CL: Barcelona (2) vs AC Milan (2) - 13/09/2011

[Brazil]

Milan were without our three starting forwards - Ibra, Robinho and Prince. Milan were without match fitness in their legs with only 1 match played, and 2 of our players who played yesterday have only had 4 training sessions with the team. Their team has like unlimited funds to buy whomever, and they had a ridiculous amount of talent on the bench too, and we went to their home ground - one of the best teams in history - and we snatched a point at the beginning and end of the game due to them losing concentration just for a second. I will take it and I love it.

However, for us to improve - we must now look at our weaknesses to improve them.

I don't understand what was so great about Allegri in this game? I mean I am not criticizing him but it was obvious Allegri said that we should hit them on the counter (and does it really take a genius to figure that out?).

Abbiati, Nesta, Silva, Abate were all good... Nesta was excellent actually. Despite being so out of form, slow, 36, he still managed to stop one of the best players in history in a game that we were supposed to get thrashed in. Master display from Sandro - I don't expect him to play that good all season though - and normally so. Yes Abate was at fault (not 100%, but part of it) for the goal, but he had a very good game defensively...however offensively he offered nothing.... but I am very impressed with his defensive work in the last year.

Zambrotta used his experience as much as he can but oh boy was he absolutely horrendous. Absolutely terrible performance and could have cost us the game 2 or 3 times with silly mistakes.

Ambrosini was extremely bad also, Van Bommel played his usual role, not his best but he was good... Nocerino was really horrible, even though he was running everywhere, he was one of the reasons we were unable to string 4 passes together - his passes were terrible and his ball control was even worse. It was his first CL game and it was in the Nou Camp, it will only get better for him. Seedorf was playing a fantastic game at left midfield until he moved to trequartista. The Seedorf we have all loved to hate over the last year was the Seedorf who played as trequarista. Absolutely lost on the field, doesn't know how to move, slow, and uselesss - that was the Seedorf we saw after Prince left the field.

Cassano - proved once more that he cannot be depended on on games like this. Today really was the day for him to show he was a world-class player but he was unable to control the ball, unable to dribble, and kept giving unnecessary fouls and one of which was Villa's second goal.

Pato oh Pato where do I start..... INCREDIBLE SOLO EFFORT, INCREDIBLE GOAL - WELL DONE KID - but then what? He wasted two opportunities in which he could have gone one on one with, and he wasted pretty much EVERY SINGLE ball that came to him. He tries to dribble past 10 players and looses the ball everytime, he can't control the ball when the ball comes to him, he doesn't know where to run. Again, great goal Pato, but absolutely pathetic performance again. He definitely is capable of being our star, but he is faaaaaar faaaaar away from being that any time soon...when a player of his quality cannot control a pass coming to him - it definitely is a psychological issue.

Pato, Cassano and Nocerino were one of the main reasons we were not able to string 4 passes in a row for over 70 minutes. We were absolutely dominated and we are the champions of Italy and we are apparently trying to challenge for the CL.


In conclusion, Good result, bad performance. Alot of work still needs to be done if we want to be a top team.

Spot on!

 

[AriCel66]

NOOBS CHECK THIS OUT , PATOOOOO BIG DICKING WEAH STYLE - ONCE YOU GO BLACK YOU NEVER GO BACK !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMWDtWUwc6Y


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGbzIZTEkxY

 

[anth183]

Finished watching the game everyones pretty much covered what I wanted to say. Amrbo, Cass and Zambro were poor but was a good result also Commentators suck balls. All they do is talk up Barca really annoys me and now im off to bed

 

[kakajd]

This moment was top for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWthccmu9xE

 

[BrasilianMilan]

This moment was top for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWthccmu9xE

That was WORLD CLASS

I love you Nesta, you're still great! Lazio was just a bad start, he's still great!

Btw, I'm SO happy Milan tied Barca, but I hate Barca - they're just bitching and complaining saying it was unfair, Pep was critizing us, Xavi, all those assholes


They're just jealous cuz they know that Milan are MUCH better than them, and Allegri <<<<<<<<<Pep

 

[Australiano1980]

Cool game.. if we have a guy like kaka04/05 to CA we would have trashed them.. our defense with bommel is amz.

Is hard to be beaten when milan playing in that level.

 

[Fiero]

Surprise, surprise:

"What happened on Tuesday is pure bad luck, totally unfair," "The other day [the 2-2 draw versus Sociedad] we dropped our intensity in the second half of the game, but this time the team played well, we pressurised them until the 90th minute and we had possession of the ball."

Too obvious who said this. That's right, the butthurt midget with the number 6 on his shirt. Keep crying midget.

 

[Ultra Swan]

Xavi complaining:

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/174/...-believes-ac-milan-draw-was-pure-bad-luck-and

 

[hdcantona]

why they so mad tho?

 

[Ashish]

A team without a real CL in their stadium peasants

eat shit xavi, who give a fuck about fair or unfair? Unicef? fuck off

 

[Shiby]

This moment was top for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWthccmu9xE

Messi... you´re just not good enough.

 

[Campione]

Xavi complaining:

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/174/...-believes-ac-milan-draw-was-pure-bad-luck-and

I really start to hate Barcelona!

 

[NobodyCares]

Let them come to the San Siro , and once they are beaten with a great display , they would say the same shit still.
SORE LOSERS!

 

[Ashish]

Let them come to the San Siro , and once they are beaten with a great display , they would say the same shit still.
SORE LOSERS!

i want them 3 feet under

 

[Ragazza]

Milan were without our three starting forwards - Ibra, Robinho and Prince. Milan were without match fitness in their legs with only 1 match played, and 2 of our players who played yesterday have only had 4 training sessions with the team. Their team has like unlimited funds to buy whomever, and they had a ridiculous amount of talent on the bench too, and we went to their home ground - one of the best teams in history - and we snatched a point at the beginning and end of the game due to them losing concentration just for a second. I will take it and I love it.

