Only way it goes to extra-time and penalties is if the final score is if Milan wins 3-2, tying the overall scores at 5-5.

If Man U loses by one goal, but scores more than 3, it advaces. Obviously, as mentioned, they need only a draw to advance.

So, Milan has two away goals to their credit. If they win 1-0, then the aggregate score would be 3-3, but Milan would advance based on their two away goals to Man. United's zero away goals.

I think I am all done hijacking this thread. Go Milan!!

Thanks, Bob

"Good 1 Evil 0 (Agg. 1-1) Good wins 4-1 on penalties."

What amazes me about the broadcast is that yesterday's game was an HD broadcast, but ESPN2 showed it as an SD broadcast (with bars on the side). However, when I used the "Just" settings on my HDTV (it eliminates the bars and streches the picture a bit to fit the screen), the Picture Quality was near HD. I don't know why ESPN2 couldn't have just broadcast in HD.

Both teams have good attacks and questionable defenses. Chelsea vs Liverpool, this won't be. I'm predicting Milan winning 4-2, with the last ten minutes or so, heart attack type of stuff for them (and me).

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When Milan are playing well, they are really fun to watch. Pirlo, Kaka, Gattuso and Seedorf is an excellent midfield.

That said, Kaka is fun to watch. The final should be an interesting rematch of the 2005 final.

Fans of Juventus would probably disagree with that.

What Juve, as a team, did was way worse than teams like Lazio, Milan and Fiorentina did. Juvetus actually communicated with certain referees and it was proven that they had the referees manipulate the games. In other cases, (at least in Milan's), it was an improper communication with the head of referees to prevent certain referees from officiating in their games. Not that it's correct or justified, but it's a totally different degree of wrongdoing. Plus Milan did pay for it. They had last year's title not handed to them (instead, to make it worse, Inter got it) and they had a points penalty this year, effectively ruling out any chance of winning the title this year. And the only reason they made the CL was because they had enough points last year to withstand a substantial points penalty last year to still qualify.

I know these are all excuses, but, in my humble little mind, I do think some of them are justified, and I don't believe that the penalties imposed on Milan were in any way too lenient.

AC Milan took its punishment for its lesser role in the scandal and has earned its place in the CL final. For me, it's just such a shady set of circumstances that I feel it's significantly tainted the entire league. Corruption begets corruption and there may be more to the scandal than the public, or the police, will ever know.

Of course none of this is as bad as what happened in Italy, and it is sad that there are still details coming out which were not included in prior years.