Chapter 101 The Great War is Coming

The UEFA Champions League lost 0:1 to Barcelona at home, and Arsenal defeated this season's UEFA Champions League black horse Villarreal with Henry's two goals, and one foot has reached the final.

People are generally pessimistic about the prospects of AC Milan. The next match between the two teams will be Camp Nou, Barcelona, and then Deco will end the suspension and return. Milan will definitely want to capture this hellish stadium, which may be more difficult.

Galliani is also busy cheering up Milan's generals: "I don't think it's possible. At the beginning, we met Barcelona, which is known as the dream team, in the Champions League final. They have Stoickov, Romario and Koman, which are powerful and suffocating, but what's the result? 4:0, we defeated They, I think the result will be the same this time!"

Of course, this is only Galliani's wishful idea, but it is generally believed that Barcelona will advance to the finals and is expected to repeat the glory of 1992 and achieve the "double championship" of the league and the Champions Cup.

Before the launch of Camp Nou, AC Milan also played a Serie A match. In the 35th round, AC Milan challenged Messina away. The final result of the game was 3:1. Milan reversed the victory, narrowing the gap with Juventus to three points. For a time, Milan rekindled the hope of winning the league championship.

In this game, Ancelotti rotated Stam, Pirlo was suspended, Vogel was absent due to injury, Kafo and Rui Costa got the start, Inzaghi sat on the bench, and Digan and Girardino partnered on the front line.

Messina is going to fight for relegation. In the history of the previous confrontation between the two teams, Messina has only one victory against AC Milan in Serie A, and lost all at home against AC Milan. Iran's central defender Rezay was suspended, and Muslimović unexpectedly replaced Dinapoli.

In the first seven minutes, Kaladze made a foul while defending Flocari and was shown a yellow card by the referee. Messi made a free kick tactical cooperation at the front of the left penalty area. Alonica's left foot dialed horizontally, and donati shot vigorously with his right foot 20 meters in front of the goal. The ball passed through the gap of the wall and rubbed a few times on the turf. Fei Ori was disturbed and fell to the left to save the ball. Nesta stuck the opponent's striker, but his body lost balance and failed to destroy the ball. Scully, who followed on the right, scored with his right foot, and Milan fell behind 0:1 at the beginning of the game!

After the game, it was even more unfavorable to AC Milan. Kaka was violated, his knee was injured and put on an ice bag. He was carried down on a stretcher. Ambrosini came out as a substitute, and Rui Costa switched to the front waist.

Then when Nesta was fighting, his thigh muscles were injured and he took the initiative to ask for the end of the game. Stam was replaced. Milan has made matters worse since then. Ambrosini, who had just been on the field, was also injured. Ancelotti could only send a substitute for Jankulovski. Before the first half was over, AC Milan ran out of substitution. Quota.

Ancelotti also keeps protesting to the referee's rough movements. If it goes on like this, there is no need to compare the next game against Barcelona, just disarm and surrender.

At this time, there was news from another field that Juventus is lagging behind Lazio, and AC Milan must overtake if they want to win the league.

After only five minutes, Jankulovski proved that Ancelotti chose to let him play. In his diagonal pass from the left, the football directly penetrated Messina's defense. Digan's ribs were quickly inserted, and his left foot volleyed into the near corner, 1:1!

In the 44th minute, it was Jankulovski's low pass from the left side again. Degan received the ball in the middle and grabbed the ball before Messina's player jumped over. He shot vigorously with his right foot. The ball bounced back into the lower left corner in front of goalkeeper Stolari. Milan beat him 2:1!

In the first half of stoppage time, when Scully was defending Degan, he tripped Degan directly from behind and was sent off with two yellow cards. The situation began to become favorable to Milan.

In the second half, AC Milan continued to strengthen its offensive, hoping to score another goal and lock in the victory. The game continued until the 90th minute. Messina goalkeeper Stoli did not have enough strength to throw the ball and directly sent it to the strong. Degan grabbed the ball in his right rib and broke into the penalty area. In the face of the attacking Stolari, he picked his right foot to the left and substitute Inzaghi, who played, made a diagonal shot with his left foot, 3:1!

The scoreboard narrows the gap with Juventus, because it has defeated Juventus in a face-to-face competition before, AC Milan only needs another victory to reach the top of the table.

However, the price of this victory was also very heavy. Nesta and Ambrosini were injured one after another, casting a shadow over AC Milan's whole game in the Champions Cup.

Of course, if AC Milan is determined to lose, it is not true. Although the lineup is not neat, there are also huge variables in the next game. This variable is Degan.

In the first round of the confrontation between the two teams, Digan was suspended due to accumulated yellow cards. When he arrived at Camp Nou, he will definitely become an arrow figure on the front line of AC Milan.

Barcelona's head coach Ricard said: "Digan is an unimaginable player. His scoring ability is the best in the world. He will definitely become our biggest threat in the next game. I will send someone to defend him in the game!"

Ronaldinho, the core of Barcelona, also said: "Digan is very good. Because of some misunderstandings, he left the Brazilian team, but I still appreciate him very much. He is the kind of player I want to cooperate with and the kind of player I want to fight on the court, but I don't think he will become a game. Variables, we have enough good defensive players, and Pujol and Marcos will let him know how strong Barcelona's defense is!"

Is Barcelona's back line strong?

Degan doesn't think so. What he likes is the kind of defender who is not tall, flexible and fast. What he doesn't like is the kind of stalking and strong defense player, just like Lucio.

Barcelona's current defender players, the main players are Pujol, Marcos, Edelson and Belleti. Although they are all world-class players, Degan has an absolute advantage against them. If he fights for speed, Degan does not think he will lose to them.

"Barcelona is very powerful, but it's a pity that the final victory must be us, AC Milan. We will celebrate the victory at Camp Nou, and then go to Paris to win the championship!"

With three rounds left in the league, although AC Milan is only three points behind Juventus, Degan does not think they still have hope of winning the championship. This is not a matter of confidence, but in Italy, Juventus' Moggi is obviously more energetic than Galliani.