Half Lips - News Briefly (May 20) © EuroFootball.com

"Milan" defender from Brazil Kaka hopes that his team will play in the Champions League final against "Liverpool" as they did in the semifinals against "Man Utd". "This will be a good opportunity to write the name of 'Milan' in history. If we play like we did against 'Man Utd', we will win the final," said the Brazilian. (Euro-Football.ru)

Luciano Spalletti, the head coach of "AS Roma", stated that he is satisfied with his team's season. This season, Roma won the Italian Cup and became the Italian vice-champions. "The team deserves ten out of ten points," said the Italian. (Euro-Football.ru)

"Man Utd" is ready to pay £12 million for Dutch national team striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar. The media reports that the "Man Utd" coaching staff have booked tickets for the match between Ajax Amsterdam and Alkmaar AZ. (Sport-Express)

"Man Utd" is also interested in eighteen-year-old Brazilian Anderson representing "Porto". (Various)

Former England national team captain David Beckham hopes that Steve McLaren will invite him back to the national team after a long break, SkySports reports. On June 1, the England national team will play a friendly match against Brazil at Wembley Stadium, and five days later, they will play the Euro 2008 qualifying match against Estonia in Tallinn.

One of the greatest footballers of all time, the Brazilian Pele, told the Italian newspaper "Gazzetta dello Sport" that the favorites of the UEFA Champions League are "Milan", who will face "Liverpool" this week."