AC MILAN boss Carlo Ancelotti maintains defeat against Arsenal tonight would not signal the end of the road for the champions.

Arsene Wenger maintains Arsenal will play with the “hand-brake” off when they take on Champions League holders AC Milan in the “ultimate test” at Emirates Stadium tomorrow night.

AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti is pessimistic about Zeljko Kalac’s chances of recovering in time for tomorrow’s Champions League last-16 first leg at Arsenal.

AC Milan youngster Alexandre Pato has shaken off an ankle injury and will be available to play at Arsenal in Wednesday’s Champions League showdown.

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Celtic are likely to escape with a fine today when UEFA rule on the one-man pitch invasion that marred their Champions League victory over AC Milan.

Celtic will face a nervous few days before they find out if they have a case to answer following the controversial ending to their Champions League win over AC Milan at Parkhead on Wednesday night.

Celtic “will carry out a full investigation” after AC Milan keeper Dida was substituted following an altercation with a fan seconds after Scott McDonald fired in a last-minute winner at Parkhead.

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AC MILAN coach Carlo Ancelotti insists he has no special plans to deal with the potential threat of Cristiano Ronaldo in tonight’s Champions League semi-final at Old Trafford.

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Craig Moore has warned his Australian team-mates they must avoid red cards in tomorrow’s historic World Cup knockout tie with Italy.

Australia coach Guus Hiddink has axed blunder goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac for the Socceroos’ World Cup showdown against Italy.

Australia coach Guus Hiddink described his team as ’lion-hearts’ after they twice came from a goal down to draw 2-2 with Croatia and qualify for the second round of the World Cup.

THE most pulsating, dramatic, heart-stopping contest of a thrilling World Cup ended with Australia booking a last-16 meeting with Italy. Harry Kewell’s 79th-minute angled drive sent the Socceroos bouncing into the knockout phase for the first time in their history.

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AUSTRALIA coach Guus Hiddink has accused Japanese officials of unfairly trying to influence the refereeing of today’s Group F opener at the World Cup after his Socceroos were labelled a ‘dirty’ team.

Everton midfielder Tim Cahill has been named in Australia’s 23-man World Cup squad despite suffering from a knee ligament injury.

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Australia coach Frank Farina has named a 20-man squad for next week’s FIFA Confederations Cup qualifiers against the Solomon Islands.

ANTONIO Cassano scored twice as AS Roma crushed Italian champions Juventus 4-0 last night to keep within five points of Serie A leaders AC Milan.