The Champions League final between Liverpool and AC Milan in Athens was the grand finale of European football this season, and the match was between the most popular and influential AC Milan and Liverpool, so the match also attracted the attention of fans and media around the world.

In Istanbul a year ago, the popular ∧ Milan was miraculously reversed by Liverpool after leading by 3 goals. This year, the two teams did not expect to meet again in Athens, with Milan fans hoping for revenge against Istanbul, while Liverpool fans did not want the team to play that game of death again, preferably with an easy victory.

Two years ago∧ Milan were the favourites, but time has changed and now the favourites are Liverpool.

European bookmakers are unanimously optimistic about Liverpool winning the championship, and William Hill gives Liverpool the odds of winning the championship I; AC Milan are slightly behind the odds to win the tournament by UU. Ladbrokes gave Liverpool the odds of i50 to win the championship; AC Milan are slightly behind at 70 odds to win the title. 13 Liverpool odds to win the championship are UU; AC Milan are slightly behind at 85 odds to win the title.

The bookmaker looks down on AC Milan, not because Liverpool's strength is much stronger than AC Milan, but because Liverpool's current state is too good, winning 24 consecutive league games to win the first Premier League championship in history, and strong opponents such as Barcelona and Chelsea in the Champions League have reached the final.

Like the bookmakers, the world's major media are unanimously optimistic that Liverpool will beat Milan again to win the title.

The British media is undoubtedly extremely optimistic about Liverpool, in addition to the British media, Germany's all believe that Liverpool has a big chance of winning, and AC Milan needs to play extraordinarily if they want to win the championship; Whether it is the pro-Real Madrid Hesi newspaper in Spain, and they all believe that Liverpool has the advantage in strength, state, and psychology, and Chen Yu is a UU striker, the championship can be said to be very stable.

France's influence in world football is very large, they also think that Liverpool has a great chance of winning, although AC Milan is determined to revenge, very motivated, but two years ago Liverpool was able to turn the tables in the case of three goals behind, their psychological advantage will be very strong, plus the strength has improved compared to two years ago, under the elimination of the other, Liverpool will only have more opportunities than two years ago.

Not only are bookmakers and media optimistic about Liverpool, but even the football king Pele is also "optimistic" about Liverpool, "Logically, Liverpool are the favorites, Liverpool is physically strong, does not give the opponent too much space, and at the same time their counter-attack is also very sharp." Liverpool don't want to play pretty, they just want to win, and in today's utilitarian world of football, Liverpool is very much in line with the trend. ”

Pele has always been a crow's mouth, two years ago Pele was optimistic that AC Milan could beat Liverpool to win the championship, it turned out that Pele is indeed a "crow's mouth", AC Milan can be reversed by opponents in the case of a big lead. This time, Pele is optimistic about Liverpool, which makes Liverpool fans really have some worries.

Of course, not all media are not optimistic about AC Milan, at least the Italian media and Italian fans are optimistic about Milan's revenge in Athens.

In other words, he listed the top 10 reasons why AC Milan won the championship, "First, Milan has a lot of experience, they have reached the Champions League final three times in five years; Second, Milan is determined to take revenge, share the same hatred, and have a stronger fighting spirit; Third, Milan is more familiar with Chen Yu and knows how to limit him; Fourth, Italian teams are better at defending counter-attacks, and in the final, defense is the key to winning the championship; Fifth, the referee was 43-year-old German vandel. Van Del has won all of the five AC Milan games, while Liverpool has not won any of his past three games against Liverpool, and Liverpool has not scored a single goal; Sixth, Milan's head coach Carlo Ancelotti knows more tactics than Benitez; Seventh, Liverpool is prone to inversion under the heat; Eighth, Milan does not need to compete for the championship, and the late stage of the league is basically a rotation lineup, and the physical fitness will be better; Ninth, Pele is optimistic about Liverpool winning the championship; Tenth, the Premier League teams are all rough brothers, and Milan has a technical advantage. ”

In fact, in the UU World Cup, the Italians have made the world understand what Italian football is, and the Milanese are the representatives of Italian football, their skills and awareness are the best in the world, if they go all out, there is a great possibility of beating Liverpool to win the championship.

