I pray for a proper farewell for Maldini

Paolo Maldini will no longer be around for 2009/2010. He will play his last match for Milan against Fiorentina tonight. It has been a disgrace for football, in general and to AC Milan specifically when a section of the Milan fans spoiled Maldini's lap of honour at the San Siro Stadium.

And tonight, Maldini will play his last match for Milan at Fiorentina's home ground, and I hope the fans in the stadium will honour this incredible footballer, who has always been a true professional,a role model, loyal and exquisitely elegant footballer.

He is one of the few in current world of football who never change his club. During his 22 years long career, he has always play for Milan, and achieved tremendous success at the club. But even more worthy to note, he stayed with the club, even during some turbulence period from 1996 to 1997, and 2000 to 2002. Therefore it's really disgraceful for the small section of Milan fans who jeered him during his lap of honour, he certainly doesn't deserved that!

So let us hope that..in his final match against Fiorentina, we will have a proper farewell to this illustrious footballer, a down-to-earth, but certainly outstanding footballer, who captained Milan for 12 years, who had given the world great moments of skills and the art of defending, who has always shown great sportsmanship a fitting end to all that he had contributed to the game. Arrivederci Paolo!

Could this be the end of another era for Man Utd?

Well, well, this is highly premature for most people. This is not such a bad season after all... League Champions and Champions League finalist, something that Chelsea and Liverpool could only dream of..

But the signs are there..the key players (Cristiano Ronaldo and, err, if you include Carlos Tevez as well) are publicly commenting on Fergie's tactics, something that will surely make him mad. If history is something to be referred to, then Ronaldo and Tevez will not be in Man Utd at the start of next season. Any players that had a rift with Fergie were booted out, examples? Jaap Stam, David Beckham, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Gabriel Heinze and even Roy Keane.

Ok, now forget about Tevez, as he never impressed me with his performance for Man Utd. Though I would say when he play for Man Utd, he is a really committed player, a player that play with his heart out, his performance now is a far cry from the days when he play for Argentina in the Olympics 2004.

So if Ronaldo really leave Man Utd for Real Madrid, where will Man Utd's source of inspiration and "magic" come from? From the current squad, there is no one who can fill his boot just yet, so Fergie will have to go into the market and get one. Therefore, there will be an uncertain period, where the new signing will need time to blend with the existing players, to create a cohesive team.

If the new signing do not play up to his potential, or take too long a time to blend with the existing team, then next season may not go Man Utd's way..

Why you should watch this year's Champions League final?

Finally, we all get to see the "real" Champions League final: A battle between Champions! The Barclays Premier League Champion, Man Utd against La Liga Campione, Barcelona!

Since the current format of the Champions League was adopted, where 2nd, 3rd and even 4th place team can get into the champions league, so often we are not looking at the battle between champions. The excuse given is that, it's too tough to win both the League title and Champions League together.

But now we have it! The real Champions League final!

Besides, Barca just score over 100 goals in La Liga, while Man Utd, though achieved a long run of no goals conceded against them, also play some attractive attacking game!

And the stars?..

Cristiano Ronaldo- World Player of the Year 2008
Lionel Messi - Runners-up of
Thierry Henry - 2006 European Footballer of the Year
Carlos Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta - European Champions 2008 with Spain's national team
Samuel Eto
Wayne Rooney
Carlos Tevez
Ryan Giggs....

and many more..almost every one of the team is a star..

So, tonight there will be a glittering of stars on display, don't miss it! The "Real" Champions League! (No connection whatsoever with Real Madrid!)

Champions: Man Utd

This post's title is not the easiest thing for me to write, but it's a fact that no one can deny. Man Utd secured their title last nite with a draw against Arsenal. From the game, again, I would say Arsenal is no longer a title challenger, and don't seem to be able to raise their game to threaten Man Utd. So if Arsenal don't seriously strenthened their squad for next season, they will again be a 4th place team.

So, congrats Man Utd and their fans. You guys had certainly did it again, and with style and ease. Liverpool... you lost your chance, and you better improved, and stop relying too much on Torres and Stevie G.. With the current team, and without the duo, you don't seem to be capable of assaulting for the BPL title next season.

And Chelsea...hmmm.. they actually have the mentality and the squad..now they need to have a tactical coach (Brazilian coaches rely more on individual performance of their players then tactics). But even if they do win some titles, they will not create a generation of greatness like Man Utd. Their players is at their peak, and there are not enough young players to mature through the rank and filled the gaps by the older players. So if they want to continue winning, they need to keep on buying new players, which will very much depends on whether their boss will want to continue forging out huge money..

But this moment, it's for Man Utd and their fans to celebrate.. " We are the champions, my friennnnd "..