Charlie KleinNow that the perilous group stage has reached its end, we may now look forward to only getting to watch the cream of the UEFA Champions League crop. Today I will be previewing the Manchester United v. AC Milan match up.
This draw will pull at the heartstrings of any real United supporter. One of the original golden boys of the Manchester United dynasty David Beckham is due to return to Old Trafford. Let me just repeat that. DAVID FUCKING BECKHAM IS RETURNING! There. Got that out of my system.
Now to the actual matchup as I see it playing out. One can never ignore Milan simply because they are AC Milan, one of the biggest club teams in the history of football. They have a few nice players in the side, namely Alex Pato, Ronaldinho, Andrea Pirlo, etc. etc. That being said, those players are getting quite old. Milan are not as scary as when United last faced them in this competition, as the '07 edition had some chappie named Kaka in the squad.
I predict that United will advance from this tie in comfortable fashion. By the time these two matches are played, the Red Devils ought to have a healthy centre back combination of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic. Additionally, the pace of United is superior to that of Milan. Players like Pirlo, Alessandro Ambrosini, and Clarence Seedorf are lousy at taking the ball off their man.
The United attack is just too strong for Milan this time around. I expect something like a 4-1 United advancing on aggregate.
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