Results for tag: AC Milan
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on Apr 3, 2012 at 09:26:46 AM
[b][u]Barcelona v AC Milan, 7.45pm, live on Sky Sports 2[/u][/b]
[u]Barcelona[/u]
Xavi is the star of the team news this week. He missed a public training session on Monday and Pep Guardiola says his participation will be decided as late as possible.
There has also been some discussion about whether the coach will play three or four defenders, but, as Michael Cox has explained, that is a largely academic debate.
Lionel Messi's astonishing goal records have been well documented recently - age 24, he's just become his club's all-time top-scorer - and he's been particularly sharp in the Champions League of late, scoring 30 times in his last 26 matches. Opta offers one small cause for pause, however: Messi converted a penalty against Milan in the group stage, but has not scored ...
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Betting.Betfair
on Mar 28, 2012 at 10:57:13 AM
[b][u]AC Milan v Barcelona, 19:45 (Live on ITV)[/u][/b]
[u]AC Milan[/u]
Massimiliano Allegri's team are top of Serie A, but have been as good on the road (W10/15) as they have at the San Siro (W9/14). In 2012 Inter, Juventus (twice) and Napoli have all avoided defeat away to Milan in domestic competitions.
With Robinho and Pato sidelined by injury, the spotlight is on Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has scored on five of his six Champions League appearances this season.
Another ex-Barcelona player, Mark van Bommel, is banned for this match. The Dutchman scored an own goal when these two met in Italy in the group stage and might not be missed as much as Thiago Silva.
[u]Barcelona[/u]
The Spanish champions won here in the group stages (3-2). Some terrific recent form helps make ...
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Betting.Betfair
on Feb 20, 2012 at 10:23:59 AM
After their 4-0 humiliation by AC Milan on Wednesday, Arsène Wenger took the unprecedented step of openly criticising his players. The Frenchman, who in the past has usually resorted to smokescreens to detract from his own side's shortcomings, offered no such refuge to his charges at San Siro.
"It was one of those nights you never forget," said Wenger, whose side are now 26.0 to pull off a miracle in the return leg against the Italian champions. "It was our worst performance in Europe by far. We were punished and deservedly so. I felt we were never in the game. We were very poor offensively and defensively. It was shocking to see how we were beaten everywhere. There was not one moment in the 90 minutes when we were really in the game. The result is a disaster."
It was refreshing ...
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on Sep 13, 2011 at 09:38:40 AM
Carles Puyol is expected to start for Barcelona after recording from knee surgery. The first-choice, three-man midfield of Sergio Busquets, Xavi and Andres Iniesta is set to be on the teamsheet. David Villa will line-up alongside Pedro and Lionel Messi as Alexis Sanchez is out (hamstring).
For AC Milan, Taye Taiwo and Mathieu Flamini are injured, and Gennaro Gattuso suspended. Zlatan Ibrahimovic is also out after suffering a muscle pull in training on Monday.
[u]Match Odds
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One of the problems with betting on Barcelona matches these days is making the Spaniards pay. Odds of 1.3 on the Blaugrana winning the game will hold little appeal, especially considering their magnificent home record of W29-D4-L1 (85% win rate) since the start of the 2010-11 season.
Milan are 12.0 with...
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Betting.Betfair
on Dec 27, 2010 at 02:32:52 PM
[b]January[/b] is a good time to be a selling club, and indeed a player on the move, as transfer-fees and contracts are invariably inflated for clubs desperate to sign the key player whose arrival could help them win a trophy or avoid relegation in the second half of the season. There have been successful winter moves, among them Patrice Evra to Manchester United, Branislav Ivanovic to Chelsea, Brede Hangeland to Fulham but most took time to settle in their new surroundings.
[b]Strikers[/b] tend to fare better at the other end of the table after January moves: Christophe Dugarry (Birmingham) and James Beattie (Stoke) helped their clubs stay up while Arsenal pair Emmanuel Adebayor and Andrei Arshavin used their first six months to settle in.
What all clubs want to avoid is the...
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Betting.Betfair
on Dec 17, 2010 at 02:12:11 PM
[b]There were mixed fortunes for the English teams in this morning's Champions League draw with Arsenal set to face Barcelona once again whilst Chelsea have a far easier task on their hands....[/b]
Arsene Wenger may be considering a second career as a psychic after his prediction earlier in the week that [b]Arsenal[/b] were going to draw [b]Barcelona[/b] in this morning's Champions League draw was bang on the money. Arguably the two most entertaining top European sides on their day, these two had already met in last year's edition with Barcelona coming out on top on that occasion. The odds suggest a repeat of that scenario is on the cards again. Within moments of the two being drawn against each other, Arsenal drifted out to 28.0 on Betfair to win the Champions league for the first...