Man Utd v AC Milan (agg 3 - 2)
Champions League last 16 second leg
Venue: Old Trafford
Date: Wednesday 10 March Kick-off: 1945 GMT (台灣時間 3/11 03:45)
Manchester United will be boosted by the return of Wayne Rooney from injury
for Wednesday's Champions League last 16 second leg tie against AC Milan.
The in-form England frontman sat out Saturday's 1-0 defeat of Wolves with a
knee problem but trained on Tuesday.
Wes Brown, however, misses out because of an injury sustained against Wolves,
while Ryan Giggs (arm) and Michael Carrick (ban) are also unavailable.
David Beckham could start on the bench for Milan on his Old Trafford return.
Pato suffered a thigh strain after scoring twice in Milan's 3-1 victory over
Atalanta BC on 28 February. He came through an MRI scan on Monday and has
travelled to north-west England.
Mathieu Flamini limped out of Saturday's game in Rome with cramp but will
be fit to play in Manchester three days after his 26th birthday.
Man Utd (from):
Van der Sar, Kuszczak
Ferdinand, Vidic, Evans, Rafael, Evra, Neville, De Laet
Park, Scholes, Obertan, Gibson, Valencia, Nani, Fletcher
Rooney, Berbatov, Diouf
Out: John O'Shea (leg), Ryan Giggs (broken right arm),
Michael Owen (hamstring), Anderson (cruciate knee ligament),
Wes Brown (foot)
Doubtful: Jonny Evans (knee)
Suspended: Michael Carrick
Misses next match if booked: Nemanja Vidic
AC Milan (from):
Abbiati, Dida, Roma;
Abate, Antonini, Bonera Favalli, Jankulovski, Nesta, T.Silva, Zambrotta;
Ambrosini, Beckham, Flamini, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf;
Borriello, Huntelaar, Inzaghi, Pato, Ronaldinho.
Out: Massimo Oddo (thigh)
Doubtful: Pato (thigh)
Misses next match if booked: Ignazio Abate, Ronaldinho
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Background
‧ United have won 12 UEFA competition first legs away from home and
progressed on every occasion.
‧ The only time Milan have lost at home in a UEFA competition first leg and
went through was in their debut campaign in the inaugural 1955/56 European
Champion Clubs' Cup. They were beaten 4-3 by first-round opponents 1. FC
Saarbrücken before winning the away leg 4-1.
Team Ties
‧ This match marks Beckham's first return to Old Trafford as an adversary
since the midfielder ended a 12-year association with United in 2003. In
his last UEFA Champions League appearance there for the Red Devils he
scored twice as a substitute against Real Madrid CF – his next employers.
Did you know?
‧ Milan won the 2003 UEFA Champions League final at Old Trafford on
penalties against a Juventus side featuring Gianluca Zambrotta.
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Manchester United FC will look to deny David Beckham a happy homecoming when
AC Milan come to town for the second leg of the clubs' UEFA Champions League
last-16 tie.
‧ Beckham's return to Old Trafford will dominate the build-up but United
fans will be more concerned about their current favourites' ability to
rediscover their best home form and protect a 3-2 lead gained in the first
leg in Milan.
‧ Sir Alex Ferguson's team recovered from Ronaldinho's third-minute opener
in San Siro, Paul Scholes (36) levelling before a pair of Wayne Rooney
headers (66, 74) put them in control of the tie – although Clarence
Seedorf's 85th-minute strike gives Milan hope for Manchester.
‧ United picked up only four points at Old Trafford in the group stage and
surrendered their 23-match unbeaten home run in the UEFA Champions League
to Besiktas JK.
‧ The last foreign visitors to beat United before Besiktas were Milan in 2005 and they return to Old Trafford buoyed by away victories
at Olympique de Marseille and Real Madrid CF.
Previous meetings
‧ Milan won all four of the clubs' two-legged encounters down the years, but
only once have they avoided defeat in the away leg.
‧ The teams first faced each other in the 1957/58 European Champion Clubs'
Cup semi-finals, when Milan became the first team to overturn a first-leg
deficit against United in the competition. After Tommy Taylor's 80th-minute
strike secured United a 2-1 success at Old Trafford, Milan turned the tables
in the return, Juan Schiaffino (2), Nils Liedholm and Giancarlo Danova
scoring in a 4-0 triumph.
‧ When the sides met again in the 1968/69 semi-finals, Milan prevailed 2-1
on aggregate. The Rossoneri followed up a 2-0 home success with a 1-0 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 the scorer
in both games.
‧ The teams for the first leg of that tie in Manchester on 23 February 2005
were:
United:
Carroll, Neville (Silvestre 80), Ferdinand, Brown, Heinze, Ronaldo
(Van Nistelrooy 63), Scholes, Keane, Fortune (Saha 80), Giggs, Rooney.
Milan:
Dida, Cafu (Costacurta 87), Nesta, Maldini, Kaladze, Gattuso, Pirlo
(Ambrosini 84), Seedorf, Rui Costa, Kaká (Serginho 90), Crespo.
‧ 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 strike overturning a 2-1
half-time deficit. But Milan powered through to the final by winning the
return 3-0 through goals from Kaká, Seedorf and Alberto Gilardino.
