PREVIEW: Champions League AC MILAN - MANCHESTER UNITED on February 16, 2010 and March 10, 2010, AC Milan tickets
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A super clash! Just imagine a common player... a roller coaster of emotion with former Manchester United Star "DAVID BECKHAM" now playing for AC Milan. It will be the first time that Beckham will play against Manchester United wearing the Milan jersey. The match is for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16. The first leg result not positive for AC Milan losing at San Siro Stadium on February 16, 2010. The mission now is to defeat Manchester United at Old Trafford at least with 2 goals without conceding.
Reactions from AC Milan coach Leonardo and Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson after the victory of Manchester defeating Milan in Champions League Round of 16 First Leg, February 16, 2010
Beckham won the Champions League with Manchester United in 1999. Will he win it now with AC Milan?
AC Milan and Manchester United have met nine times in European competition, most recently in San Siro on February 16, 2010 where surprisingly Man U defeated the Rossoneri in their home stadium. Previously, Manchester United and AC Milan met at the semi-final stage in the 2006/07 competition when AC Milan triumphed 5-3 on aggregate.
Sir Alex said: "We've come up against AC Milan many times in the quarter and semi-finals so it'll be a fantastic setting for two great clubs and we're very much looking forward to it."
Milan Updates on the UEFA Champions League list: There are three changes. The new players are David Beckham, Daniele Bonera and Giuseppe Favalli: they take the place in the A List of Marco Storari, Oguchi Onyewu and Alexandre Pato, with the later having matured the requirements to be listed in List B.
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Declarations from Manchester United Forward Wayne Rooney.
Wayne Rooney praised Clarence Seedorf, calling him 'perhaps the best player I've ever played against.' Today Manchester United's official site reported this and other declarations made by the English champion: 'Milan have several players who can score. We'll have to be very careful. They have Pirlo, Beckham who are great champions. Also Ronaldinho is special. When he's in form he's incredible. I saw he was recently named 'player of the decade' and this shows how much talent he has. We'll have to be in top shape to beat the Rossoneri.'
Official CALLED UP PLAYERS SECOND LEG UEFA Champions League Round of 16 on Wednesday, March 10, 2010
AC Milan coach Leonardo naming the 22 official called up players for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, Second Leg match: Manchester United vs AC Milan on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
Goalkeepers / PORTIERI: Abbiati, Dida, Roma;
Defenders / DIFENSORI: Abate, Antonini, Bonera Favalli, Jankulovski, Nesta, Thiago Silva, Zambrotta;
Midfielders / CENTROCAMPISTI: Ambrosini, Beckham, Flamini, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf;
Forwards / ATTACCANTI: Marco Borriello, Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Filippo Inzaghi, Pato, Ronaldinho.
Not called up / Non convocati: Kakha Kaladze, Massimo Oddo
Official CALLED UP PLAYERS FIRST LEG UEFA Champions League Round of 16s on February 16, 2010:
Van der Sar, Foster, Kuszczak; Neville, Brown, J Evans, Ferdinand, Fabio, Rafael, Evra; Valencia, Park, Nani, Obertan, Scholes, Fletcher, Carrick, Gibson; Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Diouf.
AC MILAN CALLED UP PLAYERS
Here are the complete 21 official called up players from AC MILAN by coach Leonardo for the FIRST LEG of the Champions League Round of 16 against Manchester United in San Siro on February 16, 2010:
Goalkeepers / portieri: Christian Abbiati, Dida
Defenders / difensori: Ignazio Abate, Luca Antonini, Daniele Bonera, Giuseppe Favalli, Marek Jankulovski, Kakha Kaladze, Alessandro Nesta, Massmo Oddo, Thiago Silva
Midfielders / centrocampisti: Massimo Ambrosini, David Beckham, Mathieu Flamini, Gennaro Gattuso, Andrea Pirlo, Clarence Seedorf
Forwards / attaccanti: Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Filippo Inzaghi, Pato, Ronaldinho.
Unavailable players: Marco Borriello, Gianlcua Zambrotta.
Previous meetings AC Milan and Manchester United
The stats are in favor of AC Milan emerging victorious on each previous occasion the clubs have met over two legs in Europe.
•They first faced each other in the European Champion Clubs' Cup semi-finals in 1957/58, when Milan became the first team to overturn a first-leg deficit against United in the competition. Beaten 2-1 at OldTrafford, the Italian side ran out 4-0 winners in the return, Juan Schiaffino (2), Nils Liedholm and Giancarlo Danova scoring the goals.
