Becks Injured in Milan's Hunt for Scudetto

After Inter suffered a stunning 3-1 loss to Catania on Friday Milan had the opportunity to get as close as 1 point to the defending champions. Although Milan won the biggest news from the match was the torn achilles tendon on David Beckham's left foot that will keep him out for 5-6 months. Poor Becks will probably miss out on his last chance to participate in a World Cup. = (

AC Milan 1 Chievo Verona 0

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Lo Siento

What can €300 million buy you? A yacht, a mansion, a couple lambos, ferraris, bentleys, your own water park, a helicopter, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka's services, etc.

But it cannot guarantee a ticket to the Champions League quarterfinals. We saw this after Lyon held the Galacticos to a 1-1 stalemate yesterday at the Santiago Bernabeu. In response to another Real Madrid failure, Kaka has already plead for forgiveness from the Madrid faithful. Well played Kaka, make the fans love you.

Take a look at the highlights, is this as big a choke as its made out to be? I mean Real Madrid do buy the absolute best players in the world, but Lyon is not that far behind as far as talent goes...



Highlights of the AC Milan massacre after the jump

Poppa's Picks: Champions League Edition

Today's Games

Porto X Arsenal 2:45PM ET
Porto head to London up 2-1 on aggregate after a favorable 1st leg.  However the Dragons are struggling, tying their last fixture against Olhanense and dropping a goose egg in a 3-0 loss to Sporting.  Arsenal are in much better form, but they'll miss Cesc Fabregas and Aaron Ramsey along with the players that were out last leg ( RvP, Gallas).  Porto has never won in London, losing 6 times there, including a loss earlier this Champs League season at Stamford Bridge.  Everything seems to favor Arsenal which is why I'm taking Porto today to leave England with a 1-1 tie.  Goal from Falcao, and watch out for little Arshavin.

Bayern Munich X Fiorentina 2:45PM ET
The Germans will be in Florence today after tying 1-1 to a Koln goal by former Bayern forward Lukas Podolski.  Fiorentina on the otherhand just lost a heart breaker 2-1 to Juventus.  Bayern have done very well in Italy as of late, their last result a 4-1 defeat of Juventus last season.  They also tied Fiorentina 1-1 last year in Florence in the group stage.  Not to mention the Germans have 7 wins and 3 draws in their last 13 away fixtures.  I say they hang on 1-1 in Italy, with goals from van Bommel and Gilardino.

Wednesday's Games

Real Madrid X Lyon - Wednesday 2:45PM ET
No away goals for Madrid means they need to score early and often to assure their spot in the next round.  They are definitely capable of putting away 3 or 4, as we saw this past weekend in a thrilling 3-2 win against Sevilla.  But don't underestimate this Lyon squad with the likes of Michel Bastos and Bamatimbe Gomis exploding off the bench.  I believe Real Madrid will win 2-1, but lose in aggregate due to a sneaky goal from the French side.  Scorers: Higuain, Kaka, Lisandro Lopez.

Manchester United X AC Milan - Wednesday 2:45PM ET
All eyes will be on the return leg at Old Trafford.  Will Beckham get the start?  Can Rooney keep scoring?  Will Clarence Seedorf lead another Champions League title run??  Sorry, but no.  Manchester have been solid at home this season as usual.  With a 3-2 lead going into the match, I am going to tip my hat to Sir Alex and take Manchester to hold strong.  However they will lose 2-1 at the hands of Ronaldinho and Thiago Silva goals.  Rio Ferdinand will put one in for the homeside to clinch a spot in the next round.

Serie A Weekend Highlights

Juventus 0 Palermo 2
   

AC Milan 3 Atalanta 1
   

Napoli 2 Roma 2
   

Inter 3 Udinese 2
   

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Fiorentina 1 AC Milan 2

United ahead of Milan 3-2

After a quick strike from Ronaldinho, Wayne Rooney and United fought their way back to a 3-2 win in Italy. Rooney had a brace while Paul Scholes got some help from a defection of his own leg to score the second goal. Clarence Seedorf brought the hosts back to within one but it was too little too late. Highlights:

Def Comedy Presents: Jose Mourinho

This past weekend featured one of the biggest derbies in soccer, the Milan Derby. Inter was hosting AC Milan (the San Siro is both team's home stadium) who had been on a hot streak up to that point. Throughout the game, Milan seemed to get better decisions from the referee than Inter, who had Sneijder and Lucio sent off. However, with a classy finish from Diego Milito and a beautiful freekick from Goran Pandev, Inter won the match 2-0.

After the match, Jose "The Special One" Mourinho made some hysterical comments about the referee. "We were perfect. We would have won this game even with seven men," said Mourinho. "Maybe with six we would have struggled, but we would have won with seven." What a cocky, arrogant son-of-a-puta. I love that guy! He needs to get out of Italy. I've heard rumors about Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester United as his next stop.

For more of his post game comments go here.

Inter Milan vs AC Milan 2-0

Inter Milan vs AC Milan Highlights – Serie A

Good for you Jose...now finish up and win the league so you can get out of that God-forsaken country...just kiddin' Guiseppe Rossi and all other Guiseppes around the world.

It was a good derby, following suit to all the pre-match shit talking from both sides..


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