As an Italian team, in fact, the pressure of Milan to fight on multiple fronts is not as great as that of some leagues, such as England.

In England, there is an extra League Cup in its own right, and whether it is the League Cup or the FA Cup, Premier League teams are in the fight in the third round.

As for AC Milan, who won Serie A last season, they only started in the fifth round of the Coppa Italia, that is, in the round of 16, so the total number of games is much smaller than that of the English team.

But even so, Pan Yi still hopes to make reasonable personnel arrangements according to Milan's schedule to ensure that Milan can win the most crucial games - which is actually the same strategy as everyone when playing FM games.

Especially the Champions League, which Pan Yi values the most.

In the previous draw, Milan drew a decent opponent - Arsenal.

Since winning the title unbeaten in the 03-04 season, Arsenal has more and more opponents in the Premier League, from Chelsea to Manchester City, plus the already strong Manchester United, as well as the slowly recovering Liverpool, and even the sudden emergence of Leicester City......

As a result, Arsenal have not been able to win the title since, and are only fighting for four each year.

And after the retirement of the old coach Arsene Wenger, Arsenal couldn't even get into the top four.

As far as this season, that is, the 2011-2012 season, Arsenal is actually quite good, with players like Robin van Persie and Rosicky, young rookies like Ramsey and Theo Walcott, and even King Henry who returned on loan from the New York Red Bulls.

But compared with opponents like Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Bayern, Pan Yi is of course more willing to touch Arsenal.

It's January, and the Champions League round of 16 knockout round is about to start in February, so Pan Yi also has to plan ahead and prepare for these two home and away games.

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On January 18, in the fifth round of Italy, that is, the round of 16, AC Milan won Novara 2:1 at home and successfully advanced.

This game is not as simple as expected.

Novara, a promoted side who struggled in Serie A, came out on top in the Coppa Italia and drew 1-1 with Milan in the 90 minutes of regulation.

In the end, it was only in the 110th minute of extra time that Milan scored the winning goal through Salah and eliminated the opponent.

And in the 19th round of Serie A on January 21, which was also a "back-to-back" match between the two teams, Novara, who had lost his heart, suddenly became vulnerable and lost 0:3 to Milan at home.

It was their 11th defeat of the season, and that performance kept them at the bottom of the table.

What followed was another tense and familiar schedule.

AC Milan will face Lazio in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia before returning to Serie A to play Cagliari and face Lazio right away.

Playing against the same opponent in a row will inevitably make the Milan soldiers tired.

Luckily, AC Milan still played at their due level, with a 3-1 win over Lazio in the Coppa Italia and a 2-0 win over Lazio in Serie A, while the other game was a 3-0 win over Cagliari.

In those games, Ibrahimovic, who returned from suspension, was in great form, scoring five goals in a row.

In Serie A's scorer list, after 20 rounds, he tops the list with 15 goals.

And that's after five or six games he missed!

Behind him, is Inter Milan's Argentine striker Milito, with 11 goals.

Then there was Udinese's Di Natale with 10 goals. The Italian veteran's performance has been the key to Udinese's success this season.

He is tied with Napoli's Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani, also with 10 goals.

Although these strikers are also in good form, they are still a bit behind Ibrahimovic.

So Pan Yi's other goal this season is to let Ibrahimovic win the Serie A Golden Boot, or even the best player and other awards.

After all, team honors must be won, and individual honors cannot be pulled down!

It's just that in the next game, Milan once again ushered in "back-to-back" games!

They will face Napoli in the 21st round of the league and in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia.

In fact, there are so many consecutive matches against the same opponent in Italy, those who are familiar with Serie A know that it is not unusual.

The reason is simple, the top eight last season were guaranteed to go directly to the round of 16, which in itself greatly reduced the room for the lower teams to upset.

The other eight teams that can reach the round of 16 are often already Serie A teams.

So when it comes to the round of 16, it is basically a duel between Serie A teams, which is completely different from the English FA Cup, which often has Championship League One or even lower teams to reach the later stage of the competition.

When the Italian Cup goes to the semifinals and finals, fans will find that basically every year, those teams, Juventus, Inter Milan, at most a few Roma Lazio Napoli or something, are all old faces, and there is a rare probability that other teams will appear.

Of course, there is another reason for this, which is that the lower divisions of Serie A are not as competitive as England.

After all, like many Championship teams, they are actually very rich, and they can buy good stars and let them compete with Premier League teams in the FA Cup.

Teams in League One and League Two or lower are often seen as the most important game of the season in the FA Cup.

At this time, they will encounter a Premier League team that is fighting on multiple fronts, a little absent-minded or training newcomers, and it is possible to win in an upset.

In any case, AC Milan suffered from "aesthetic fatigue" in the two games against Napoli.

They were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Napoli in Serie A and then a 1-1 draw with them in the first leg of Italy's semi-finals.

Yes, the Italian semi-finals are different from the previous matches in that they will be played over two legs.

In other words, Milan will play four games against Napoli this season, and I really want to vomit when I see the opposing players.

The opponents are the same, and the process and result of these two games are also like mirror images.

Both sides have scored in both games with Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani.

The two major gods are also relatively strong.

Whether it's the Serie A scorer list or the Coppa Italia, you have to compete for the top.

The two matchdays were scoreless and the suspense was left in the second leg of the Coppa Italia semi-finals a month and a half later.

In the 22nd round of the league, AC Milan finally welcomed an opponent who could lift their spirits after a hard-fought 2-1 away win over this season's dark horse Udinese.

This is also Pan Yi's most important opponent recently.

An established powerhouse from the Premier League –

Gunners Arsenal!