Kaka fears six-shooter Crouch the most

13 April 2012

Milan star Kaka admits the Serie A giants fear Peter Crouch's presence in the air will ruffle their feathers in tomorrow night's Champions League final.

The England striker enjoyed a rich vein of form in Europe's most prestigious competition this season - banging in six goals along the road to Athens.

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And the 6ft 7in forward will pose plenty of problems for the Italian side's defence which is more used to being threatened by passing games on the ground.

"Crouch is very dangerous on all the high balls and we have to be very clever against him," said Kaka.

"Whenever the ball is in the area, he is a real opportunist. We must pay real attention to that, if he plays.

"If not and it is Kuyt and Bellamy, there are other things to preoccupy us but we know how alert we must be against Crouch."

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