szólj hozzá: in - mi

This was a gripping match that turned on a number of hotly debated events. In between there was plenty of good football to be found. At the end Inter ended the theatrics of who would be Serie champions as Juventus did their part against Cagliari to earn the Old Lady their 28th Scudetto.

Andrea Maseillo, the former Bari defender and a central figure in Calciopoli2

As many of us have heard, Calciopoli 2 is vending its way through the Serie in warp speed. In the eye of the storm, Andrea Massiello, the former central defender for Bari who has been arrested on charges of match fixing.

Barcelona and especially Lionel Messi did not wear their shooting boots today. And because of that they kept AC Milan in the hunt despite their numerous scoring chances. As an example, an early opening created by Cesc Fabregas's delectable flick left Messi one on one with Abbiati and he shanked wide.

I ordered the Chateau Pape de Neuf and you give me the Montepulciano?

The UEFA wizards ban Arsene Wenger for three matches for the offense of having a verbal altercation with referee Damir Skomina after the Milan Champions League match. Wenger is also fined £33,000.

Skomina was the referee who allowed Robinho's goal to stand after receiving a pass from a clearly offside Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Barca did everything except score a goal. But credit Milan they turned in a defensive performance they can be proud of.

Luca Antonini who is usually derided by Milanistas as a simple minded buffoon was their hero coming up with a number of key blocks to deny Sanchez and Cristian Tello.

The brain acts in parallel to improve speed of planning and execution, so does Barcelona

Today, four time Champions League winners and present holder, Barca play AC Milan, one of the most stories clubs themselves in international competition with seven CL titles.

A mouthwatering feast that will pit Zlatan Ibrahimovic against his former club and Thiago, who might be wearing the colours of the Blaugrana next season.

The Old Lady enters the Coppa Italia final thanks to its old men and two transplants. Alessandro Del Piero opened the scoring and former Roma legend Mirko Vucinic scored a beauty in the 96th minute to achieve that winning aggregate. Through it all Andrea Pirlo in the role of a deep lying play maker showed he still had the craft to hurt his former club.

szólj hozzá: Arsenal 3-0 AC Milan ALL GOALS

The CW was that Arsenal should just show up in the second leg against Milan and go through the motions keeping their powder dry for the rest of the Premiership season. The potential for fatigue and injury was a worrisome factor. That was the advice given by many and seconded by this blog.

The Spanish club now in the second division knocked the Champions League winners out of the competition pouring in 4 unanswered goals in the second leg to overcome a 4-1 first leg deficit. Coruna found four separate goalscorers as Walter Pandiani, Juan Carlos Valeron, Albert Luque, and Fran Gonzalez dismantled an excellent Milan side.

Arsenal will have to channel the spirit of Spartacus at the Emirates today

Arsenal vs AC Milan at the Emirates, CL 2nd leg @ 2:45 PM EST

This month Arsenal are being celebrated as the comeback kings. In January they couldn't crumble quickly enough. Arsene Wenger sees the victories against Spurs and Liverpool as evidence his side that can pull rabbits out of a hat which is why he's so gung ho about the AC Milan second leg despite being four goals down.

One of the biggest matches played this weekend between the two top teams. Milan is leading but Juventus has a game in hand. Antonio Nocerino gave the Rossoneri the lead. It could have been worse as Sulley Muntari's header clearly broke the line before Buffon gathered the ball but it was declared offside.

szólj hozzá: Milan 4-0 Arsenal - First Half

The first half: The first two stages of grief, denial and anger predominate.

szólj hozzá: Milan 4-0 Arsenal Second Half

The second half: The next three stages unfold as bargaining, depression, and then acceptance that Arsenal are just not good enough.

I have yet to see Arsenal put up a more pathetic, inept, and disjointed display of football than seen this evening at the San Siro. It was not just bereft of the rudiments of the sport, it was shorn of the most basic of English virtues, of spirit, of spine. The 8-2 lambasting at the hands of Utd one can take because we had so many players out through suspensions and injuries.

Woody Woodpecker: Milan's Stephan Al Shaarawy could take a peck at Arsenal

Champions League, 1st Leg: AC Milan vs Arsenal at the San Siro @ 2:45 EST

Three positions where the Gunners face unpredictability are at left back, attacking midfield, and down the wings.

Left back: The most vexing decision is at left back where Wenger has Kieran Gibbs available after months away with an injury.

Carlos Tevez's potential transfer to PSG has been compromised with the two parties not seeing eye to eye on the way forward in his footballing career rather than any financial reasons. Tevez's demands as per his agent, Kia Joorabchian, included:

1) Limiting Carlo Ancelotti on the number of training sessions he has per day and making conditional his participation in them.

AC Milan were the better attacking team and should have been deserving winners but the crossbar came to Inter's rescue. Soccer is cruel. Javier Zanetti proving at the age of 38 years he has a full tank of gas busts down the right and then diagonals all the way towards the direction of Diego Milito.

I love this clip. The frenzy associated with the Milan derby is captured perfectly. Part real passion, part theatrics. Tiziano Crudeli is a legend in AC Milan circles. He was not happy with the result obviously. And the female announcer is the cutest ever in that sea of testosterone.

Tevez's 52 goals in 91 City appearances may again prove appealing to Mancini

Alexandre Pato put the spokes on a PSG move as he came out with a statement.

" Milan is my home. I did not want to interrupt my career with the Rossoneri after winning my first two trophies with this shirt.

PSG is splashing some serious cash this transfer window. They are on the verge of signing Alexandre Pato for €35 million from Milan for a three year deal. Leonardo is also milking his popularity with Brazilian players to bring Kaka on board and is offering €25 million for the services of the Real midfielder.

The Old Lady's hot start continues and this time their victims were defending champs AC Milan. Claudio Marchisio with his brace was the hero. The new Juventus Stadium is proving to be a lucky charm as Juve sit on top of the Serie with Udinese. AC are in 15th position and Inter are two places behind.

Sad news for the Rossoneri as Andrea Pirlo who served their club so brilliantly for ten seasons is moving on to Juventus. His Milan contract expires on June 30th and he's accepted a three year contract to play for the Bianconeri.

Pirlo was one of the catalysts of the Milan attack who could change the outcome in a stroke with a deceptively struck pile driver, wickedly curling free kick, or a perfectly timed long ball.

80,000 fans and most of them very disappointed. It is difficult to report on the latest expedition of Spurs into Europe without straying into the realms of exaggeration and hype. Especially now that the MOTD hosts claim that anything from a goal kick to the referee blowing his nose is 'sensational'.

Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war. Rini Gattuso taking it to the fullest extent against Joe Jordan.

Peter Crouch might have scored the goal but the architect was Aaron Lennon bursting forth leaving Mario Yepes sprawling in his wake.

Spurs shrugged off the loss of Luka Modric and Gareth Bale as they went on the offensive through Rafael Van der Vaart with Sandro and Wilson Palacios bolstering the midfield.

Antonio Cassano made his debut for AC Milan in a friendly against Al Ahli which they won, 2-1. No goalscoring spectaculars but some useful work down the wings for the former Sampdoria player.

Cassano had a very public falling out with Riccardo Garrone, Sampodoria's president of Sampdoria and his situation became untenable with the case going to arbitration.