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[Michael*]

astronomer, on Mar 28 2012, 01:04 AM, said:

Unfortunately doubt Milan has any chance but FORZA MILAN nevertheless

(Hi again everybody)

Should be interesting to see how Allegri plays it tonight - will he be tempted to try and do to Barca what Mourinho's Inter did a couple of years back? Whatever happens, I hope for Milan's sake that Boateng is playing and Mesbah isn't. Despite his apparently decent showings in Serie A, Mesbah was tortured by Theo Walcott in the near-disastrous collapse at the Emirates and appeared incapable of making a tackle. Conversely, Boateng seems a peripheral figure in league games, but the difference he makes against the big boys is there for all to see.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to the game - not least as a distraction from last night's FA Cup quarter final replay, which I believe can be summed up in a single picture...

[@lice]

Milan-Barcelona tonight  
VISCAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA BARÇA!!!!!
Hoping for a Messi hat trick tonight

[red_ed]

Wow. Barca failed to score for the first time in 30-something games in the Champions League. Well done Milan!

[Frederick]

Mid-naughties Steven Seagal films aside, Schalke-Bilbao might just be the best thing on Channel Five all week.

[Michael*]

Awful news about Stiliyan Petrov. Here's wishing him a speedy and full recovery.

[Frederick]

Its funny, when we bought Petrov I thought we were buying some indulgent, attacking midfielder. To be honest, at the beginning the indulgent bit certainly felt true, those first few months were patchy to say the least. So it was to my surprise and delight that a player would so keenly knuckle down and do so much hard graft to not only win his place in the team back, but to basically redefine his whole game and become the proverbial midfield engine room. Being a central midfielder for Villa in the past six years must often (very often) seem like a thankless task, Petrov's had more midfield partners than I've had hot showers, but through it all he's been a dependable, wholly committed presence; often under trying circumstances. I wish him the very best.

[astronomer]

Speedy recovery for Petrov and Muamba too

Milan game was good in many ways, I guess Barca fans can have a case about the penalty but the pitch issue is silly, just because Milan play on it doesn't mean they have an advantage on a bad pitch. Bad is bad for everybody, they should fix it for their own and stadium's reputation sake of course.

FORZA MILAN for the return leg.

[astronomer]

Can I laugh at the refs?  

[SympathysSilhouette]

Apart from awarding countless childish cards, the ref didn't do much wrong in the Barça game. People complain about the second penalty, but it is a stonewall penalty according to the letter of the law. The problem is that most refs in that situation just wipe their posterior with the rulebook.  

[astronomer]

Replays showed the ball is not even in play when those pushes happened, never mind that both sides were pushing each other, so a penalty is not possible. Any way it's over now

[red_ed]

I hate Given.

[Frederick]

red_ed, on Apr 8 2012, 03:20 AM, said:

I hate Given.

Those were some great saves made by Shay, especially when you consider that he must have damaged his neck having to look up so many times into Row Z after one of Jordan Henderson's "piledrivers".

[red_ed]

It was a painful game to watch (just like all our other games  )

[Michael*]

What with it being Easter time, would like to thank Christ that we're done playing Everton this season.

Also looking forward to Fulham/Chelsea tonight, but only really to see if John Terry plays or rests himself.

[Frederick]

Dortmund-Bayern, title at stake, doesn't get any bigger.

[Michael*]

^I rarely get the chance to see Bundesliga games but I did manage to catch this one. A brilliantly improvised finish from Lewandowski.

[red_ed]

[@lice]

So excited for the Barça-Chelsea game next week! Oh and i hope Bayern crushes RM

[Mahi]

hi everybody
well I know every one of you is waiting for BarcaxChelsea and RM X Bayern though I'm not a big fan of any of these teams but I would go with RM
anyway I wanna ask u about football Euro nations Cup, when will it be exactly?

[eNe]

mahi, on Apr 14 2012, 11:13 PM, said:

I wanna ask u about football Euro nations Cup, when will it be exactly?

It starts on 8th of June. The final will be on July 1st.