battle of the engine rooms

I always thought A.C Milan as the better team between the two quarterfinalists, although I was secretly hoping that we would meet Bayern in the semis so that Fergie can see first-hand how Hargreaves play (it's really because I thought Bayern was the weaker team -actually it's more like..umm..exploitable ..with relevance to our strength- and so it will present us with a better chance to progress to the final). And so the Red Devils will be facing Milan. It would be great to see the midfielders in action. The workrate of Gattuso against Fletcher, and the creativity and imagination of Seedorf and Kaka against Giggs and Ronaldo. And then of course there's Carrick against Pirlo. I always thought they'd be great playing alongside each other, but I don't think Milan wants to sell Pirlo, nor do I think we have the funds for him, if Milan decide to sell anyway, nor do I think Pirlo wants to jeopardize his chances to play for Italy by playing in the EPL. So I guess this is Carrick's last hurdle. Should he pass this one, and we win, I'd say Fergie have spent very, very wisely on him, no matter how absurd I first thought his price tag was at first. But for now I'd say he's already an established Devil.

On most parts of the field, quite frankly, I think Milan have more quality than we do. But this is the Red Devils we are talking about. Looking forward to 180 minutes of top notch football (not your games, Liverpool and Chelsea ;p)