Milan V United SL second leg

Erin Go Brath

United were outclassed. The Milan midfield and defense is much superior to Uniteds. The first leg was a contest. The second leg was a training session for Milan!

uberwolf

when am I entitled to *bump* this?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=256730

~Rebel~

Rafa predicted this on the 20th of February!

http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=449416&CPID=5&clid=14&lid=&title=Rafa+eyes+Milan+repeat

"I think the final will be Liverpool v Milan and that we will win again. It's sure," Benitez told Corriere dello Sport.

kaisersose77

Men versus Boys yet again. I cant remember the last time Utd bossed another BIG team for a full match. And Roma arent a big team! Ronaldo crap as usual, but as someone posted before in another thread, he cant do fancy stepovers and score every match........ (eh so scoring a goal makes up for being ****e for the other 80 or so mins? - watch full matches every weekend and not 10 mins on the premiership). Giggs has gone rapidly rapidly downhill over the last few months.

GuanYin

Honestly, I thought United flattered with their home win, I didn't think 3-2 was a fair result.

I think Milan put that right tonight, they were exceptional, simple, but effective with 3 of the best players I've seen in the CL this season.

United's big boys did nothing for me. Ronaldo was like the mush lambasted Ronaldo fo 2 seasons ago. Rooney was anonymous and the game looked beyond Giggs. United defence was poor at the best of times.

From the 4 SF games, I have to say, the two better teams went through from each draw.

Little-Devil

Lucky performance against Roma.
Carrick, Fletcher and O'Shea all useless, naming but a few.

The premier league is a joke of a league and not the best in the world. Yes liverpool put good effort in last night, but i expect Milan to beat them easily enough and i hope for the good of football AC Milan win the Champions League cause they play football they it should be.

"Form is temporary class is permanent"

chump

sob sob, pathetic display - heinze seemed to be about the only utd. player with a real fire in his belly tonight. so many didn't show up. and then AC were class.

ah well

Aquos76

Gutted to be honest. I think that those players have to be ashamed of themselves for that performance. They never turned up.

Fair play to Milan though, they outplayed Man U in all areas of the pitch

So they are now out for revenge against Liverpool for 2005. Best of luck to the pool.

quarryman

RasTa wrote:

It's over lads. We ain't coming back.

and you won't be missed....

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=53150117&postcount=450

LuckyLloyd

Jazzy wrote:

its quite funny that man u lose 3 - 0 and all the clueless Dunphyites just go "yeah, its all that dastardly Ronaldo's fault!"

which rag is dunphy writing for nowadays? the mirror, the sun ? whichever it is, go eat it for brekfast before giving uniformed opinions based on an auld cynics point of view.

Utd lost tonight from the midfield and team organisation, not because of their lack of wing play.
Dunphy may say other wise, but hell.. thats maybe why you buy his papers

My opinion on Ronaldo has nothing to do with the thoughts of Eamonn Dunphy. It is a simple fact that he was awful tonight. And Utd needed him, Rooney and Giggs to be firing on all cylinders once they went a goal down.

If Ronaldo epithomised all that was great in the performance against Roma - he epithomised everything that was awfultonight. No work; no heart; no cutting edge. And he deserves to be critiscised for it.

Milan came out and played like it mattered - and they fully deserved their victory.

Erin Go Brath

A repeat of the '05 Final. What odds another 3-3?

RasTa

UnLuckyLloyd wrote:

BOOM!!!!!!! Take your attractive football, your Ronaldos and Rooneys and go home. If you don't get the workrate and the organisation right - you don't deserve to win.

What have you won this season?

d22ontour

chump wrote:

so many didn't show up.

I don't think that really mattered considering the lesson they were given.

chump wrote:

and then AC were class.

Indeed they were.

Hopefully Milan have learned from there 2nd half no-show in 2005.

Bateman

Milan shouldn't have swapped jersies tonight. United not giving the ball away at 0-2 was a bit much, but at 0-3 it just plain nasty. I suppose football needs more nastiness though.

The Muppet

Milan played very well tonight. United were not really in it though they did have a better second half. No treble this year but we can look forward to next weekend when a combination of results could give us something to soften the disappointment of tonights performance.

