On April 4, Real Madrid faced AC Milan at home.
In this game, Real Madrid was obviously affected by the two recent games.
Pepe was suspended and unable to play, Di Maria was injured, and Ramos also felt unwell during the pre-match warm-up and withdrew from the starting lineup.
Real Madrid is actually playing with a broken formation, and they have no energy at all to make a comeback.
In the end, Milan finished the game with a 2:1 score and successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the Champions League.
Kanter opened the scoring with a long shot in the game, and Ronaldo equalized the score with a header before half-time.
Inzaghi, who came on as a substitute in the second half, scored the winning goal.
In other quarter-finals, there were also many one-sided scenes.
Barcelona swept APOEL with a total score of 8:2.
Bayern Munich beat Marseille 4-0.
Chelsea defeated Benfica 3:1. Although the score was not high, it was still a double play.
In this season's Champions League, there have been constant upsets from the group stage to the top 16, resulting in some relatively weak teams in the quarterfinals.
Strictly speaking, only the match between AC Milan and Real Madrid can be considered a strong dialogue.
But now it's different in the semi-finals.
AC Milan, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, no one is good at it.
If you had to choose a team among these teams that Pan Yi least wants to encounter, it would be Cosmos Barcelona.
It is really too difficult to restrain all Habaibumei.
It was when Milan met Barcelona that they couldn't play the beautiful football that everyone wanted to see.
Moreover, Milan did not take much advantage of Barcelona in the two rounds of the group stage.
However, the final draw result still made Pan Yi breathe a sigh of relief.
AC Milan VS Chelsea, Barcelona VS Bayern Munich.
Not bad, at least the pressure against Chelsea won't be that strong...
Back to Serie A.
AC Milan first drew with Fiorentina 2:2 at home, and then defeated Chievo 5:1 away from home.
In the home game against Bologna, Milan would actually have a chance to win the Serie A championship in advance if they win. However, since this game will be followed by the crucial Champions League semi-finals, most of the substitutes will be sent.
In the end, Milan was tied 1:1.
But even so, after 33 rounds of Serie A, AC Milan still topped the list with a record of 26 wins, 7 draws and 85 points, 14 points higher than second-placed Juventus.
Juventus has also performed very well this season. In addition to losing two games to Milan, they have also remained unbeaten against other opponents.
The score of 20 wins, 11 draws, 2 losses and 71 points would actually rank first in most other seasons.
But it’s not that the brothers don’t work hard, it’s just that Milan is too perverted.
With 5 rounds left in the league and 14 points behind, the suspense of the championship has actually disappeared.
However, there is still one team that is unwilling to admit this.
In other words, they don't want Milan to step on them to the championship podium.
That is AC Milan's mortal enemy in the same city, and Milan's opponent in the next round: Inter Milan.
They withdrew from the title race early this season, ranking sixth with 51 points after 33 rounds with 15 wins, 6 draws and 12 losses.
Although it is only sixth, it is only 3 points away from the third-placed Lazio team.
Yes, there is a gap in the Serie A points this season. The first-placed Milan is on one level, the second-placed Juventus is on another level, and there is only a 5-point gap between the third and eighth places, forming the third level.
In other words, from Lazio in third place with 54 points, to Naples, Udinese, Inter Milan, Roma, to Atlanta in eighth place with 49 points, they all still have the opportunity to compete for the top four Champions League seats.
Therefore, whether it is out of the mentality of preventing the local rivals from winning the championship, or the temptation of their own Champions League seats, Inter Milan will fight AC Milan to the end!
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A sage named Lu from the Dragon Kingdom once said: There is a kind of sadness in this world, which is called the people you care about, but they don't care about you.
This is the situation now for Inter Milan.
Because AC Milan now has all eyes on their Champions League semi-final opponent Chelsea.
In order to prepare for the battle three days later, the Milan coaching staff held a routine tactical meeting with the players.
"They're actually not in good shape this season."
Allegri spoke up and down on the podium:
"They are currently only sixth in the Premier League and fighting for a place in the Champions League next season."
"Even last month, they fired coach Villas-Boas due to poor record, and now assistant coach Di Matteo takes over on an interim basis."
"So, it can be said that Chelsea is now in a period of internal and external troubles. We can take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate them in one fell swoop and advance to the finals!..."
Allegri is no longer as cautious as he was at the beginning of the season.
Milan's impressive record has given him enough confidence to look forward to a better future.
But Pan Yi, who was standing aside, knew that this Chelsea team was actually not easy to mess with.
After they lost 1:3 to Naples in the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals, which eventually led to Villas-Boas' dismissal, they burst out with amazing energy.
In the second round of the match, under the command of Di Matteo, Chelsea, who were fighting against the odds, completed a shocking comeback through a 120-minute battle, defeated Naples 4:1, and successfully came back to enter the Champions League quarterfinals.
Di Matteo also established his status in one fell swoop with this battle.
Chelsea then doubled Benfica in the Champions League quarter-finals to reach the semi-finals.
If Pan Yi's appearance hadn't disrupted the normal timeline, Chelsea would have faced their enemy Barcelona in the semi-finals and eliminated the powerful Cosmos team with a total score of 3:2 and entered the Champions League finals, avenging the defeat of 2009. hatred.
Finally, in the final, Chelsea relied on Petr Cech to save Robben's penalty kick and Didier Drogba's header to draw the match into a penalty shootout with the whole game passive, and finally won.
This is also the first time in Chelsea's history that they have won the Champions League.
It's just that what stands in front of Chelsea now is Pan Yi's AC Milan...
Pan Yi doesn't know whether history will change as a result.
But what he knows is that after the coaching change, this Chelsea team is definitely not a lamb to be slaughtered!
"Essien." When Pan Yi stood in front of the tactical board, he pointedly pointed out the person in Chelsea who needed the most attention.
"Chelsea players are very active in running, and players like Essien are even more physically strong and fierce in blocking. Lampard is more responsible for passing and organizing, but in fact, the space he obtains is often caused by Essien created it.”
"So against Chelsea, we can't give them too much space, which means we have to limit Essien's performance, just like we did against Kaká against Real Madrid - although their positions are not the same."
"As long as Essien is restricted, they have less space. They can't pass the ball like they did before, and our advantage will be established."
Allegri and Tassotti both nodded.
Allegri asked: "Should we continue to arrange for Kante to guard Essien?"
"No. Essien is not a skilled player like Kaká." Pan Yi shook his head, "As long as our midfield and frontcourt positions are careful and keep distance, we can look after each other and keep an eye on Essien. We need to be dedicated It was another person who sent people to watch him to death."
"who?"
"Drogba."
