Match Thread | Man City vs AC Milan (27/07/14 @ 9pm)

[Uptop]

We arn't defending set pieces very well

 

[gocity]

Germans call the, AZ Miland with a slight accent (I just asked my Swiss-German wife to confirm) and Spanish people usually refer to them as Milan or El Milan.

This is fascinating. I'm going to ask someone from a China and someone from Pakistan tomorrow and will report back with my findings.

I'll check with several Australians and a person that used to work at Euro Disney.

For pity's sake do not ask a Dipper

 

[Tbilisi]

''As an ex Man City footballer, I was delighted to see them win the league last season''. Fucking hypocrite. Any time I've endured his boring, whiney voice, he's never had a good word to say about us. Twat.

I agree jimbo

Must agree although in his autobiography "The World to play for" he says City have the best fans that he ever played for.I used to wave the page in the faces of my Sheff Wed mates when I lived in Sheffield.

 

[jimharri]

We arn't defending set pieces very well

Same as most of the early part of last season, to be fair!

 

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Iheanacho deserves a work permit.

THIS !!

 

[moon]

We arn't defending set pieces very well

Poor leaving 2 unmarked

 

[East Level 2]

That one's just him being thick, but "Me Lan" is correct.

Wouldn't ''Mi-lano'' actually be technically correct?

I don't know. But when I see ex Milan players on TV, they always say "Me Lan" eg Ruud Gullit. Balotelli also calls them "Me Lan". I'd be inclined to accept their way of pronouncing it!

I thought it was Milan rather than Milano because some English people were involved in the formation of the club so the Anglicised name is used. Not sure why people use the AC prefix when they rarely used the prefix of other teams.
An Italian once told me Milan is the mob we're playing tonight and Inter is the other lot. He was quite insistent that calling them Inter Milan was a bit like referring to Arsenal as London Arsenal.

 

[Blue Haze]

Our two cb are weak.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

We could still throw this away, our defence is so bad!

 

[SebastianBlue]

I will continue defending Fernando but, to be fair, he has looked the odd man out thus far.