Bateman

d22ontour wrote:

Hopefully Milan have learned from there 2nd half no-show in 2005.

Hear hear.

Trizo

really dissapointed by Utd'd performance tonight it was almost like they didn't wake up till the 60th min and even then they just didn't get it together.

The players you would expect to do something just didn't ever start
scholes , Rooney , Giggs and Ronaldo were all very poor sloppy with the ball and looked jaded.

Thought Gattuso , Kaka and Seedorf were really good tonight bossed the game closed down and won every challange, would love to see Kaka playing for Utd.

can hear Dumphy in the background foaming at the mouth over his admiration of the Milan team ....

oh well lets just hope we dont throw away the PL and FA cup

Sizzler

You get what you deserve over 2 legs and Utd were probably as poor as they have been all season based on tonights showing. Dont think any Serie A teams will be knocking on Fergie's door to buy Ronaldo, they played him brilliantly in both legs.

Not takin away from the 3-2 win which was spectacular but if I was a Milan fan I would be asking if Utd would have won that game if Gattuso had played the 2nd half! Nothing wrong with his english BTW lol !

As a Utd fan cant say Im happy but no excuses, I guess all there is to do now is wonder if Milan can produce a similar performance again in a few weeks time !

~Rebel~

Commiserations to the United fans, horrible to get that close.

Have added plenty of excitement to the tournament anyway with great freeflowing attacking football.

RasTa

quarryman wrote:

and you won't be missed....

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=53150117&postcount=450

lol, enjoy the first division.

Bateman

The Muppet wrote:

Milan played very well tonight. United were not really in it though they did have a better second half. No treble this year but we can look forward to next weekend when a combination results could give us something to soften the disappointment of tonights performance.

Yeah. City might sieze upon a knackered bunch of over-hyped half-arses with fragile confidence, and might bring a long-awaited reality check to wherever "you" are from.

joe.

Totally outclassed. Hats off to Milan. Kick in the arse United. Goodluck Liverpool. You'll need it.

Mr. Presentable

Reality *IS* Kaka.

Mossy Monk

Trizo wrote:

can hear Dumphy in the background foaming at the mouth over his admiration of the Milan team ....

Actually he was talking about how poor Manchester United were.

zAbbo

Surprised Utd had nothing else, embarrassing result for a generation of players living off hype.

Utd had been good in the league

MisterAnarchy

United failed to score in Milan in over 180 mins (Since 2005)
Thats 4 away games they have lost this season in Europe.
Lost to Celtic,Copenhagen,Roma and Milan.
Their away form over the last 3-4 years is simply not up to standard.
Dunphy:'Reality is Kaka':D

Flukey

Great result. Manchester United prove their pedigree again. They aren't useless, but if they improve a bit, they could be!:)

Savman

nipplenuts wrote:

Reality *IS* Kaka.

ROFL!!

tdv

nipplenuts wrote:

Reality *IS* Kaka.

That was a great line.

Trizo

Mossy Monk wrote:

Actually he was talking about how poor Manchester United were.

No ... he was talking about how he would love to see Kaka play in the PL ...
and how the Milan team were class ....

Bateman

Good line, pity reality Kaka-style doesn't visit more often.

Kold

Makeshift back four was your downfall I reckon. Was worse than our defence (spurs).

TwoShedsJackson

Delighted, Milan gave Utd a lesson tonight, and once again C Ronaldo utterly failed to perform in a big game. All well and good with his tricks and flicks against Fulham, but get him to do it against decent opposition? Nah...

Raskolnikov

United were massive disappointment. There was no fight, all the players simply stood off and allowed the Milan players to play. Too much respect shown.

The Muppet

Bateman wrote:

Yeah. City might sieze upon a knackered bunch of over-hyped half-arses with fragile confidence, and might bring a long-awaited reality check to wherever "you" are from.

Like liverpool did last night do you mean? keep clutching at those straws.:D

Mitch Connor

Fair play to Milan, by far the better side on the night, Gattusso is just amazing, simply amazing. Good luck to them in the final.

Mossy Monk

Trizo wrote:

and how the Milan team were class ....

And they were. What's your point?