However, for us to improve - we must now look at our weaknesses to improve them.

I don't understand what was so great about Allegri in this game? I mean I am not criticizing him but it was obvious Allegri said that we should hit them on the counter (and does it really take a genius to figure that out?).

Abbiati, Nesta, Silva, Abate were all good... Nesta was excellent actually. Despite being so out of form, slow, 36, he still managed to stop one of the best players in history in a game that we were supposed to get thrashed in. Master display from Sandro - I don't expect him to play that good all season though - and normally so. Yes Abate was at fault (not 100%, but part of it) for the goal, but he had a very good game defensively...however offensively he offered nothing.... but I am very impressed with his defensive work in the last year.

Zambrotta used his experience as much as he can but oh boy was he absolutely horrendous. Absolutely terrible performance and could have cost us the game 2 or 3 times with silly mistakes.

Ambrosini was extremely bad also, Van Bommel played his usual role, not his best but he was good... Nocerino was really horrible, even though he was running everywhere, he was one of the reasons we were unable to string 4 passes together - his passes were terrible and his ball control was even worse. It was his first CL game and it was in the Nou Camp, it will only get better for him. Seedorf was playing a fantastic game at left midfield until he moved to trequartista. The Seedorf we have all loved to hate over the last year was the Seedorf who played as trequarista. Absolutely lost on the field, doesn't know how to move, slow, and uselesss - that was the Seedorf we saw after Prince left the field.

Cassano - proved once more that he cannot be depended on on games like this. Today really was the day for him to show he was a world-class player but he was unable to control the ball, unable to dribble, and kept giving unnecessary fouls and one of which was Villa's second goal.

Pato oh Pato where do I start..... INCREDIBLE SOLO EFFORT, INCREDIBLE GOAL - WELL DONE KID - but then what? He wasted two opportunities in which he could have gone one on one with, and he wasted pretty much EVERY SINGLE ball that came to him. He tries to dribble past 10 players and looses the ball everytime, he can't control the ball when the ball comes to him, he doesn't know where to run. Again, great goal Pato, but absolutely pathetic performance again. He definitely is capable of being our star, but he is faaaaaar faaaaar away from being that any time soon...when a player of his quality cannot control a pass coming to him - it definitely is a psychological issue.

Pato, Cassano and Nocerino were one of the main reasons we were not able to string 4 passes in a row for over 70 minutes. We were absolutely dominated and we are the champions of Italy and we are apparently trying to challenge for the CL.


In conclusion, Good result, bad performance. Alot of work still needs to be done if we want to be a top team.

pretty much sums up everything i would say about the game except i do want to add that seedorf did make two amazing corner kicks...the first almost resulting in a goal, the second resulting in the goal which tied the game

i mean, i was mesmerized at how perfect his corner kicks were...well done clarence

 

[Mr. Milanista]

I went to the doctor and I came home just now, they were checking my voice. No, I'm joking.
But I have never screamed that loud, ever.

One thing that is annyoing me is Busquet dive.

Overall and excellent defence by us.
I have said it and I say it again, Milan has the best defence in the world.

 

[Australiano1980]

I went to the doctor and I came home just now, they were checking my voice. No, I'm joking.
But I have never screamed that loud, ever.

One thing that is annyoing me is Busquet dive.

Overall and excellent defence by us.
I have said it and I say it again, Milan has the best defence in the world.

yeap... specially in a 4-4-1-1.

 

[Yoshi]

My good friend is a barca fan and he's been bitching about how they deserved to win all day. Apparently, we only scored because Pato's goal was a fluke and Silva is taller than our midgets so that wasn't fair. I guess it's now considered unfair to use an opponents weaknesses to your advantage...

 

[Mr. Milanista]

My good friend is a barca fan and he's been bitching about how they deserved to win all day. Apparently, we only scored because Pato's goal was a fluke and Silva is taller than our midgets so that wasn't fair. I guess it's now considered unfair to use an opponents weaknesses to your advantage...

Well Barca scored because of a "fluke" goal and a dive.

 

[Revolution]

What people don't get is that Barca's play style is just another type of catenaccio, it's anti-football in the same way. They're just mad because we beat them at their own game and we were able to create a great defense where most teams failed.

Sure it looked bleak during the middle of teh game, but you have to remember, we limited Barca to a very very few number of real attempts, if we kept possession just a bit better and Seedorf wasn't blind, we would've won this game.

 

[Yoshi]

Well Barca scored because of a "fluke" goal and a dive.

Thats what i said but apparently Messi's run/assist was magical and on another level. I can't wait till Barca's dominance ends and all these barca fans can be brought back to reality.

 

[bliz]

 

[acm55]

Grande Tiziano!

 

[Polotelli]

Xavi complaining:

http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/174/...-believes-ac-milan-draw-was-pure-bad-luck-and

why does Xavi think that the team that has the most possesion deserves to win??
not true

 

[Serno91]

My reaction when Silva scored in the last minute, from dream to laugh

 

[moridin]

Forza Milan!!! awsm goal by Pato n silva...

 

[theduck7]

Abate I see loads of potential, Prince- I just don't see it

 

[Polotelli]

Abate I see loads of potential, Prince- I just don't see it

no potential in Prince??? Whattt

 

[Jasper]

"Silva is taller than our midgets so that wasn't fair. "

I'd so love to laugh at his face for that.

 

[theduck7]

no potential in Prince??? Whattt

Controversial thing to say but I just think he's very ordinary