AC Milan vs Arsenal

ralph avedikian wrote:Any ideas on the Milan line up ?? In their last game at Udinese, Pato and Ibra weren't even in the squad.. ?

not sure about ibra.i think lopez played at front.he scored the winner too.

2-1, Coquelin to score the winner. Headline:

"Young Coq Explodes in Milan"

^^ Haha

I have to say I'm cautiously optimistic.

Joey Schwab wrote:2-1, Coquelin to score the winner. Headline:

"Young Coq Explodes in Milan"

Hahaha funny fucker...well I had a £20 in a 2-2 at 14-1 come on YOU ARSENAL!!!

Can't wait! Still 5 hours and 45 minutes left.

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2012/02/15/milan-v-arsenal-should-be-an-interesting-battle-of-very-different-formations-and-styles/

Place your bets fellers, Michael Cox says it should be an Arsenal field day. The last time he said this was for the Chelsea game and we bloody know what happened then.

Arsene Wenger is very concerned about the state of the San Siro pitch ahead of this evening’s Champions League clash with AC Milan.

The reigning Serie A champions, who share the famous arena with neighbours Inter, laid new turf on both flanks on Monday night in an attempt to patch up areas seriously damaged by the recent cold weather. However, after seeing the state of the playing surface on arriving in Italy it’s safe to say the boss is not impressed.

Speaking to ITV he remarked: “It’s worrying. They re-laid the pitch on the flanks on both sides on Monday and we play on Wednesday night so you can imagine that to get the pitch flat [is difficult]. All the different levels of the grass they have out there is terrible.

“You cannot congratulate Milan for the pitch they offer us tomorrow, but they have the same problem. I think as well respect for the supporters means that you have a decent pitch because Milan is a technical side. They would certainly want as well a better pitch than that.

Asked if he thought the pitch had been prepared deliberately to counteract the pace of Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Wenger continued: “I hope not. I’m not suspicious on that. I think they want as well a good pitch. They tried to make it better than it was and they’ve made it worse.”

Last weekend Per Mertesacker suffered an injury catching his studs in the boggy turf at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on a pitch which Wenger made clear was unacceptable.

Given that Arsenal return to the North-East to face Martin O’Neill’s side on Saturday in the FA Cup we can only hope that three games in quick succession in poor conditions to not claim more victims.

http://news.arseblog.com/2012/02/wenger-annoyed-by-terrible-san-siro-pitch/?utm_source=feedburner.com%2Farseblognews&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+arseblognews+%28Arseblog+News+-+the+one+stop+Arsenal+news+site%29

Milan possible line up :

Abbiati
Abate - Nesta/Mexes - Thiago Silva - Antonini/Mesbah
Nocerino - Van Bommel - Seedorf/Emmanuelson
Boateng - Robinho - Ibrahimovic

Nocerino to watch out for.

I have never heard of Nocerino before. Which means he'll probably score.

2 hours to go before kick-off.

Rumours that Rosicky will start ahead of the Ox.

Mario Leontiou wrote:Rumours that Rosicky will start ahead of the Ox.

On the left flank?

Yeah, must be. Will need to protect Gibbs defensively.

The pitch is really bad, recent record of injuries on it.

This is the pitch we're going to be playing on.

AC Milan : Abbiati; Abate Mexes Silva Antonini; Seedorf Van Bommel Nocerino; Boateng; Ibrahimovic Robinho

Arsenal : Szczesny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Gibbs, Song, Arteta, Rosicky, Walcott, Ramsey, Van Persie.

Sami Rockfeller wrote:This is the pitch we're going to be playing on.

Fucking piss take...

Samritpal Singh wrote:AC Milan : Abbiati; Abate Mexes Silva Antonini; Seedorf Van Bommel Nocerino; Boateng; Ibrahimovic Robinho

Arsenal : Szczesny, Sagna, Vermaelen, Koscielny, Gibbs, Song, Arteta, Rosicky, Walcott, Ramsey, Van Persie.

Wenger trying to keep it compact in the middle with Rosicky in there helping out the midfield ?!!


Also Gibbs needs to have some protection. He has just returned back from the treatment room !!

Interesting to see Ox dropped. Eager to see how Rosicky does on the left when he's been so good for us recently in the middle.

Maybe he will introduce the Ox when Milan players tire. Fuck off Milan by the way. I fucking hate Italians and their cuntish tactics. Is that pitch a joke?

I think it's best that he starts Rosicky first rather than Ox. Put in Ox after 60th minute, let him rape Antonini then.

I'm buzzing as a bee. We can do this! COYG!

Steve Dawson wrote:Interesting to see Ox dropped. Eager to see how Rosicky does on the left when he's been so good for us recently in the middle.

He might be reacting to the terrible quality pitch on the wings, probably pack out the midfield instead of pushing Rosicky forward. It could work, especially if Ox is introduced later, to run at their defence... we will see.

Samritpal Singh wrote:I think it's best that he starts Rosicky first rather than Ox. Put in Ox after 60th minute, let him rape Antonini then.

I'm buzzing as a bee. We can do this! COYG!

Wenger did something similar back in 2008, Walcott as a sub then.

Eboue on the right it was.

Streams please!

Sami Rockfeller wrote:Streams please!

Find them there:
http://www.footballstreaming.info/streams/todays-links/

Van Roy Bostanian wrote:

Sami Rockfeller wrote:Streams please!

Find them there:
http://www.footballstreaming.info/streams/todays-links/

No worries, power is back, watching on the telly!