Chapter 52 Tickets

AC Milan defeated Manchester United 3-0 and met Liverpool in Athens in this season's UEFA Champions Cup final. No one would have thought of this result before the game, but AC Milan really did it. The debates about Italian football and AC Milan can finally be settled. AC Milan's Victory is not only about advancing to the finals itself, but also has immeasurable significance for AC Milan and Italian football.

"We have won dignity in Serie A." This is what Kaka said in an interview after the game. The gentle Brazilian handsome man also showed such a domineering side for the first time in the face of the media.

AC Milan corrects the name of Italian football!

This is the headline on the front page of the Milan Sports News after the game. Once Serie A dominated the top four of the UEFA Champions League, it has long become a thing of the past. After the outbreak of telephone time, the decline of Serie A has become inevitable.

Especially this season, when the situation of "the Premier League three surrounded Milan" formed, when Inter Milan, who won 17 consecutive victories in Serie A, was out of the Champions Cup, and when Manchester United began to "slaughter" Rome in Old Trafford, almost no one could foresee today's result. The two biggest hits Manchester United and Chelsea fell one after another. AC Milan and Liverpool met in the semi-final of the Champions Cup. Italian football, which was in the trough, did not lose to anyone.

Maybe a World Cup is not enough to prove the level of the league. After Inter Milan's exit, Valencia once again made many people doubt Italian football. In fact, with the outbreak of the "telephone gate incident" and Juventus' relegation, some mixed teams exist. Among Serie A, this season's Serie A, to put it a bad word, is indeed the worst Serie A in recent years.

However, it is too biased to take Rome's 1:7 against Manchester United and Valencia's elimination of Inter Milan, which can be regarded as the dominant Italian football, as a criterion to measure the gap between Serie A and the Premier League and La Liga.

"The appropriate score for that game should be 1:3, and you can't play such a score a hundred times."

This is Rome's flag player Totti's evaluation of that 1:7 game. The game is always accidental. If the runner-up of Serie A lost to 6 Premier League champions, how to explain AC Milan's score of 3:0 against Manchester United?

This score is definitely not the reaction of the normal strength of the two teams.

The decline in Serie A is an indisputable fact, but the decline is more reflected in the midstream and lower teams. The British-Italian match in the European Champions Cup final has renamed Italian football.

In fact, in recent years, regardless of its domestic record, AC Milan has always been the Serie A team with the best record in Europe. Now let's look back at how stupid it is that Vieira said that "AC Milan should not qualify for the Champions League". If so, Serie A's game in the Champions League this season The performance will end with a 1:7 against Manchester United, which may be a heavy blow to Serie A in the next few seasons.

Although the domestic battlefield record this season is not good, and AC Milan's place in the Champions League next season has not been finalized, the characteristics of AC Milan's Cup have not been lost in this season.

As the only team to make it to the quarter-finals of the Champions League in the past five years, AC Milan's achievements are not accidental.

Ancelotti explained after the game: "I think there are indeed some teams that will perform better in the cup. These games require more rhythm, determination and concentration than the league. I once said that no second team in the world can prepare for the Champions Cup like AC Milan. We have tried to create The best condition is to show your best form on the field of the Champions Cup.

This is true. The goal of the annual winter training plan of Milan Laboratory is to adjust the team's best condition before the quarter-finals of the Champions League. In addition, the rich experience accumulated by the team's veteran players in the Champions League is the team's increasing wealth every season.

On the contrary, although Inter Milan's overall strength is outstanding and a large number of stars have been hoarded in various positions, Moratti obviously pays more importance to the domestic league. Inter Milan has not been able to win the league for 18 years. Moratti's desire for the league championship exceeds everything else. Before the start of this season, the club The first goal is to win the league championship. During the long season, the team is unlikely to maintain a consistent rhythm and state. It is not easy to maintain the best form on the front of the first goal. Inter Milan's exit in the Champions Cup is understandable and has nothing to do with strength. Moratti has adjusted his primary goal for next season to the Champions League, and believes that the Nerazzurri will also be very interesting in next year's Champions Cup.

Roma lost inexperienced and too young. When he went to Old Trafford, he was full of confidence, but when adversity suddenly came, he was not prepared and obedient. In contrast, in the Champions League, if the Serie A team wants to achieve results, it is still depends on AC Milan and Juventus.

A 3:0, AC Milan has won the world's respect for Italian football. From the phone gate incident to entering Athens, it is not easy for AC Milan to achieve today's results in such a season.