•When the sides met again in the 1968/69 semi-finals, Milan prevailed2-1 on aggregate. The Rossoneri followed up a 2-0 home success with a1-0 defeat in Manchester, where present-day United director Sir Bobby Charlton found the net.
• Milan recorded 1-0 victories home and away in the teams' UEFA Champions League first knockout round encounter in 2004/05, Hernán Crespo scoring in both games.
•United earned a 3-2 first-leg lead at Old Trafford when the clubs met in the 2006/07 semi-final, Wayne Rooney's double undoing a 2-1half-time deficit. But Milan powered through to the final by winning the return 3-0 through goals from Kaká, Clarence Seedorf and Alberto Gilardino.
CURRENT STANDING FROM AC MILAN AND MANCHESTER UNITED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCAL LEAGUES up to March 8, 2010
AC Milan
Italian Serie A 27 games played, 2nd Position with 54 points, 4 points difference with top leader Inter having 59 points.
Last game: AS Roma 0 - 0 AC Milan, Saturday, March 6, 2010
Manchester United
English Premier League, 29 games played, 1st position with 63 points, 2 point difference with Chelsea having 61 points and a pending game.
Last game: Wolves 0 - 1 Manchester United
Saturday, March 6, 2010
MATCH OFFICIALS FIRST LEG - February 16, 2010
- Bartolo Olegario Benquerenca, from Portugal, will be the referee of the first leg of the Champions League AC Milan vs Manchester United. The assistants will be Jose Manuel Cardinal Silva and Bertino Miranda Cunha, both Portuguese as well. The fourth man: Rieera Manuel Dias Soares (Por).
Referee Benquerenca has never led Milan and has just one precedent with the English side, in the Champions League: Manchester United-Cska Moscow 3-3, on 3 November 2009.
MATCH OFFICIALS SECOND LEG - March 10, 2010
- Referee Massimo Busacca from Switzerland will direct the second leg match of the Champions League Round of 16, Manchester United vs AC Milan at Old Trafford. Assistants will be Arnet and Buragina, fourth official is Bertolini. There is only one precedent with Busacca where AC Milan resulted the winner. Busacca directed 4 games with Manchester United ending with 2 victories, one draw, and one defeat.
STATISTICS DURING THIS 2009 - 2010 UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEASON
Club Statistics Overview how they qualified during the Group Stage are in favor of Manchester United...
Manchester United finished first position in Group B with 13 points
AC Milan finished second position in Group C with 9 points
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A historic and fascinating match, the one that will see Milan and Manchester United face each other. The two teams have met eight times in the past, always in the final stages of the Champions Cup/Champions League. During the last double encounter, Milan played what has been called "the perfect match," the one of 2 May 2007 at San Siro, which gave access to the final of the most prestigious European club competition and the consequent victory in Athens. Also in 1969 Milan and Manchester United met in the semifinals and, two weeks later, the Rossoneri were crowned European Champions at the Santiago Bernabeu.
Here are all the precedents in Europe between AC MILAN and MANCHESTE UNITED
Champions Cup
8.5.1958,
Semifinal - First leg
Manchester United-Milan 2-1
Goals: 24’ Schiaffino (Mi), 39’ Viollet (Ma), 80’ pen. Taylor (Ma)
14.5.1958,
Semifinal – First leg
Milan-Manchester United 4-0
Goals: 2’, 76’ Schiaffino (Mi), 50’ pen. Liedholm (Mi), 68’ Danova (Mi)
23.4.1969,
Semifinal – First leg
Milan-Manchester United 2-0
Goals: 33’ Sormani, 49’ Hamrin
15.5.1969,
Semifinal - Second leg
Manchester United-Milan 1-0
Goals: 70’ R. Charlton
UEFA Champions League
23.2.2005,
Eighth finals – First leg
Manchester United-Milan 0-1
Goal: 78’ Crespo
8.3.2005,
Eighth finals – Second leg
Milan-Manchester United 1-0
Goal: 61’ Crespo
24.4.2007,
Semifinal – First leg
Manchester United-Milan 3-2
Goals: 6’ C. Ronaldo, 22', 37' Kakà, 59', 90'+1 Rooney
Semifinal – First leg
Milan-Manchester United 3-0
Goals: 11' Kakà, 30' Seedorf, 78' Gilardino
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