Nes-T33 wrote:mate,we cannot start maxi in a cl game vs arsenal because of what?10 mins?
boateng,Ibra and ES should start

Nes-T33 wrote:boateng will be back to full training on Monday...

@MTD:According to what the club has been saying,Nesta,Pato and Boateng will be ready to play.

Honestly,i dont think i can go through getting eliminated again on the round of 16....

btw,Mexes looked REALLY sloppy today,i hope nesta starts

Nes-T33 wrote:honestly,i wont give 2 cents about the scudetto if we dont get through Arsenal.

We already won it last season and it gives that feeling of satisfaction considering we hadn't won it in several years,but right now our main concern should be CL considering we havent done well in Europe since 2007....

Nes-T33 wrote:winning is a bit too much,but getting to the semis would be great

or at least getting through arsenal would be very rewarding

Nes-T33 wrote:winning is a bit too much,but getting to the semis would be great

or at least getting through arsenal would be very rewarding

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has stressed the necessity of his side scoring an away goal ahead of their Champions League last 16 first-leg tie against AC Milan on Wednesday.

The Premier League outfit finished top of their group in the competition, only losing once, but were drawn against arguably the strongest runners-up in the shape of the Italian giants, who finished second to Barcelona.

The Gunners will travel to San Siro in the first of the two clashes, and their boss has insisted that they need to score an away goal to have the best chance of progressing, adding that they will stick to their usual attacking style.

The Frenchman told reporters: "The European system is organised to reward audacious action away from home.

"When you go away in the Champions League, you have to score.

"The best way to score is play in an offensive way and we will try to do that."

Wenger's squad has been boosted by the return to match fitness of Bacary Sagna and Kieran Gibbs, giving some much-needed strength to the defence, and the 62-year-old is content with his options.

"I have plenty of options and I am happy with the way the defence works," Wenger added.

Summer signing Mikel Arteta is likely to be a key player in breaking down their opponent's attacks, and the midfielder is looking forward sitting deep and adding balance for his team.

He told Arsenal Player: "I watch the game from behind [the attackers] and I know that when we become too open we leave many spaces and concede goals.

"I just try to balance the team a little bit.

"Sometimes I would like to go forward more, but I've still had chances and the goal [against Blackburn] was my sixth this year, which isn't bad.

"I don't want to be the main man; we all know who the main man is and that's Robin. He is the leader, he is the one who makes a real difference.

"The most important thing is the team, and once the team is doing well the highlights will come for the rest [of the players] because we are playing well.

"Everyone is part of a machine and we are all just trying to make the machine work as well as we can."

Nes-T33 wrote:yeah,looks like hes injured

well see something like this

Sagna-Koscielny-Vermaelen-Gibbs or Sagna-Djourou-Kosc-Verm

Forza Rossoneri wrote:

Nes-T33 wrote:yeah,looks like hes injured

well see something like this

Sagna-Koscielny-Vermaelen-Gibbs or Sagna-Djourou-Kosc-Verm

I don't watch a lot of Arsenal, but I have many friends who are gunners that claim Koscielny is a vastly improved player from the calamity I saw last season. I don't really believe the hype.

In any case, there are other weaknesses in the Arsenal defence: Gibbs in the 1st line-up and Djourou in the 2nd one. Gibbs because he is like Arsenal's Antonini, a bit inexperienced and positionally inept at times. Djourou is Arsenal's Bonera, can make some sloppy mistakes at times and is quite slow.

Lex wrote:Lol Kos was a calamity last season? Clearly you don't watch enough Arsenal

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:Koscielny has probably been the best CB in the league this year lol......

Oh he was never calamity, he had Messi in his pocket in the leg at the Emirates one awful mistake in a cup final dont make you a calamity.

Good luck btw

Lex wrote:Lol Kos was a calamity last season? Clearly you don't watch enough Arsenal

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:That was my point, he seems to have got a very bad rep off that one mistake....

In the main he was very consistent for Arsenal last year, just not on the level he has been this year.

Lex wrote:The 8-2 and lack of fullbacks for what seemed like a millennium has really screwed up our GD

The Rossoneri have received a boost on the injury front ahead of their European last 16 tie with Arsene Wenger's men at the Giuseppe Meazza on Wednesday.

AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri has received some promising news from the treatment table in the build-up to the first leg of his side's Champions League round of 16 encounter with Arsenal, as Alexandre Pato, Kevin-Prince Boateng and Alessandro Nesta have all resumed squad training.

The Brazilian attacker sustained a muscle strain during the Scudetto holders' 2-1 extra-time victory against Novara in the Coppa Italia back in January, and has been out of action since.

24-year-old Boateng picked up a muscular problem in the Serie A loss against Inter, and had also been unavailable for the past three weeks.

Finally, veteran defender Nesta picked up a knock ahead of the league game against Napoli earlier this month, and has consequently missed the Rossoneri's past three matches.

However, Milan have confirmed on their official website that the three players have all shaken off their respective injuries, and could make a comeback in Wednesday's game at San Siro.