think it was ronaldo or possible Heinze

 

 

I'd credit Dida with that one...

[minijc]

I'd credit Dida with that one...

Aye seen the replay and never realised it cracked off of his face haha.

 

1-1 now Kaka' scored.

[cgs1706]

Horrible defending Utd. 1-2. Kaka again - he did do amazingly well though.

[minijc]

1-2 AC Kaka' again with a littlew help from Evra for taking Heinze out the game.

[Batfink]

Nice to see the best player in the world score a couple tonite, he's the only real attacking threat Milan have!

[cgs1706]

Michael Carrick. What the hell was that!?!

 

I think I would have scored that.

 

Clich

[Patty]

Tyldsley makes me cringe.

[cgs1706]

2-2 Rooney. Amazing ball from Scholes.

[cgs1706]

3-2 Rooney.

 

Great goal.

[Nespa]

Rooney's pish!!

[OddJob]

Gilardino must be the most over-rated striker ever. Utter mince, spent most of the night on his fat arse

[reddonslewis]

Gilardino must be the most over-rated striker ever. Utter mince, spent most of the night on his fat arse

 

 

better striker than you richard

[Jaws]

Can't stand Gilardino. He's a diving, cheating prick. Not even that good a player. Did anyone see him throw himself to the ground when Heinze was behind him? Minimal contact.

[minijc]

United were lucky but couldna say it wasna coming, the goal from rooney was amazing and i hope he continues this form that he's finding again.

 

ALSO AC millan must be pish they couldna score more past the 2nd string defense!! JOKE

[The Proclaimer]

Aye seen the replay and never realised it cracked off of his face haha.

 

His face? He pushed it in with his hand, but as Ronaldo's header was goalward bound, it's credited to him.

 

Nice to see the best player in the world score a couple tonite

 

Rooney?

 

 

He's a brilliant player, but would say Ronaldo is the best in the World right now.

 

United were lucky but couldna say it wasna coming, the goal from rooney was amazing and i hope he continues this form that he's finding again.

 

Lucky? What game were you watching?

 

United had a lot of good chances, namely Carrick's at the corner, and Dida pulled off a couple of cracking saves from Fletcher and Ronaldo shots.

 

ALSO AC millan must be pish they couldna score more past the 2nd string defense!! JOKE

 

There were still 4 international players there (O'Shea/Heinze/Evra/Brown), and after the first half, they settled in and played pretty well.

 

United WILL score in Milan. They've got momentum on their side now, and can look to the 2nd leg with confidence. Milan have to score, so need to open up, which will suit United on the counter-attack, considering they're probably the best counter-attacking team in the world right now.

 

I'll be honest and say that Gattuso going off was a huge loss for Milan though. Brilliant, brilliant player.

 

Fletcher, again, was outstanding though.

[minijc]

Watch the first goal again, as ronaldo headers it it takes a deflection upwards then dida scrambles and pushes it in.

[The Proclaimer]

Watch the first goal again, as ronaldo headers it it takes a deflection upwards then dida scrambles and pushes it in.

 

Do you even read posts?!?

 

You said :-

 

Aye seen the replay and never realised it cracked off of his face haha.

 

Then I said :-

 

His face? He pushed it in with his hand, but as Ronaldo's header was goalward bound, it's credited to him.

 

Kapeesh?

[minijc]

Do you even read posts?!?

 

You said :-

Then I said :-

Kapeesh?

You're just like a CSI show rolled in to one- a complete mind f*ck!!

 

It either hit Didas arm or face as ronaldo headed it the first time then he scrambled back and pushed it in.

[JimmyJimmy]

I think it came of Dida's shoulder and then he tipped it in with his fingers.

[JimmyCalderwood]

Thought man u played ok but could have played a lot better and will need to in next match against them.

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I think it came of Dida's shoulder and then he tipped it in with his fingers.

 

Correct.

 

Or possibly his chest.

[10MenWent2Mow]

Man Utd were very good and I think it's the first time that I have actively cheered them on. My views on Milan and their cheating have been made clear elsewhere over the past few weeks and I'm glad that Utd beat them today.

 

Darren Fletcher was absolutely immense for Man Utd today, looked like the complete midfield player, his performance had everything apart from a goal (which he was damned close to getting as well). The thing I've always said about Fletcher is that he should play for Man Utd like he plays for Scotland, when he believes that he's the best player on the park and constantly looks for the ball, sometimes I think he has the tendancy to hide in Man Utd games but he definitley didn't do that today.

 

Looking forward to the 2nd leg as well, much more than I'm looking forward to the Chelsea vs Liverpool game, I just can't see it being a very good game.

[The Proclaimer]

Darren Fletcher was absolutely immense for Man Utd today, looked like the complete midfield player, his performance had everything apart from a goal (which he was damned close to getting as well). The thing I've always said about Fletcher is that he should play for Man Utd like he plays for Scotland, when he believes that he's the best player on the park and constantly looks for the ball, sometimes I think he has the tendancy to hide in Man Utd games but he definitley didn't do that today.

 

:appl:

 

Yet you'll still have peple saying, "he's not good enough for Man Utd," and the like.

 

His tackling/tenacity against Gattuso was great to watch. His energy and ability to get up and down the pitch was prevalent again last night, and I thought his range of passing was fantastic - an often overlooked aspect of his game - and as you said, he very nearly scored but for a cracking save from Dida.

 

Classy player, who stood out again last night. Delighted for the lad!

[OddJob]

Yeah Fletcher was brilliant last night. This might finally be him hitting the top form that Fergie is talking about. Thought Scholes and Carrick were also fantastic in the 2nd half, but i suppose like others said that was more down to Gattuso going off.