The six times champions of the Milan come up against a Lyon. There are several things that we can take into matter to predict the encounter, Lyon has been left out at this stage in the previous two campaigns and never before reached the semi-finals. They were winners two seasons ago and almost made it last season; Milan is taking what is probably the best lineage in the competition. On the other hand, although Portuguese Tiago is not going to be playing because of his suspension, the French will be counting with the presence of Brazilian Juninho as well as the knowledge that they are unbeaten in their last six Champions League away games.

Cafu and Paolo Maldini are back in debate to be in the starting line-up. Ancelotti's toughest decision could be whether to play Filippo Inzaghi or Alberto Gilardino alongside Andriy Shevchenko up front.

In the game we will also see the return of Ronald Koeman to the Nou Camp. The Benfica coach will always be remembered as scoring Barcelona's goal in their one-and-only European triumph to date.

More general in the UEFA the English clubs are positively purring at the moment. The Arsenal continued their beating with a 5-0 thrashing of former European champions Aston Villa in the league. And Thierry Henry is in fine fettle as he returns to his former club, but Arsene Wenger must wait to see if 18-year-old Spanish midfielder Francesc Fabregas and Ivorian defender Emmanuel Eboue pass late tests.