Arsenal Vs AC Milan: Enough to get the most jaded fan excited!

A funny thing happened this morning. As I got ready to go to work, I looked in my wardrobe. Sifting through the t-shirts I have worn many, many times, I came across something. A red piece of fabric with the words 'Fly Emirates'. Indeed, I had found my dusty Arsenal shirt, and I put it on for the first time in many a month. I am a slightly jaded football fan, a fact brought about due to the fact that I work in a sports news room and am thus surrounded by sport the entire day (no, I'm not complaining) and generally do not feel a connection to the people representing my club, Arsenal, on the pitch. This is not an article about the downfall of football in this country though, as I am entirely pragmatic about the 'money and sport' situation, but rather about the excitement that tonight's match against AC Milan has managed to ignite inside me. I have always been a massive fan of the Champions League. Each and every year, I happily sit through the horrible long group stage draw, watching a bad looking ... [link]