AC Milan general spiel

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[RomaShield27]

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[Bagg10]

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[The MAN]

i dont think Seedorf was the worst, in fact, better than Kaka and Pirlo, but still not a good game by his standards

The Bald Fuck mentioned that we were not in top shape, considering both Kaka and Seedorf were just coming back from some niggling injuries, I think we'll be in better shape next game. When Nesta was out I feared for the worst, but we held on, Janku is not as defensively reliable and secure as Oddo and it showed, I think our lineup for the next game should be the same, with Pippo getting the nod in San Siro, this is his game

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[Bagg10]

[p_maldini_3]

one thing i just realized was that hleb barely had an impact on the game.

the main reason being that because arsenal employed a 5 man midfield, with eduardo on the left and hleb in the middle [ebou closing it out on the right], hleb's main duty was to negate pirlo's game.

thats why hleb really offered no productive action to arsenal's gameplan, he was too busy marking pirlo out of the game, which he did quite successfully. ive never ever seen a team mark pirlo out of the game, it was impossible. but i dont know wtf happened today.

we all know that pirlo is the key, he must step up in the second leg. he is the difference between a win or a loss.

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In Pirlo's defence, he was man marked by Flamini all match.

[RomaShield27]

Chelsea's Sheva leaves Emirates on Milan team bus
– Last updated at 09:48am on 21st February 2008

Andriy Shevchenko will have some interesting questions to answer at training today after he was spotted leaving Emirates Stadium on the AC Milan bus.
Chelsea's £31million striker watched the game and left with the rest of the Italian team, prompting more speculation that he wants to return to his former club.

The Ukrainian has been edged out after the arrival of Avram Grant in September and is third choice behind Nicolas Anelka.

It would appear that Shevchenko is still in close contact with the Milanese and president Silvio Berlusconi has made no secret of his desire to bring back the 31 year old.

He said only last summer: "If only. He would like to come back, now we'll see. Certainly, our doors are open to him. More than that, our doors are wide open to him."

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[The MAN]

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[RobHood]

Benzema or Adebayor would work for me...but I wouldn't put it past the club to bring back Shevchenko...half price probably but worth just about a tenth of that...