HE wasn’t making a big deal about it but Hector Cuper clearly felt that he should not have been sitting in the bowels of a German second division club’s stadium yesterday morning talking to the press.

DAVID HEALY scored for both sides as Northern Ireland’s first-half blitz proved enough to see off Georgia at Windsor Park last night.

Arsene Wenger opted on the side of caution by deploying Emmanuel Adebayor as a lone striker when Arsenal took on AC Milan for a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League at the San Siro tonight.

Alex Ferguson took a calculated gamble in the San Siro tonight by naming Nemanja Vidic in the Manchester United starting line-up to face AC Milan in their Champions League semi-final.

AC MILAN coach Carlo Ancelotti admits an injury to Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand will play into his team’s hands for the Champions League semi-final.

Brazilian goalkeeper Dida has been included in AC Milan’s 25-man squad for Tuesday’s Champions League semi-final first leg against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

AC MILAN coach Carlo Ancelotti has warned Bayern Munich that his team is coming into form at just the right moment before tonight’s Champions League quarter-final at the San Siro.

Celtic 0 AC Milan 0

TROUBLED Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko returned to training with the rest of the squad yesterday as one of his closest pals alleged coach Jose Mourinho was the reason for the player‘s unrest at Stamford Bridge.

BARCELONA will meet Arsenal in a Champions League final that will delight football purists around the world after holding AC Milan to a goalless draw last night.

Robbie Fowler starts up front as Liverpool travel to Upton Park tonight.

BARCELONA will wipe out one of their bitterest memories in European competition if they can knock AC Milan out of the Champions League when the teams meet in the second leg of their semi-final tonight.

AC Milan 0 Barcelona 1

AC Milan: Dida, Stam, Kaladze, Nesta, Serginho, Gattuso, Pirlo, Seedorf, Kaka, Shevchenko, Gilardino. Subs: Kalac, Cafu, Maldini, Rui Costa, Vogel, Ambrosini, Amoroso.

AC MILAN coach Carlo Ancelotti believes his team’s greater experience in Europe will give them the edge in tonight’s Champions League clash against Barcelona.

Kakha Kladze’s magnificent 70th-minute strike earned AC Milan victory over Inter in a strangely subdued Serie A derby tonight.

AC Milan 3 Lyon 1 (Agg 3-1)

Lyon 0 AC Milan 0

AC Milan 4 Bayern Munich 1 (Agg 5-2)

Bayern Munich 1 AC Milan 1

COACH Felix Magath trusts the Bayern Munich medical department to perform another minor miracle by getting goalkeeper and captain Oliver Kahn fit for tonight’s Champions League game against AC Milan.

Liverpool start Peter Crouch tonight, as Damien Duff returns from injury to start on the bench for Chelsea. Here are tonight's Champions League teams.

Tonight's Champions League teams.

KAKHA KALADZE’S proposed move to Chelsea appears to be off after the Georgian international agreed a new long-term contract with AC Milan.

Kakha Kaladze’s proposed move to Chelsea now appears to be off after the Georgian international agreed a new long-term contract with AC Milan.

AC Milan defender Kakha Kaladze believes his future will be resolved next week.

AC Milan tonight claimed Hernan Crespo’s permanent move from Chelsea could be sealed in a matter of days and possibly be followed by Kakha Kaladze moving in the opposite direction.

AC MILAN’S Kakha Kaladze believes he will become a Chelsea player next week.

AC Milan are ready to step up their bid to sign Argentinian striker Hernan Crespo on a permanent transfer from Chelsea.

AC Milan’s Georgian defender Kakha Kaladze is to leave the club with Chelsea his reported destination.

PSV 3 AC Milan 1 (3-3 agg, Milan win on away goals)

AC Milan 2 PSV Eindhoven 0

AC Milan 2 Inter Milan 0

Didier Drogby has returned to the starting line-up for tonight's Champions League semi-final first leg clash at Stamford Bridge.

Ruud van Nistelrooy will be left on the bench tonight as Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson hands Wayne Rooney a lone striking role in the Champions League match against AC Milan at Old Trafford.

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