AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi says he would gladly welcome back Andriy Shevchenko if the Ukrainian striker ever decides he wants to leave Chelsea.

The Italian football club AC Milan has reached its 11th European Cup final by beating Manchester United of England, 3-0, in the second-leg of the Champions League semifinals. The result puts Milan in the final with a 5-3 aggregate.

AC Milan will meet Liverpool in the soccer UEFA Champions League final for the second time in three seasons after beating Manchester United 3-0 for a 5-3 aggregate semi-final victory at the San Siro.

AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini will miss tomorrow morning's crucial European Champions League semi-final second leg clash against Manchester United at the San Siro stadium.

AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti says it will be a dream come true for AC Milan to beat Manchester United in tomorrow morning's Champions League semi-final.

Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick feels United are more than capable of finishing the job against AC Milan next week and securing a place in the Champions League final.

UEFA President Michel Platini praised everyone involved in last night's Manchester United-Milan match.

While Cristiano Ronaldo was collecting personal accolades this week, Manchester United teammate Wayne Rooney was focusing on AC Milan's goal. It paid dividends. Rooney tilted the balance of Tuesday's Champions League semifinal back in United's favor when he surged forward to grab an injury-time winner at Old Trafford.

As AC Milan has beaten Manchester United all three times in the European Cup it would be very hard for The Red Devils to reverse that trend on Tuesday. United manager Alex Ferguson is without eight players - including three first-choice defenders - for the semifinals of the Champions League at Old Trafford.

Inter Milan closed to within one win of the Serie A title when they came from behind to draw 2-2 with Palermo. Trailing to first-half goals by striker Andrea Caracciolo and defender Cristian Zaccardo, the Italian champions responded with goals by Julio Cruz and Adriano after the break.

Bayern Munich has beaten AC Milan just once in nine matches. Luckily for Bayern after its 2-2 draw in Milan last week, a 0-0 or 1-1 draw in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals on Wednesday will allow the German club to advance on away goals.

AC Milan's Ricardo Oliveira will replace injured striker Rafael Sobis in Brazil's friendlies against Chile and Ghana in Sweden this month. Coach Dunga summoned Oliveira after Sobis hurt his right knee in Real Betis' 2-0 loss to Mallorca in the Spanish league on Saturday, the Brazilian soccer confederation said Monday.