‧ The lineups for the Old Trafford game on 24 April 2007 were:
United:
Van der Sar, O'Shea, Brown, Heinze, Evra, Fletcher, Carrick, Scholes,
Ronaldo, Rooney, Giggs.
Milan:
Dida, Oddo, Nesta, Maldini (Bonera 46), Jankulovski, Gattuso (Brocchi 52),
Pirlo, Ambrosini, Seedorf, Kaká, Gilardino (Gourcuff 84).
Match background
‧ Even before losing to Besiktas. United had struggled at Old Trafford,
falling behind against both VfL Wolfsburg and PFC CSKA Moskva before
fighting back to earn a win and a draw respectively.
‧ Sir Alex's men can take heart from a strong home record against Italian
teams. Since Milan's victory in Manchester – their only success away to
English opposition – the Premier League champions have recorded five
straight wins against visitors from Serie A.
‧ Milan snatched a 2-2 draw at Portsmouth FC on their last trip to England
in November 2008, retrieving a two-goal deficit through late goals from
Ronaldinho (84) and Filippo Inzaghi (90+2) in the UEFA Cup group stage.
‧ Milan won the 2003 UEFA Champions League at Old Trafford, beating Juventus
on penalties after a goalless draw.
‧ Dida, Gennaro Gattuso, Inzaghi, Alessandro Nesta, Andrea Pirlo and Seedorf
all started the final, while Massimo Ambrosini appeared as a substitute.
Gianluca Zambrotta, now a Milan player, was in the Juventus lineup.
‧ Ominously for Milan, of the four previous occasions they have lost the
first leg at home in UEFA competition, they have won only one tie. That
came against 1. FC Saarbrücken in the 1955/56 European Cup first round,
Milan's first European tie, when a 4-3 defeat in Italy was followed by a
4-1 away success. However, FC Barcelona (1959/60 European Cup first round
and 2005/06 UEFA Champions League semi-finals) and RCD Espanyol (1987/88
UEFA Cup second round) all built on a first-leg away win to eliminate Milan.
‧ United, meanwhile, have progressed in all 12 UEFA club competition ties
where they have won the first game away from home.
Team ties
‧ Milan coach Leonardo lined up against Gary Neville in a 1995 friendly
international at Wembley, coming on as a substitute in Brazil's 3-1 victory.
He later faced both Neville and Scholes in a 1997 friendly in Paris that
Brazil won 1-0.
‧ Beckham had a 12-year association with United, signing as a schoolboy in
1991 and making his debut in 1995. He went on to make 394 appearances in
all competitions, scoring 86 goals, before leaving for Real Madrid in 2003.
‧ During his time at Old Trafford, Beckham collected six Premier League
winners' medals and together with Ryan Giggs and Neville, was part of the
team that won the UEFA Champions League final in 1999.
‧ Beckham scored his last goal at Old Trafford in a 4-1 league win against
Charlton Athletic on 3 May 2003. The previous month he had registered his
final UEFA Champions League goals in a United shirt when scoring twice in
the 4-3 quarter-final home victory against Madrid.
‧ Beckham and Michael Owen played together at Madrid in 2004/05.
‧ Inzaghi played with Edwin van der Sar at Juventus between 1999 and 2001.
‧ Inzaghi scored an 84th-minute winner for Juventus when they defeated
United 1-0 in Turin in the UEFA Champions League group stage in December
1997. He also found the net twice against United in a 3-2 home loss for the
Bianconeri in the 1999 semi-finals.
‧ Thiago Silva was in Brazil's lineup for a 1-0 win against an England side
including Wes Brown, Ben Foster and Rooney in a friendly in Qatar last
November.
‧ When Ronaldinho scored Brazil's winner against England in the 2002 FIFA
World Cup quarter-finals, Rio Ferdinand, Scholes and Owen all featured on
the losing side along with Beckham.
‧ Ronaldinho and Anderson both started their careers with Brazilian club Grê
mio FBPA.
‧ Mathieu Flamini played in the Premier League for Arsenal FC from 2004 to
2008, finishing on the winning side against United only twice in eight
meetings.
‧ Zambrotta was in the FC Barcelona side beaten by United in the 2007/08
UEFA Champions League semi-finals – indeed it was his misplaced pass that
led to Scholes scoring the only goal of the tie at Old Trafford.
‧ Flavio Roma was a colleague of Patrice Evra in the AS Monaco FC team that
lost the UEFA Champions League final to FC Porto in 2004.
‧ Evra played in Italy for lower-division clubs Marsala Calcio and Monza
Calcio.
‧ Ji-Sung Park scored for PSV Eindhoven against Milan in the 2005 UEFA
Champions League semi-final, albeit in a losing cause.
Weekend results
06/03/10
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 0-1 Manchester United
(Scholes 72)
‧ United went top of the table, two points clear of Chelsea FC and Arsenal
FC, after Paul Scholes became the 19th player to score 100 Premier League
goals – emulating team-mates Owen, Rooney and Giggs.
06/03/10
AS Roma 0-0 Milan
‧ Milan, in second place, remain within four points adrift of leaders FC
Internazionale Milano.
‧ The Rossoneri have conceded just one goal in their last four away league
games, although they have scored in only two of their last five Serie A
trips.
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