We need to take care of Huntelaar. This guy is invisible for the best of 90 minutes, but serve him one chance on the plate and he'll take it.
A.C. Milan v Manchester United
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Sorry about that
Sorry about that
oh lord, here we go.
Was hoping Silva wouldn't make it. Him and Nesta are a very solid pairing. Other than that, nothing much to fear IMO. Pato is class but not match-fit so Evra must do a job on him, just show Dinho the outside, don't let him cut in at any cost. If we do this we should be ok defensively which will give us the platform to win the game, which I think we will.
Glad to see Nani has kept his place after his red card last week, he was finally showing some consistent form - here's hoping he can show some of that form tonight!
Think everyone predicted the line-up, worked against Arsenal (minus Rio) so fingers crossed it does tonight.
Really pleased Fergie's gone with Nani despite the stupidity of his sending-off. Surprised at Rafael over Brown, but what a vote of confidence for the lad.
Also, i have a feeling Scholes will get a red, but i'm sure most people have this feeling every game we play.
Rafa vs Ronaldinho? Interesting choice.
Bench: PIG, Neville, Brown, Owen, Berba, Valencia, Gibson
There front 3 worring
No Gattuso?
Was expecting Brown to replace Raf, so good luck to him tonight.
Milan bench : Abbiati, Gattuso, Inzaghi, Seedorf, Flamini, Favalli, Abate
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He doesn't get into the first team these days
WOW Fergie showing huge confidence in Rafael as he will be facing Ronaldinho. I personally would have started Brown because he has dealt with him before but this will be a huge platform for Rafael at such a young age.
Very surprised to see Nani get the nod ahead of Valencia. It odd to do Nani a world of good if his confidence was a bit low.
quite an attacking lineup
ha ha, yep. you think he would learn but clearly not! oh well...
Anyone else think Park will start on the right to help Rafael will Ronaldinho?
I remember SAF playing Rafael against City which had Robinho against him and Rafael had the game of his life if i remember correctly!
Yeah you do have a point, the team itself will be similar, perhaps worst so to speak, but the bench might improve due mainly to the fact that United's current defensive injury problems are not as bad as it was back then,
factoring in Evra's suspension the bench for Milan last time could've been:
Kuszczak, Heinze/O'Shea, Ferdinand (doubtful), Richardson, Saha, Solskjaer, Smith
compare it to:
Kuszczak, Brown, Neville, Valencia, Gibson, Berbatov, Owen
You're talking maybe Valencia and Berbatov making significant improvements and Gibson offering a natural centre midfielder.
In terms of the first 11 you're talking Rafael for O'Shea, Evans for Brown, Ferdinand for Vidic, Park for Giggs and Nani for Ronaldo as well as Evra for Heinze, which was force last time. Overall I feel the team is weaker.
I think perhaps in terms of the SQUAD, Major change might be that United do have better "backup players" (ignore loans)
Foster, Fabio, De Laet, Gibson, Diouf, Possebon, Obertan ... compared to Eagles, Dong, Keiron Lee, David Jones etc.
He'd have to, otherwise it'll have to be Fletcher.
like i've said elsewhere, Rafael is our first choice fullback.
SAF's already shown that with his selection since the lad came back from injury.
Must say Milans front line looks very impressive on paper but on the pitch i see no reason why we shouldnt handle them, i expect Ferdinand and Evans between them to handle Huntelaar, Pato has been out for 2 months and only played his first game on friday so good player that he is id back Evra to deal with his threat from the right, and Ronaldinhio, not close to the player he was a few years ago yet still a threat, in my opinion Milans main threat tonight....Think our midfield will have the legs on Milans, looks very one paced for them in there.
Overall im confident...2-1 win.
Overall im confident...2-1 win.
quite an attacking lineup
quite a suspect defensive line. We should exploit the flanks. Neither Bonera nor Antonini are comfortable at the back.
Our line up is as expected minus Brown.
from the two line ups this could be a pretty entertaining match.
I still see this match ending 2-2.
Bollocks, just informed that I didn't get tickets for the home leg
Rafael proved that he can do a good job against fast and trickey players. I am confident he can put Dinho in his pocket
With Nani's form, it is a shame Valencia is not left sided, else they both would of started.
Catch 22 sort of. Cause if he does, Nani is on the left, where he won't do as much damage.
we can dominate that midfield. much more busy and hard working than their lot
Pato will play on the right and Ronnie on the left won't he?
Edit : I am a spaz. Pato on right would go against Evra on the left ... I need lunch.
I doubt it. Park will always get playing against teams like Milan away from home.
Well it's a risk, Milan's taking a risk with Beckham instead of Gattuso, United's doing likewise with Rafael instead of Brown. Hopefully Rafael won't conceed a freekick which Beckham scores.