AC Milan take the Champions League very seriously and there is pressure on domestic league competition, but for AC Milan, it is more important to get a good result in the Champions League because it involves the club's financial problems. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Many people think that AC Milan is the team of Silvio Berlusconi, the prime minister of Italy and the richest man in Italy, and there is no need to worry about the club's financial problems.

But that's not the case.

Silvio Berlusconi is an Italian legend who bought AC Milan in 1986, and at that time, AC Milan really didn't have to worry about money.

But with Berlusconi's entry into politics, most of the club's football affairs were managed by Galliani, the vice president, and his main focus was on domestic politics.

In January 1994, Berlusconi entered politics and founded Forza Italia as its chairman, and in March of the same year, Berlusconi and other center-right parties won the 12th parliamentary election, and in May he formed the 53rd post-war Italian government and became prime minister.

In January 1995, Berlusconi resigned.

In April 1996, Berlusconi's center-right coalition became the second largest party in parliamentary elections, and in May 2001 he won the election again, and in June he became prime minister of the 59th post-war government.

As can be seen from Berlusconi's experience in power, his period in power has always been unstable, otherwise there would not have been a resignation in the middle of the process.

At present, the Italian government of Silvio Berlusconi is also in crisis, and he only has the support of the rich class of Italy, and the vast majority of the poor class resists.

For this reason, Berlusconi is so anxious that he has no intention of managing AC Milan anymore.

AC Milan's finances have also been in a state of loss, and in recent years Galliani has been looking for ways to make the club profitable, but the Italian football system is backward, most of the small clubs have become unable to operate, and most teams can only rely on continuous investment to survive.

The situation is even worse for AC Milan.

Many English teams participate in the Champions League, in order to be just honor, bonuses are attached, and the representative of them is Chelsea, even Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and other teams, in the context of the Premier League, have begun to turn losses into profits, and the situation is much better than that of Italian teams.

Comparing AC Milan and Manchester United, Manchester United is currently the most profitable club in the world, while AC Milan has been in the red for a long time.

Compared with the two sides, it is conceivable who pays more attention to the UEFA Champions League, which can generate high prize money.

Of course, no club will have trouble with money and both sides will try to fight for honours, but there is no doubt that the Champions League is more important for AC Milan.

AC Milan are also very confident in the game.

Despite the rapid development of the Premier League in recent years, it is only in terms of finances, and in terms of the strength of the top teams, it is still somewhat inferior to Serie A.

That's what Carlo Ancelotti sees too.

As a manager, you can't be careless in any game, especially against Manchester United, the top of the Premier League, Ancelotti has been emphasizing the strength of Manchester United before the game, asking the whole team to pay more attention to defense and finish the first round of matches between the two sides with a stable style of play.

But no matter how overestimated it is, Ancelotti didn't expect to see such a scene: Manchester United is completely pressing AC Milan to play!

If Manchester United adopts an 'all-in' style of play and desperately attacks AC Milan's half, it is acceptable, but Manchester United obviously have spare energy, their midfielders and defenders are not too far forward, and most of the attacks are only initiated by frontcourt players.

In this case, Manchester United completely suppressed AC Milan?

How could it be!

Ancelotti's brow furrowed, and he found that he couldn't understand the game a little.

Why are United playing so well?

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Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson also spotted the problem.

Ferguson has always been very worried about the game, it can be said that he began to worry when he drew AC Milan, Ferguson has always believed in the strength of Manchester United, but that is only in front of the public media, there is still a certain judgment in his heart.

In Ferguson's view, Manchester United's chances of beating AC Milan and progressing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League are no more than 30%.

This is still an overestimate!

AC Milan's strength is very strong, and the best place is the back line, not to mention the defense, the triangle combination of striker Shepchenko and Inzaghigakaka can throw off Manchester United's forward line a few streets.

This is true of the weaker forwards, but do you need to talk about the strong defense? As some media outlets have discussed, Manchester United's ability to beat AC Milan fans over two legs is a big question.

But that's not the case now.

Manchester United played so well!

Manchester United's smooth cooperation in the front field surprised Ferguson very much, and he didn't understand why the team played so smoothly, is it a false impression deliberately created by AC Milan?

Probably not......

Ferguson watched the game and kept thinking.

But when he saw the team play a smooth combination for the third time and threaten the AC Milan goal, with the ball only flying over the crossbar and flying off the bottom line, Ferguson had a definite answer: the players played too well!

"Just hit it like that! Be more resolute! I almost got in just now! ”

Mike Phelan watched the game with excitement.

Ferguson said with a smile: "It seems that our players are in good shape. ”

"Is this the effect of 'state training'?" Mike Ferran was a little unsure.

Ferguson thought about it for a moment and said vaguely, "Maybe." ”

In the audience, Manchester United fans were also quite excited.

Manchester United is one of the best teams in the world, but against AC Milan, fans also have a certain judgment in their hearts - Manchester United are not necessarily AC Milan's opponents!

But that wasn't the case, as United played quite well from the start, completely overpowering AC Milan.

This unexpected situation has Manchester United fans very excited, and they don't think about 'why' or anything like that, they just amplify the cheering and hope that the team can perform better.

"Manchester United! Come on! ”

"Manchester United! Manchester United! Manchester United! ”

"Goal! Goal! ”

The audience was occupied by various slogans.

As the game went on, the United players ran more aggressively, fought more aggressively, the game became more active, and they finally established one thing when they passed - it wasn't AC Milan deliberately waterproofing or creating traps or anything like that, it was just that they were doing well as a team and suppressing AC Milan and making them completely unable to play.

With this judgment, the United players are more proactive.

AC Milan have also become more passive.

At the same time, a problem has emerged: United have been in a tight position since the start of the game, creating five shots on goal and only one shot that can hit the woodwork.

This efficiency ...... It's too low!

The two strikers, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Wayne Rooney, didn't do very well in front of goal!