Champions League - Team of the Week: Four-star Milan

Thu, 16 Feb 09:00:00 2012

AC Milan's four goals against Arsenal have resulted in four Rossoneri players making our Team of the Week, as selected via our expert and user matchcast ratings.

AC Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2nd L) celebrates with teammates Mark van Bommel (L) and Robinho (2nd R) as Arsenal's captain Robin van Persie reacts during their Champions League round of 16 soccer match at the Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan - 0

(Team formation: 4-3-3)

GK: Christian Abbiati (Milan) - Expert 7, Users 7 - The veteran keeper kept a clean sheet thanks to two excellent stops to deny Robin van Persie at the San Siro.

RB: Vedran Corluka (Bayer Leverkusen) - Expert 7, Users 5.8 - The former Tottenham defender, signed in January, was the pick of the German side's defenders and provided the assist for their solitary goal.

CB: Thiago Silva (Milan) - Expert 7, Users 7 - A solid performance at the back from the Brazilian who helped the Italian side keep a clean sheet.

CB: Paulo Jorge (APOEL Nicosia) - Expert 8, Users 6.3 - The APOEL defender may have ended up on the losing side, but he limited Lyon to a single goal with an inspired performance.

LB: Michal Kadlec (Bayer Leverkusen) - Expert 8, Users 6.3 - Like team-mate Corluka, got forward to good effect in the second half and was on hand to nod home the Bundesliga side's goal.

RM: Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) - Expert 8, Users 7.4 - A surprise inclusion in Lyon's starting line-up but coach Remi Garde's faith in him was rewarded when he swooped to net the decisive goal.

CM: Roman Shirokov (Zenit St Petersburg) - Expert 9, Users 7.9 - An all-action performance from the midfielder, who scored with two clever finishes and dictated the tempo of a game his side mostly dominated.

LM: Alexis Sanchez (Barcelona) - Expert 8, Users 7 - A well-taken brace on the Chilean's full Champions League debut announced his arrival on the scene.

FW: Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - Expert 9, Users 6.6 - A goal and an assist, but Messi's all-round performance against Leverkusen was just a delight to watch.

FW: Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) - Expert 9, Users 7.6 - Won and scored a penalty but Ibra deserves praise for a glorious performance as a deep-lying forward: Arsenal packed the midfield, so he simply joined them, tearing them apart with his passing.

FW: Robinho (Milan) - Expert 8, Users 7.6 - Along with Kevin-Prince Boateng, the ex-Manchester City striker was one of two former Premier League flops to star in the drubbing of Arsenal.

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  1. Spurs Losers enjoy your 15 minutes of fame next year in­ Champions League, hopefully you get the group of death,­ and quit hating on Arsenal. you have 1 good season­ better than us. We had 15 better than you so you do the­ math. And Arsenal lost to a great team in AC Milan!­
    and Yes I agree Arsenal were horrible on Wednesday,­ but I stick with my club no matter what!!

    From Seth Lewis, on Sat 18 Feb 0:02

  2. no wenger

    From Marc, on Fri 17 Feb 18:03

  3. I am glad Milan won this one because I don't like­ Arsenal

    From Andrew Howard, on Fri 17 Feb 15:43

  4. I agree with Pedro 100%. I think we users should learn­ to swallow our pride and rate these players as they­ deserve, whether they are liked or not.

    From Ntaizyo Mwila, on Fri 17 Feb 1:19

  5. Boateng was never a flop, Comolli bought him and Martin­ Jol didn't want him so he was treated like poo,­ plus he was great at Portsmouth, a flop is Andy­ Carroll that's a real flop.

    From Jay, on Fri 17 Feb 1:06

  6. Come on, Boateng wasn't a premiership flop! Spurs­ played him as DM/CM, which isn't his position. Must­ also be noted he was young then and even thrived at­ Pompey....

    Use Boateng as an attacking midfielder and­ he will thrive.

    From Ad N., on Thu 16 Feb 21:41

  7. Mohd Ridzwan....Yes we have watched the EPL, its by far­ the best league in the world.

    From Daniel, on Thu 16 Feb 21:00

  8. Boateng was young when he was at spurs, and although we­ all knew he had the potential (same as kaboul) he wasnt­ good enough at the time to give him the oppourtunity as­ he struggled to adapt to premiership football. We were­ still finishing 5th-6th so I would consider the­ "how bad were the spurs at that time" comment­ from Mr Pedro to have any validation. This guy­ obviously has poor footballing knowledge.

    From Daniel, on Thu 16 Feb 20:59

  9. Quality headline in the paper this morning, Thierry­ Henry standing there looking totally­ shell-shocked.
    Headline: "Va Va­ Gloom"!!!
    Priceless.......

    From Piecrust, on Thu 16 Feb 20:44

  10. i don't get it, why did harry loan out corluka? he­ can play right and centerback. that could be a decision­ harry will regret, i hope not though...

    From Lujo, on Thu 16 Feb 20:33

  11. muppets all the worst luck to you hahahahahahahaha 2­ bob outfit

    From p_brindley, on Thu 16 Feb 20:30

  12. Van Persie = EPL topscorer.....Did you watched EPL my­ friends???

    From Mohd Ridzwan, on Thu 16 Feb 20:23

  13. Great game of football, I enjoyed it that much I even­ watched it again on ITV+1.
    TEE HEE !!!

    From Harry's Hotspurs, on Thu 16 Feb 19:54

  14. lol the ratings just prove the users rate basically­ on either they like the players/teams or not ... and­ how was boateng a premier league flop? he did well at­ portsmouth then milan saw the potential and bought­ him.. ok he didn't got a break at tottenham but­ remember how bad were the spurs at that time .... but­ for ac milan he's been very good and if you are a­ player and have to choose btw the two teams... not many­ would choose spurs ...

    From Pedro, on Thu 16 Feb 19:46

  15. Where's your Van Persie now?

    From Fabio, on Thu 16 Feb 19:35

  16. Van Persie who?

    From Morty, on Thu 16 Feb 18:52
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