Man United Vs AC Milan March 10th 2010

Never really thought Milan will score 2 goals at OT with no response from Rooney and co. And, that never happened. Its unfair to say that it was a one-sided game seeing a 4-0 scoreline for the Reds. Milan were good at times and they had lot of chances to atleast score one. An interesting fair challenge over the two legs, but the aggregate of 7-2 for the Reds will never say the same.

United totally romped Milan over two legs, both at san siro and at OT. Its fair to say Milan are not the defensive powerhouse they used to be 2 years ago. Aged defense and midfield can't win you a place in a quarters against the young and energetic strike force of United.

United played 4-5-1 as a caution, but any formation doesn't matter when you have Mr. Rooney in your side. Man, he is unstoppable. What a cross from neville and what a powerful header! That goal killed any hopes Milan had about coming back into the tie and then on, it was all about seeing out the time. But, not for united though. Right after the restart, wonderful pass from nani, saw rooney go one on one with Abbiati and a easy tap-in by rooney standards. By the way, that was the only good contribution by nani in the game. I was so frustrated by nani during the match for his lazy plays. I think SAF would have replaced him if we were chasing the game. He needs to get a goal to get his confidence back on track.

The man of the match for me was Park. What a performance! He has been serving well for the side whenever he has played. Never lets the team down. All others had quite a good game and defense was solid with rio and vida back at the center.

An otherwise dull match after goals from united was lit up when one and only David Beckham came on. What a reception he got from the fans! Amazing. Never seen a opposition player get such a reception at OT. Mainly to do with what he has done for this club for 10 years or so. Wish he was still at united. Maybe we would have won few more trophies with him. And as a banner said in OT, "Thanks for Everything Becks".

Also, watched Lyon vs Madrid. Poor madrid should have put the game to bed in the first half with the amount of chances they had, but they paid the price for not taking their chances. Lyon scored an away goal and with it the place in quarters.

I thought United will draw Madrid in quarters and there will be another reunion with ronaldo, but not to be. Should wait another year for that. Eagerly waiting for the quarters/semis draw on 19th march. With this kind of form and rooney in such incredible goal scoring touch, we shouldn't care much, should we?