Volume 1 Chapter 288 Ambitious AC Milan

In the first round, the national derby between Inter Milan and Juventus attracted the attention of fans from all over the world.

In the last round of the Champions League quarterfinals, Inter Milan lost and lost, becoming the laughing stock of world football, after the Champions League was eliminated, Inter Milan can only play in the league and the Italian Cup.

For a big team, the Coppa Italia is obviously too light, and due to the recent stumbling of Juventus and AC Milan, Inter Milan have chased the points with the top two to ll and 10 points.

With the remaining cases remaining, Inter Milan and Juventus have a direct conversation, and third-placed Fiorentina and AC Milan are still on fire, and if Inter Milan can beat Juventus, and Fiorentina draw with arch-rivals AC Milan, or AC Milan lose, Inter Milan's hopes of winning the title will be greatly enhanced.

The conditions are a little harsh, everything depends on other people's faces, but for Inter Milan, which has invested a lot of money year after year, even a life-saving straw must be grasped tightly.

Also as teams eliminated from the Champions League, Inter Milan and Juventus are in very different situations.

Inter Milan is now riddled with injuries, Adriano, Recoba, Materazzi, Veron, Davies, Burdisso, Van der Meyde seven are unavailable, Emre, Stankovic, Vieri have just returned from injury, and I don't know what will happen to the state.

And Juventus in the Italian Cup early out, the Champions League was eliminated, the league championship has become their only goal, the last round of 5: beat Lecce, Juventus rose to the top of the standings, morale boosted, now Trezeguet, Zebina and other injuries are all back, against the home and Inter Milan national derby, Juventus people are determined to win.

However, history always has striking similarities.

The same lack of soldiers, the same extreme disfavoritism, and the same time when the team's morale was at its lowest, Inter Milan once again defeated Juventus away L:0.

A year and a half ago, Inter Milan had just experienced the pain of a heavy defeat to Arsenal in the I5 at home, and many important players such as Vieri were injured in the team. The same is true of this game, the team has just been out of the Champions Cup, and Mihajlovic criticized the team for such a thing, before the game, the team was also "covered in bruises", but Zemaria, who played right midfield for Veron, provided a key assist, and the "super sub" Cruise became the "most critical gentleman" of the game.

Juventus missed the front foot, this time AC Milan and Fiorentina did not drop the chain, they both beat Chievo and Messina with the most economical score of l:0, and Udinese showed the lack of bench strength in the last sprint moment, they were forced to draw by Livorno, and missed a good opportunity to catch up with the top four.

After the first round, AC Milan UR points returned to the top again, Juventus UU was second, Fiorentina's UU was third, Inter Milan was close behind Fiorentina with 58 points, and Udinese was left behind by the first group with 50 points.

This national derby has had a huge impact on the league's title-winning situation.

Due to the defeat of Juventus, Fiorentina narrowed the gap with the top of the table to within three games, and Inter Milan is only 10 points away from the top.

The impact of the points on the four teams is more psychological, while Ibrahimovic and Mihajlovic are both banned for three matches due to the brawls at Juventus and Inter Milan in the national derby.

Mihajlovic's free-kick is Inter's secret weapon, but he is only an important substitute for Inter Milan, and the Swede is already Juventus' main striker, and a three-game suspension will make the Swede miss a crucial away game against Milan in the league, which is arguably the most crucial game for Juventus in the rest of the season on May 8, and Ibrahimovic's absence is likely to determine the trend of the league title race.

In the 33rd round of the game, AC Milan, Juventus, Fiorentina, Inter Milan, the four teams in the first group have encountered weak teams, and the four teams have not capsized in the gutter, Juventus, Fiorentina, Inter Milan The three teams are all a small victory, and AC Milan finally showed the domineering spirit of the defending champions, in the case of the Champions League semifinals in midweek, they played as substitutes, still beat Parma 3:0, and continued to lead Serie A with a two-point advantage.

In midweek, AC Milan take on the San Siro to face dark side PSV Eindhoven.

The refreshed AC Milan did not give Eredivisie giants PSV Eindhoven any chances, with Shevchenko and Tomasson scoring a goal each to help AC Milan beat PSV Eindhoven 0 to get the lead in the two-legged semi-finals.