ROCKMAN

Let's Be Honest, We Were Outclassed And Given A Lesson Tonight

ntlbell

UnLuckyLloyd wrote:

My opinion on Ronaldo has nothing to do with the thoughts of Eamonn Dunphy. It is a simple fact that he was awful tonight. And Utd needed him, Rooney and Giggs to be firing on all cylinders once they went a goal down.

If Ronaldo epithomised all that was great in the performance against Roma - he epithomised everything that was awfultonight. No work; no heart; no cutting edge. And he deserves to be critiscised for it.

Milan came out and played like it mattered - and they fully deserved their victory.

I'm on the record on boards with my opinion on Ronaldo. You're right about his performance but he didn't cause the result tonight, but what he did prove is what honest UTD fans who I like to think I am that he's not world class he's not "great" and all the hype and nonsense that surrounds him is bad for RONALDO...UTD...and the fans and the sooner the hype dies of he can concentrate on actually becoming a great player and just get on with it.

Dunphy's point wasn't just proved tonight it's been proved on many an occassion he's not pulling it out of his arse.

Carrick is pretty much a nothing player (SO FAR)

and when hype players come up against real "world class" players tonight happens.

Jazzy and his "Dunphyites" is pretty insulting do you not think we're capable of watching a match and making our own opinions?

We were out classed in every position, there was no hunger there was no fight and that has nothing to do with ronaldo.

smashey

For a team that is normally a goos slick passing team, Utd gave away so many balls tonight with poorly placed or stupid passes. The best team won.

RasTa

TwoShedsJackson wrote:

Delighted, Milan gave Utd a lesson tonight, and once again C Ronaldo utterly failed to perform in a big game. All well and good with his tricks and flicks against Fulham, but get him to do it against decent opposition? Nah...

Yeah and doing in week in week out must mean he is rubbish. The whole team played like amateurs and have done away from home all season. Now let's go to City on Saturday and at least wrap up one trophy this season. Good luck to Milan in the final, should destroy the Pool again but you never know with them in Cup games.

Savman

Fair play to Brady, pulling no punches with Ronaldo.

LuckyLloyd

RasTa wrote:

What have you won this season?

Nothing yet. Just like you guys. And, just like if you guys win the league, if we win the CL final we will classify our season as a huge success. At least we don't claim to be a wonderful side that will destroy all comers.

Trizo

Mossy Monk wrote:

And they were. What's your point?

whatever ...... ....

I think it just shows we need more players like Heinze , was unahppy not to see Smith out there especially after his Roma Performance, Carrick was nowhere a player like Hargreeves would make a big difference i think more players with a bit of steel

LuckyLloyd

RasTa wrote:

Yeah and doing in week in week out must mean he is rubbish. FFS everyone it's a cup game.

Great players do it in big games. He isn't a great player. Over - rated, over - hyped.

Mr.Nice Guy

As a United fan I'm gutted about the result but hats off to Milan. They were just awesome.

Kaka was wonderful but from a workrate standpoint Gattuso was exceptional. It was like he was haunting Ronaldo tonight. Reminded me a lot of Roy Keane's performances at his peak.

Good luck to Liverpool against Milan in the final because they are going to need it.

BKtje

I am gutted, not just with losing but the manner of it is what really aches. Heinze didn't play well but seemed to be the only player really up for it.
Ronaldo, Giggs, Rooney all terrible, Carrick non existant. Scholes was reliable as ever and put in a lot of effort but was totally let down by the others around him.

I knew from the off Milan were gonna take it to manu, you could see it in their demeanour, their attitude their conviction while manu looked nervous. It was game over once the first goal went in, we just didnt know it till the 80th minute.

Fair play to milan, better team went through and i feel won't underestimate liverpool again. Should be a good final anyway.

ntlbell

RasTa wrote:

Yeah and doing in week in week out must mean he is rubbish.

he doesn't do it week in week out.

That's the point.

GuanYin

Anyone turning this into a United/Liverpool slagfest will be banned.

It's about the game tonight.

A Dub in Glasgo

Tauren wrote:

Gattusso is just amazing, simply amazing

Learned most of his stuff in the SPL, I remember watching him when he was like a stragetically shaved hairy person