The summer break in the World Cup itself was short. Due to sudden events, many players in AC Milan had to give up the summer vacation to play the Champions League qualification, and the summer preparations were also forced to be cancelled, which affected AC Milan for half a season. Nevertheless, in the first half of the league, AC Milan still put all their efforts on the Champions Cup and qualified one round in advance to pave the way for the current results.

I have to say that this also benefits AC Milan's good signing. Several opponents in the group stage are indeed not strong, and the first opponent in the knockout round is the Celtics. When they encounter Manchester United, the team's state has also been adjusted. When they sit in the sky, AC Milan is destined to enter Athens.

Without summer training, it suffered a psychological blow with penalty points. At one time, the top four goals of the league were threatened. Under such circumstances, AC Milan should be respected by the world if it can tenaciously get out of trouble and enter Athens.

Ferguson called AC Milan a "wonderful winner" after the game, Spain's newspaper As called AC Milan "a great team that knows the key to victory", and Kicker said that "AC Milan's final against Liverpool is the most perfect ending."

The team has come out of the predicament of physical condition and successfully overcome psychological difficulties, which is not what all teams can do. Now it seems that AC Milan is very likely to reach the top four in the league, or even get the top three.

In the Champions League, AC Milan is still one step away from winning the cup. Whether this last step can be taken or not, AC Milan's achievements in this "dark season" are extremely successful.

Looking back to the terrible outbreak of the Italian team in the summer when it was plagued by negative news, perhaps this is the spirit and true meaning of Italian football.

Angcelotti seemed confident about completing this season's goal and achieving a major breakthrough in the Champions League: "The night in Istanbul will not appear here. The game two years ago is still haunting us all the time, but that bad game will not be our negative. It will only become our motivation. Of course, the Battle of Athens cannot be called revenge. It should be said to be the battle of justice!"

For Ancelotti, it should be said that he is very lucky to reach the finals for three consecutive seasons. If the first time can be said to be the real strength of AC Milan, then the remaining two can only be said to be auspicious people. I don't know if Ancelotti is auspicious person, but in the Champions League for two consecutive years, it is true. He is really on his side.

In last year's Champions League, when Ancelotti suffered a crisis of trust, Degan stood up. Starting from the game against Bayern Munich, his consecutive goals and the hat-trick in the final made AC Milan finally win the championship trophy. This season, when AC Milan suffered a heavy hit, Ancelotti's coach When he was unstable, Kaka became his savior again.

Ancelotti should indeed be proud to lead the team to the Champions League final three times in a row, which is not an ordinary achievement. If he can finally defend his title, Ancelotti's name will also be written into the history of the Champions League.

However, the Champions League went smoothly, but AC Milan still faces a lot of challenges in the league. Although there is still hope of fighting for the top three in theory, there are still four rounds left in the league, which is five points away from the third-ranked Lazio, and fighting for the top three is only a hope.

The top three in the league are basically hopeless, and the current fourth place is also threatened by Fiorentina all the time. The current point gap between the two teams is only two points.

In the last four rounds of the league, AC Milan's competitors are Catania, Udinese and Empoli, among which Catania has no desire. Udinese has ensured the qualification for the UEFA Cup, but Udinese has not acted as a spoiler of the league once or twice, even if Inter Milan is meeting the rooster. At that time, they dare not say that they would win, and Empoli, the super dark horse in the first half of Serie A, although it has begun to fade, there is still hope for the tickets to the League Cup, and they will certainly not give up this game easily.

What about Florence?

has to face Cagliari, Messina and Palermo respectively. Among them, Cagliari also has no desire, no worries about relegation, and has no hope of promotion to the European arena. Messina has been relegated. Palermo has locked a seat in the UEFA Cup and will not be very interested in this game.

The key is the last round of the league, the direct dialogue between the two teams. Basically, it can be said that this game will finally determine the general trend of Serie A next season.

"There is no problem with the tickets to the Champions League. I will complete the tasks assigned by the club. This is our minimum goal in the top four of the league. Florence thought they had a chance, so they were really wrong!"

Why is Ancelotti so confident?

People don't know!

He was probably infected by Ibrahimovic.

If AC Milan's final league ranking is surpassed by Fiorentina, what will be the final result even if the UEFA Champions League wins?

In 2000, such a situation once occurred in Spain. At that time, Real Madrid won the Champions League, but ranked fifth in the league. In the end, Real Madrid launched all public relations strategies, and even the Spanish royal family came forward. Zaragoza, ranked fourth in the league, had no choice but to compromise. The Champions League seats that are not easy to get, they have to play the UEFA Cup and are eliminated by penalty kicks in the first round.

In the 04/05 season, the loopholes in the rules were exposed again. Liverpool reversed Milan and won the Champions League, while they, who were only fifth in the league, began to seek special cases.