A Champions League win will not give AC Milan a respite, and in the next two weeks, AC Milan will take on third-placed Fiorentina in the league, PSV Eindhoven away in the semi-finals of the Champions League, and then return home to play their biggest rivals Juventus.

There are still 5 rounds in the league, and the points gap between Fiorentina and AC Milan is 8 points, which seems to be an insurmountable point difference, but from the perspective of the league situation, if Fiorentina beats AC Milan in this round, AC Milan loses to Juventus in the next round, and in the case of three rounds remaining, AC Milan and Fiorentina have only a two-point advantage, and it is likely to be behind Juventus.

But now AC Milan has no way to put all the energy into the league, two goals ahead of PSV Eindhoven is not safe, Hiddink has always liked to create miracles, in the World Cup, Hiddink's South Korean team has made the world powers suffer enough, back to the Netherlands, AC Milan to ensure that the opponent does not score more than two goals.

What worries AC Milan even more about the away game against PSV Eindhoven is because of last season's quarter-finals. In the quarterfinals last season, Milan defeated Deportivo 4:1 at home and basically entered the semifinals, but what the whole world did not expect was that Deportivo returned to AC Milan 4:0 to complete a shocking reversal.

Now no one dares to say that Eindhoven will not let history repeat itself.

In addition to Deportivo LaCoruna's black memories, Juventus's painful lesson also made AC Milan uneasy, in the quarterfinals, Juventus in order to ensure that the Reds defeated Liverpool at home, retained its strength in the game with Fiorentina, and was finally defeated by the Purple Lily 4:3, but in the Champions League quarterfinals in midweek, Juventus, who had exhausted the elite, was not able to help Liverpool, and in the end, the top of the league was snatched by AC Milan, and the Champions League was also eliminated.

Now, AC Milan is once again facing Juventus' dilemma, the league or the Champions League?

At the beginning of the season, AC Milan set a goal of two titles, which is acceptable in the expansion stage of Serie A, but now it seems that it is a bit more difficult.

From April U to May 5, local time, AC Milan played 9 games a day, and really achieved one game in three days, and under the pressure of Juventus, AC Milan had no possibility of rotation, no possibility of slackening, and every game was a final.

However, now AC Milan can be said to have reached the "bottom" on both fronts, and whether it can "clear the customs" will need to grit its teeth and persevere.

After the match with PSV Eindhoven, AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi said: "We are now ahead of Juventus in the league, it is a huge advantage at this stage, and we have a head start in the Champions League, we have not given the opponent an away goal, which is very important, now AC Milan has reached the peak, we want to try to win the title on both fronts and return to the top of the UEFA table." “

Previously, "Milan Sport" reported that "the Holy Alliance has reached a tacit understanding in private, Juventus will win the league title, and AC Milan will win the Champions League." Now that the prime minister has made a statement, Vice President Galliani also immediately refuted the rumors of the "Milan Sports Newspaper", saying that the league and the Champions League will be both and will never give up any title.

AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti also takes this match against Fiorentina very seriously, and even if the prime minister and president don't say it, he won't give up easily.

-03 season, Ancelotti led the Rossoneri to win the European Champions Cup and the Italian Cup, although this is also a double, but the Italian Cup stumbled a little, last season AC Milan won the Serie A championship with an unprecedented high score in the three-point system, but in the Champions League was reversed by Deportivo La Coruna, and did not realize the dream of a double.

Having won both the Champions League and the league, Ancelotti has now become Ancelotti's biggest dream, and he will never give up on any of them easily.

After Friday's training session, Carlo Ancelotti spoke to reporters about his ambitions.

"PSV Eindhoven is in the past, Juventus is in the future, we can't take them to heart anymore, we only have Fiorentina in our eyes and hearts now. Milan haven't won at the Stade Frankie in the last 10 years and we have to break that embarrassing record. Against Juventus, Fiorentina played really well, beating Juventus twice and helping us to slow down Juventus, and I hope they won't play like that when they play against us. ”

'Playing against a team like Fiorentina, it's useless to just attack, you have to be patient, have the patience to wait until the right time to shoot, and I'm sure our experience will play a decisive role. After winning the league, the Champions League and the Coppa Italia, we need to aim higher, the double, only a double can inspire the players to be more motivated, this is not only the goal of the club, but also the desire of the fans, and I am sure that we will not repeat last season's cup. ”