Semi final - Manchester United vs AC Milan

Dark Savante wrote:Parky
my idea is if Pique comes back , bye bye OShea and if Evans comes back next season then its bye bye Wes.

Surely Silvestre goes before them two.

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

Seedorf MOTM by the way

He was very good. Wouldn't say MotM but certainly one of the best on the park.

Pierre Littbarski wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:Milan had some very good individual performances: Oddo (why u givin him 5's?!), Nesta, Gattusso, Seedorf.

Amzingly we can't include Kaka in that despite 2 goals !

Pirlo and Gilardino were an absolute disgrace.

Dida great apart from the 1st 5 and the last 1.

The 2nd was a great strike and very similar to one of Ronaldo's 3 for Madrid at the same end of the same ground.

They were right to bring in Ronaldo but surely they had to bring in a CL forward too - ideally Iaquinta (could have made a huge difference tonight).

For Man U Rooney was efficient for a young player - percentage finish for the 1st rather than anything clever and he took the 2nd very early.

He outperformed Ronaldo.

Scholes was as bad as Pirlo 1st half but very good 2nd.

Man U deserved it based on 2nd half.

I would like a Milan win in the 2nd leg and ideally Pleat, Tyldesley, Townsend and Earle to die in a plane crash on the way there.

Seedorf MOTM by the way

If you're looking purely at Milan players I'd say Nesta, otherwise fletcher

Its going to be him or Heinze going , I say this because Pique can play RB , CB and DMC , meaning versatile player role which is currently played by O'Shea and P Neville before him.

Evans for Wes is a no brainer.

Dark Savante wrote:Its going to be him or Heinze going , I say this because Pique can play RB , CB and DMC , meaning versatile player role which is currently played by O'Shea and P Neville before him.

Evans for Wes is a no brainer.

If we're keeping 8 -

Rio, Nev, Vidic, Evra, Heinze, Brown, Evans.

Then one of Pique or O'Shea.

Seedorf was class.

Piqué seems pretty decent from what I've seen

Take it to the United thread guys, this is match thread

Great game. Kaka is just brilliant. And some people said C.Ronaldo was just as good in the CL. O, and Berlusconi said before that he wouldn't change Dida for Buffon.

Tweedle wrote:Piqué seems pretty decent from what I've seen

He wants first team football though, I'd send him on loan again and probably keep O'Shea.

He's Mr versatile.

Damn, I couldn't watch the second half because I had to leave the house. Looks like I missed a great second half.

Congrats United for turning the game and winning it. Still, those two away goals will help Milan in the rematch at the San Siro.

A great match worthy of a CL semi-final!

Rai Krol 14 wrote:Seedorf was class.

He's always overlooked yet I've never seen him have a bad game (although I don't watch Netherlands play...).

Pierre Littbarski wrote:Milan had some very good individual performances: Oddo (why u givin him 5's?!), Nesta, Gattusso, Seedorf.

Amzingly we can't include Kaka in that despite 2 goals !

Pirlo and Gilardino were an absolute disgrace.

Dida great apart from the 1st 5 and the last 1.

The 2nd was a great strike and very similar to one of Ronaldo's 3 for Madrid at the same end of the same ground.

They were right to bring in Ronaldo but surely they had to bring in a CL forward too - ideally Iaquinta (could have made a huge difference tonight).

For Man U Rooney was efficient for a young player - percentage finish for the 1st rather than anything clever and he took the 2nd very early.

He outperformed Ronaldo.

Scholes was as bad as Pirlo 1st half but very good 2nd.

Man U deserved it based on 2nd half.

I would like a Milan win in the 2nd leg and ideally Pleat, Tyldesley, Townsend and Earle to die in a plane crash on the way there.

was very clever in his play. giggs was very good too imo.

OwenThomas4 wrote:

Rai Krol 14 wrote:Seedorf was class.

He's always overlooked yet I've never seen him have a bad game (although I don't watch Netherlands play...).

He has played well for Milan this season, deserved to get a re-call to the Dutch team.

The second half was more like United. They added more width to there game and Ronaldo was no longer center of attention. Fletcher is one fit player and was my MOM. What a differance with Scholes from the first half. Rooney was lucky with the goal but he earned it and shows where his game is best played burning up miles of grass wearing out defenders then picking them off in open play...........
Unlucky AC Milan its 50-50 game on.

So glad I recorded that.

Wanna borrow the video Blut?

gone wrote:Great game. Kaka is just brilliant. And some people said C.Ronaldo was just as good in the CL. O, and Berlusconi said before that he wouldn't change Dida for Buffon.

I can't remember anyone saying that ronaldo had been just as good.

what people said was that Ronaldo had been having the better season when everything was taken into account

Who saw Kaka push Heinze ..

Argentines always win.

