CL - AC Milan v. Arsenal (Second Leg) [R] - Pre/Dur/Post Match Comments

[kanonier]

Competition: UEFA Champion's League
Venue: San Siro
Date: Tuesday, 4th March 2008
Time: 1945 GMT

We're winless in four games – that doesn't feel good – but a win, or even a draw at the San Siro can make a world of difference in the spirit and confidence of the team.

Scoring goals early in games is something we've been absolutely crap at lately, but an early goal in this game would be immense – as it would immediately put the pressure on Milan to score two and open up the back.

Kaka is rumoured to be out, but we'll see if that's just mind games. Wouldn't be surprised to see him in there. Hopefully Adebayor can do a better job against the Milan centre halves this game.

[bostonf4lyf]

would like to get at least one of rvp, rosicky, toure back. most likely not going to happen though.

i can see wenger playing a 451 with eboue on the wing and hleb behind ade. im skeptical with walcott starting up top, i dont think he can handle the pressure of this one.

however i think the 451 limits our play and makes us try to force the ball to ade. ade plays best with a partner, but the problem is finding him one.

[Realwood]

I'm hopeful but I wouldn't be surprised if we go out.

[Rewinder]

This is really the last chance to salvage our season.

A loss here will be the straw that finally broke the camel's back.

Risk everyone for this. RVP, Rosicky, Toure. If we win it will be worth it, and if we lose then it doesn't really matter if we lose them for whats left of the season. The injury to eduardo is not even a powerful enough motivating force, so I don't see us recovering from a loss to Milan.

I don't see a high scoring game here. Most likely a 1-0 smash and grab poached goal from a mix up at the back, or penalties.

[Lamil]

I really think this is a match we can win... by win i mean 1-1 draw. I think its time for us to show that we have the class to win. I hope we don't try to play long ball after long ball to Ade as I don't think thats going to be the way to win. We need to get our counterattack going again which as of late I haven't seen. Not sure if Clichy isn't 100% or not but we seem to break forward then stop and let the other team regroup. Lets pull our heads out of our asses and play some top flight football!

[KevTheGooner]

Er, uh, kill?

[frednmethod]

I don't mean to be pessimistic.... but I can see us going out as ManUre did against Milan last season. I wouldn't be surprised to see us being beat 0-3.

But as an Arsenal supporter I will hope for a 1-1, with a late goal from Fabregas.

[Rewinder]

Er, uh, kill?

Maybe. Possibly. Perhaps. Only if they feel like it.

We are even more apathetic than we were after we wrapped up 4th place with several games to go. We are actually in two title races this year, and up until 2 weeks ago was well positioned in both.

I'm just at a loss as to why we have played like we couldn't give a damn over the last few weeks.

[ArsenalTexan3]

Kill!!!

[Teso Dos Bichos]

I think AC Milan are very average and I would hope that you play your natural game against them. Do that and they will struggle. I'm sick of watching equally mediocre Serie A sides playing them off the park and then watching European sides showing them respect and losing as a direct result. Play your own game and don't fall into the same trap. :mad:

[Catfish]

My Prediction: 1-1...it's gonna be ugly and dull.
Just have a bad feeling about this.
Milan are very uncreative right now and are definately
beatable, I have seen almost everyone of their matches
this season. Arsenal aren't exactly burning up the net
as of of late.

Hope the stars come to play.


Note to self:

BUY TONS OF GOOD BEER TO DULL THE PAIN
OF ROUGH, SLOW AND CAUTIOUS FOOTIE!

[Skizz]

3-1 Milan :(

[DaPrince84]

Wenger said van Persie could be on the bench

[bostonf4lyf]

3-1 Milan :(

i've got that feeling too

[GunnerForever10148]

Milan played pretty shit as usual today in their domestic match.

I have hope for us to go through. Maybe it's blind, especially when looking at how we've been, but it's plausible.

I say 1-1, Van Persie comes on at about 80' and scores.

[fedwood]

i think its gonna be one of those games where you will see us dominate large chunks yet concede on the few chances they will get

[kanonier]

I think Adebayor is going to school Maldini so bad that he retires at halftime.

[Rewinder]

Adebayor will run all over him, and not score. Then inzaghi will unsurprisingly break our crappy offside trap and score the only chance they get.

[Silva 5]

1-nil to the Arsenal..as they say.

[Campioni_2006]

Milan has been playing VERY poorly as of late. I think our (Milan's :D) only chance at winning is if Pirlo/Kaka have a big game. And by big I mean how they played last year against ManU. I have to admit, I'm more nervous going into this game than I was going into the ManU 2nd leg semi-final last year.

Here's to hoping for a relatively exciting game.