UEFA kicked the ball to the FA as usual, but the British said strongly that "Everton will definitely participate in the Champions League as the fourth place in the Premier League", and at the same time exerted pressure to give Liverpool a foreign card, and finally UEFA compromised.

Liverpool dealt with it as a special case and got a foreign card for the Champions League next season, but UEFA has also set up several obstacles: 1. It needs to start from the first round of the qualifiers, which means that the team's preparation will be one to two months ahead of other teams. 2. There is no "national protection", that is, to ensure that clubs from the same Member State are in the knockout stage. We won't meet before.

I don't know whether it was God's will or man-made, but Liverpool and Chelsea, who passed the qualifiers, were indeed divided into the same group.

Now this situation seems to be possible in AC Milan, but everyone knows that it is absolutely impossible for Fiorentina to give up its Champions League seat to AC Milan. Even if Delaware carries forward his style, Degan will not agree.

"Is Ancelotti confident? This is very good, but I hope that when we fight, he will still have this confidence. At that time, I will capture San Siro, and AC Milan will not expect us to give alms. We Florence will have a place in the Champions League! Of course, President Berlusconi can threaten not to broadcast Serie A to see if we will bow our heads!"

Before the start of the thirty-fifth round of the league, Degan said sarcastically in an interview with the media.

In the 35th round of the league, Fiorentina faced Cagliari at home. Just seven minutes after the start of the game, Degan's free kick hit the wall and bounced into the air. Pacini grabbed the header in front of the goalkeeper Chimenti. Although the Cagliari defender returned to recover, the ball still bounced into the net.

In the 15th minute, Degan carried the ball in the middle**. After shaking the opponent's three defensive players in a row, he pushed the ball into the far corner of the goal and then went to the next city. While expanding the score to 2:0, he also expanded the number of goals this season to 38!

After the start of the second half, Degan smashed the football into Cagliari's goal again in a corner kick.

3:0!

In the end, Fiorentina won a complete victory away from home. Degan was only one goal away from 40 goals in a single season!

Ibrahimovic also scored in this round, but no one cares about his goals now. Everyone knows that by the end of the season, the Swedes will definitely perform on the streets of Florence, and it will be OK as long as they take the camera!

AC Milan also won. With the goals of Kaka and Inzaghi, AC Milan defeated Catania at home and continued to maintain a two-point lead against Fiorentina.

In the 36th round of the league, Florence played against Siena, who came to challenge. After losing many main players this season, Siena's combat effectiveness has almost dropped to the freezing point, ranking last in the league. If they want to turn over, they can only hope for the birth of a miracle.

In this game, although Siena worked very hard, the gap in strength between the two sides still divided the game early. Before the first half was over, Degan had completed two passes and one shot. He not only scored by himself, but also assisted Cavinagi and Mota to score respectively. In the second half, Siena had no morale. What's more, there was no desire for resistance. In the end, Kavinage went to the next city and locked the score at 4:0!

Although Degan only scored one goal, he completed the assist hat-trick. I believe there will be no more people talking about Degan's selfishness.

Ibrahimovic scored twice in this round. Looking at his performance on the court, it seems that he has not given up hope, but it is not easy to catch up with the gap of eight goals for a while.

AC Milan also won the game. This time, Kaka stood up. He made two shots and one pass in the game, won two by himself, and assisted Ronaldo to score a goal.

The competition between Fiorentina and AC Milan for Champions League tickets is now about to turn into a duel between the Wright brothers.

In the 37th round of the league, Fiorentina won the game against Palermo again. This time, Degan did not score, but gave three assists. In the second half of the season, he gradually recovered and began to integrate into the team. Cavinage, staged the first hat-trick after joining Fiorentina in this game. .

Digan has calmed, and Ibrahimovic has also been suspended due to injury in this round of the game. According to the latest news released by Inter Milan, the Swedish groin muscles have been strained, and there is still one round left in the league this season, and they are doomed to be unable to participate in. Regarding the competition between Digan and Ibrahimovic's top scorers, it is also drawn so far. There is a full stop.

The only remaining suspense in Serie A this season is the competition between Fiorentina and AC Milan for tickets to the Champions League next season.

In the last round of the league, the two teams will end this suspense in San Siro. At that time, after Degan left AC Milan, he will return to San Siro for the first time, and the return of many former Milan players in Fiorentina will undoubtedly become the biggest attraction.

However, before that, a move of AC Milan caught Fiorenze off guard, and AC Milan's executive chairman Galliani actually asked to postpone the last round of the league to the end of the Champions League final.