Seedorf was class , I agree.

blutgraetsche wrote:Damn, I couldn't watch the second half because I had to leave the house. Looks like I missed a great second half.

hang your head in shame blut,

2nd half>>>>>>>>>1st half

Although Dutch, I think Seedorf is more Italian or South American in style - maybe that's why he hasn't been all that for Holland ?

Roooooonnneeeeey the ultimate big game player 2 goals in the CL QF and 2 in the SF. He just needed a big game to semonstrate his skills, group games, last 16 isnt a big enough stage for boy wonder. Quarter finals, Semi Finals and Finals are the right stage for him to show the world his abilty.

What a fantastic game of football, but united normally produce these kind of games at OT. The CL has been pretty boring without us, there were more goals and excitement in this match than both ties of last years CL semi final.

I thought we played really well and Milan had 2/3 chances in the whole game and scored 2 of them. Kakas first came from nowhere, VDS should have saved it and his second was just horrible defending from Heinze. At half time things were not looking good, but we turned it round.

Fletcher was phenomenal, seriously he has been magnificent against AC Milan, Roma, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. We dont need Hargreaves.

When Ronaldo finally decided to pass to Rooney, Rooney came alive he chased everything, he held the ball well, he made some great passes and scored two great goals.

The return game will be difficult, but we created loads of chances and surely Milan wont be that clinical in the next game (lets hope they all fall to Gilardino, who some of you were wondering if he was playing tonight) and we actually try to tackle Kaka rather than running into each other.

milan would be so much more dangerous with a pacey striker with great movement

for the way they play surely inzaghi is so much better than gilardino

Kaka plus a great striker would be pretty damn hard to stop

Pierre Littbarski wrote:Although Dutch, I think Seedorf is more Italian or South American in style - maybe that's why he hasn't been all that for Holland ?

Hes link up play, first touch, vision, control and shooting .. class

van Basten is no fool to recall him.

COTR , you mean Ronaldo.

Rez wrote:Roooooonnneeeeey the ultimate big game player 2 goals in the CL QF and 2 in the SF. He just needed a big game to semonstrate his skills, group games, last 16 isnt a big enough stage for boy wonder. Quarter finals, Semi Finals and Finals are the right stage for him to show the world his abilty.

What a fantastic game of football, but united normally produce these kind of games at OT. The CL has been pretty boring without us, there were more goals and excitement in this match than both ties of last years CL semi final.

I thought we played really well and Milan had 2/3 chances in the whole game and scored 2 of them. Kakas first came from nowhere, VDS should have saved it and his second was just horrible defending from Heinze. At half time things were not looking good, but we turned it round.

Fletcher was phenomenal, seriously he has been magnificent against AC Milan, Roma, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. We dont need Hargreaves.

When Ronaldo finally decided to pass to Rooney, Rooney came alive he chased everything, he held the ball well, he made some great passes and scored two great goals.

The return game will be difficult, but we created loads of chances and surely Milan wont be that clinical in the next game (lets hope they all fall to Gilardino, who some of you were wondering if he was playing tonight) and we actually try to tackle Kaka rather than running into each other.

Rez wrote:Roooooonnneeeeey the ultimate big game player 2 goals in the CL QF and 2 in the SF. He just needed a big game to semonstrate his skills, group games, last 16 isnt a big enough stage for boy wonder. Quarter finals, Semi Finals and Finals are the right stage for him to show the world his abilty.

What a fantastic game of football, but united normally produce these kind of games at OT. The CL has been pretty boring without us, there were more goals and excitement in this match than both ties of last years CL semi final.

I thought we played really well and Milan had 2/3 chances in the whole game and scored 2 of them. Kakas first came from nowhere, VDS should have saved it and his second was just horrible defending from Heinze. At half time things were not looking good, but we turned it round.

Fletcher was phenomenal, seriously he has been magnificent against AC Milan, Roma, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. We dont need Hargreaves.

When Ronaldo finally decided to pass to Rooney, Rooney came alive he chased everything, he held the ball well, he made some great passes and scored two great goals.

The return game will be difficult, but we created loads of chances and surely Milan wont be that clinical in the next game (lets hope they all fall to Gilardino, who some of you were wondering if he was playing tonight) and we actually try to tackle Kaka rather than running into each other.

Roooooonnneeeeey the ultimate big game player


I think you may need a lie down rez

Tweedle wrote:
hang your head in shame blut,

2nd half>>>>>>>>>1st half

Damn, stop teasing me. I'm pissed off about it already.

COTR wrote:milan would be so much more dangerous with a pacey striker with great movement

for the way they play surely inzaghi is so much better than gilardino

Kaka plus a great striker would be pretty damn hard to stop

Inzaghi = offside, offside, offside, offside, offside....etc

Parks lives wrote:So glad I recorded that.

Wanna borrow the video Blut?

Nevermind Blut, can I borrow it?