After defeating Arsenal with four goals at home, the morale of AC Milan's soldiers was also boosted.
Back in Italy, they first defeated Cesena 3:1 away from home, and then defeated Palermo with a clean 4:0.
Then there is a devilish schedule.
First, it will be a home game against Juventus, the direct rival for the Serie A title, and then the second leg of the Champions League away game against Arsenal.
This reflects the benefits of a big win in the first round.
Otherwise, these two important games are only three days apart, making it difficult to make a choice.
Historically, many teams have lost themselves in such swings and ended up empty-handed.
Now, Milan's choice is simple.
Go all out to win Juventus, and then easily go to London to meet the challenge of Arsenal.
The final result was exactly what Milan wanted.
They defeated Juventus 1:0 at home and won this crucial battle for the championship.
The game was very tense. Conte had obviously learned the lesson from his last defeat to Milan and played more cautiously, not giving Milan's attacking group any opportunities to take advantage of.
But Milan is obviously very lucky to win the championship this year.
In the 80th minute, Juventus defender Bonucci handballed the ball in the penalty area without any confrontation and gave Milan a penalty kick.
Ibrahimovic achieved success in one fell swoop and determined the country with one kick.
After this game, AC Milan has 21 wins, 4 draws and 67 points, leaving Juventus in second place with a huge gap of 15 points.
There are still 13 rounds of the league. Although Juventus can theoretically catch up with such a huge points gap, in fact no one would have such illusions.
Everyone feels that AC Milan will maintain this momentum and maintain an unbeaten season and win the championship.
Three days later, the Milan team went to London to play Arsenal away with a relaxed mentality.
However, maybe it was because they were too relaxed, or maybe because the British food was really hard for the players to swallow. In short, Milan did not perform very well in this game and lost 0:1.
But it doesn’t matter, they advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League anyway!
This result is what matters most.
The results in the other top 16 matches were as follows:
Lyon 1:1 APOEL, both rounds won 1:0, APOEL won through a penalty kick to advance.
Leverkusen 2:10 Barcelona!
Barcelona double-killed and massacred the pharmaceutical factory, showing the terrifying strength of their Cosmos team.
Zenit St. Petersburg 3 : 4 Benfica.
CSKA Moscow 2 : 5 Real Madrid.
Naples 4: 4 Chelsea, they also beat each other 3:1, and Chelsea won in overtime.
Basel 1 : 7 Bayern Munich!
This is another massacre.
Basel, a powerful Swiss team, had no power to fight back against King Nand.
The last game was Marseille 2:2 Inter Milan. Marseille advanced due to more away goals.
In other words, if the Champions League reaches the quarterfinals this season, AC Milan will become the only remaining team in Italy.
The Italian media naturally fully supports Milan's performance in the Champions League, believing that they can go further and better express the style of Italian football.
However, after only one day, the media seemed to have become much more cautious.
Because the draw results for the quarterfinals are out.
AC Milan's opponent is Real Madrid.
This Galactico team led by Mourinho has superstars like Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema, Casillas, Ramos, etc., as well as Brazilian star Kaká, who was poached from Milan two years ago...
This Real Madrid team even defeated Barcelona, the Cosmos team, in this year's Spanish Primera Division. Now they are 10 points ahead of them in the La Liga standings, and the championship is within easy reach.
When facing such an opponent, it is understandable that the Italian media feels that the young Milan does not have many opportunities.
But the real match against Real Madrid will be 20 days later.
Until then, AC Milan still has to return to Serie A to kill everyone.
They defeated Lecce and Parma in succession and continued to consolidate their advantage in the standings.
At the same time, the whole team is also helping Ibrahimovic improve his statistics.
When the players on the field get the ball, if Ibrahimovic's position is okay, they will try to pass the ball to his feet or head so that he can complete the goal.
And Ibrahimovic naturally lives up to expectations and can often send the ball into the opponent's goal.
When playing Lecce, Ibrahimovic received Abate's cross and scored with a header;
And against Parma, Ibrahimovic showed off his footwork, passed three people, and then easily succeeded in the push shot.
After 27 rounds, he has scored 25 goals, leaving Milito, Di Natale, Cavani and others behind him.
Ibrahimovic's statistics are not only reflected in goals.
His fulcrum role in the frontcourt gives him many opportunities to send wonderful passes to his teammates.
So he even reached double figures in the assists list, ranking third behind Palermo's Miccoli and Juventus' Pirlo.
If this trend continues, it will be easy for Ibrahimovic to win the Golden Boot and Best Player this season.
However, AC Milan still encountered a strong challenge from Naples in the second leg of the Italian Cup semi-finals on March 20.
They actually played 1:1 again!
Neither side achieved anything in overtime and had to enter a penalty shootout.
As a result, AC Milan's Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva, Salah, Seedorf, and Mane made every shot, while Ederson saved Cavani's penalty kick. In the end, Milan Won and entered the Italian Cup final!
And AC Milan's opponent in the final is Juventus again!
They also tied with their opponent Inter Milan at 3:3, and also won in a penalty shootout.
The final will be played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome on May 20.
On March 24, AC Milan defeated Roma 2:1 at home.
This game is not easy to win.
Roma forward Osvaldo dribbled the ball into the penalty area in the 21st minute and was tripped by Thiago Silva and was sentenced to death by the referee.
Roma captain Totti took the penalty kick and led 1:0 away from home.
Milan woke up in the second half and began to counterattack.
It wasn't until the 76th minute that Ibrahimovic's powerful volley broke through the Roma gate and equalized the score.
In the injury time of the game, De Sciglio hit a long shot. It had already missed the goal, but it happened to be blocked by the defending Roma midfielder De Rossi and the ball was knocked into the net.
Milan was lucky enough to win 2:1 and take all three points.
The reason is that in this game, Milan's players seemed a little absent-minded, and even the coaching staff was a little distracted.
One of the most important reasons is:
Four days later, AC Milan will face their tough opponents in the Champions League quarterfinals at the San Siro Stadium:
real Madrid! !