Seeing that the whole world is not optimistic about themselves, AC Milan's players are more combative, and Maldini, the soul of Milan who participated in the Champions League final, said: "It will be a difficult game, but Milan will show the most correct mental attitude, I believe that we will deal with them with a perfect attitude, the whole world is not optimistic about us, but we can't help but look at us, we have to believe in ourselves, when we were in Istanbul, we were three goals ahead of Liverpool, now if we are ahead again, We will never give our opponents another chance to turn the tables around. ”

Nesta at the heart of Milan's backline is also full of confidence and anti-vision for the game, he said: "I think it's a close game, we have two teams, there are 17 players who have participated in the battle of Istanbul, we have eight, Liverpool have nine, that is to say, the two teams know the roots, no one can take advantage of much, the final decision is the play on the spot, I believe we will play well, because we have been waiting for this day for two years." Chen Yu is undoubtedly a headache, he is very dangerous, but we know him very well, we will try our best to limit his play, even if we can't completely see him, we still have Kaka, Kaka and Chen Yu are a level of star, he will also surprise Liverpool. ”

Milan has five dangerous figures, the 38-year-old Maldini at the back is the spiritual leader of the team, as long as he is still on the field, the fighting spirit of the Milanese will not disappear, Nesta is the anchor of the Milan backline, even if the midfield is all broken, as long as Nesta is there, he is an insurmountable gate for the opponent.

Milan's other three dangerous figures are Inzaghi, Pirlo and Kaka, for Milan, Kaka is an open gun, Pirlo is a hidden arrow, Pirlo's long pass is the magic weapon of AC Milan's attack, and Kaka's personal breakthrough is even more unreasonable, if you don't send heavy troops to defend, Kaka alone is enough to disrupt Liverpool's defense.

As for Inzaghi, he is a very special striker, he is not good at passing, he is not good at dribbling, he is not good at passing, he is thin, he doesn't seem to be anything special at all, and he doesn't have any sense of zài on the field, but as long as Inzaghi is in the field of vision of the fans, it basically means that he has scored.

Facing AC Milan, which has so many dangerous people, Liverpool does not dare to be careless.

Before the team went to Athens, Benitez began to warn his players to be careful AC, Benitez said: "AC Milan is a great team, especially in the Champions League, they have won the Champions League U times, one more than Liverpool, they know how to win, the last time we won in addition to courage and fighting spirit, there is a lot of luck in our victory, this time, Milan obviously will not give us so many chances, if we want to beat them again, we have to be bold, Make the most of our strengths. Inzaghi, Kaka, Andrea Pirlo are all players who can decide the outcome of the game in an instant and we can't give them too many chances, AC Milan are strong but they also have weaknesses and that has not changed in the last two years and I think we will take advantage of that. ”

Captain Gerrard is the protagonist of the Istanbul miracle, he is well aware of Milan's strength, but Gerrard is not worried, he said: "Last time we were able to beat them, this time there is no reason to be afraid of them, Milan went Shevchenko, we came Chen, Milan has Pirlo, we have Alonso, Milan has Inzaghi, we have Crouch, one Kaka can't decide the outcome of the game, not to mention our Chen is better than him, although Gattuso is fierce, Mascherano will not be worse than him, in my opinion, Gattuso just looks a little aggressive, but he's not as scary as a kitten. I told my teammates not to be afraid to fight Gattuso, he can't hurt you. ”

Gerrard is a good old man, but he is too honest and always prone to hurting people, after the last battle in Istanbul, he said that Milan were not reversed by Liverpool because of the half-time break, which caused an uproar, Ancelotti said that Gerrard was talking nonsense, and Pirlo said that Gerrard was not a gentleman.

This time, Gerrard's comparison of Gattuso to a kitten once again caused displeasure among the Milanese.

Gattuso said angrily, "If Gerard says I'm a kitten, then I'm definitely a cat with an ugly appearance and can scratch people's faces." I'm not going to respond to this kind of low-level provocation, Gerrard is a good player, and my only answer to him will be to teach him a lesson on the pitch and let him know if I'm a cat or a tiger. ”

Seedorf, Milan's most creative player, was rarely mentioned before the game, which made him feel offended, and this time he saw Gerrard insulting his team-mates, he stood up in solidarity with Gattuso, saying: "Gattuso is a great player, he has a passion that no one else has, and he can influence everyone on the pitch. Gattuso has won the World Cup and he has spent the last few years proving that he is a high-level player. Gerrard said that he was disrespectful to Gattuso, and I think if Gerrard was not as good as Gattuso on the field, I don't know what else he would have to do to meet his fans. ”