AC Milan vs Arsenal, UEFA Champions League, Tuesday 4th March 2008
On Tuesday 4th March 2008, AC Milan face Arsenal at the San Siro Stadium in the 2nd Round of the UEFA Champions League. This classic matchup is sure to be the tie of the round as 2006 finalists Arsenal face off against seven time and current holders AC Milan. If Arsenal are to continue their quest for a first Champions League trophy then they will have to be on their very best form if they are to stand a chance of making it through to the quarter finals. With a host of stars on show, including Arsenal’s Cesc Farbregas, Emmanuel Adebayor and Tomas Rosicky competing against the likes of AC Milan’s legendary captain Paolo Maldini and FIFA World Player of the Year Kaka, this is a tie that should not be missed.
Cheap Travel To The Game
There are two ways to travel to football games - the cheap way that suits most fans and the expensive corporate way.
Cheap Milan Hotels
For those that like to save money and avoid paying over the odds, we have researched hotels in Milan for the game. Here are the cheapest 3, 4 and 5 star hotels available:
- 3 star Hotel Corallo costs from £25 per person per night
- 4 star ADI Hotel Poliziano Fiera costs from £28 per person per night
- 5 star Melia Milano costs from £47 per person per night
MATCHhotels.com lists lots of AC Milan hotels. From budget 1 star hostels and economy hotels through to 4 and 5 star luxury hotels, MATCHhotels.com compares prices to find cheap accommodation.
Cheap Flights to Milan
Milan is served by three international airports: Malpensa International Airport, Linate Airport and Orio al Serio Airport.
- Malpensa International Airport is the main airport. The Malpensa Shuttle is a bus service from the airport to Milan Central Station (centre of Milan), this cost from €6 one way. Alternatively, take a train from Terminal 1 - these depart every 30 minutes and take about 40 minutes to get to central Milan. Taxi’s are not recommended from this station as they usually cost around €70 euros.
- Milan’s Linate Airport is the closest airport to Milan. Fly to Linate and the city centre can be reached easily by all forms of transport.
- Orio al Serio Airport is not recommended as it is pretty far from the centre of Milan and is the smallest of its three airports.
Compare flights at diytravel.co.uk to find the cheapest deals. diytravel compares over 600 different airlines in one search. We found a £30 return to Milan from London from 3rd - 5th March!
Match Tickets
Arsenal have an allocation of 4,500 tickets for their supporters who wish to travel to the match. These cost £31 each and can be purchased via the Arsenal webiste by supporters who meet the clubs relevent criteria.
MATCHhotels hotel + flight: £80 per person!
Expensive Travel To The Game
Lots of sports travel companies are happy to charge you the earth for this game. Arsenal Football Club charge a whopping £315 per person for two nights accommodation and a flight (3rd - 5th March). This massive price is actually based on two people sharing, if you are travelling alone a single room will cost you even more!
Thomas Cook hotel + flight: £315 per person!
How To Book
Book cheap sports travel by finding your own hotel and flight. Our guide above should help you find the best travel deals for AC Milan vs Arsenal. By booking your own hotel and flight you will avoid travel agent commissions and have more money to spend whilst in Milan.
Please tell your friends about the service we are providing and the cost savings. Add a comment to our blog to let us know what deal you found and how much you saved.
on January 11th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Very Useful and informative. Managed to get Flights & 4*Hotel(1 night) for 2 for less than £400.00.
on February 4th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
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on February 11th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
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on February 21st, 2008 at 12:50 pm
How overrated are Milan, if we had turned up last night we would have won by 5 or 6. They are negative and boring to watch, Sam Allardyce should get their managers job cos it was like watching the Italian Bolton. Nevermind we missed chance after chance so that was our fault but we will stuff them away as they have to try and play football at home. Anyone remember our last game at the San Siro? Yeah 5 -1 (different side though).
on February 21st, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Jus tread an article about a load of corporates who lost their tickets as their supplier went bust. Good cos I hate them people, they are killing our game and if only this could happen every week. Like it matters to them anyway prawn sandwich eating muppets. I’ve put a link to the article below for anyone who is interested.
Corporate ticket problems.
on February 21st, 2008 at 8:14 pm
This is an excellent idea and a great site. We’ll be back
on March 5th, 2008 at 11:20 am
I told you Milan are the Italian Bolton, how fantastic were we last night, Milan are a bunch of old men who have passed their peak (average age of thier side is 30). Shame we didn’t take all our chances as we should have won by 5 or 6 and that way people would realise how bad the Italian league is. Serie A, it’s more like the MLS, old men. Can we have Fenerbache in the quarters please.