Chapter 101: The Great War Comes

The UEFA Champions League lost 0:1 at home to Barcelona. In another game, Arsenal relied on Henry's brace to defeat Villarreal, the dark horse of this season's Champions League, and has already entered the final with one foot. //Access to download TXT novels//

People generally hold a pessimistic attitude towards the prospects of AC Milan. The next time the two teams meet will be at Camp Nou, Barcelona's home court, and Deco will come back after his suspension. Milan will definitely want to capture this hellish stadium. I'm afraid it will be higher.

Galliani is also busy cheering up the Milan soldiers: "I don't think there is anything impossible. At the beginning we met the so-called dream team Barcelona in the Champions League final. They had Stoichkov, Romario , Koeman, strong and suffocating, but what about the result 4:0, we defeated them, I think the result will be the same this time!"

Of course, this is only Galliani's wishful thinking. People generally feel that Barcelona will enter the final and is expected to repeat the glory of 1992 and achieve the "double crown" of the league and the Champions League.

Before sending troops to Camp Nou, AC Milan also played a Serie A game. In the 35th round, AC Milan challenged Messina away. The final result of the game was 3:1. Milan reversed and won, narrowing the gap with Juventus to three. For a while, Milan rekindled the hope of the league championship.

In this game, Ancelotti rotated Stam, Pirlo was suspended, Vogel was absent due to injury, Cafu and Rui Costa got the starting lineup, Inzaghi sat on the bench, and Digan was on the front line. With Gilardino.

Messina will fight for relegation. In the history of the confrontation between the two teams, Messina has only one victory against AC Milan in Serie A, and even lost all against AC Milan at home. Iranian defender Rezai is suspended, and Muslimovic Unexpectedly replaced Di Napoli played.

Only seven minutes into the game, Kaladze fouled Flocari with a pedal and was shown a yellow card by the referee. Messina made a free kick at the front of the penalty area on the left side. At 20 meters, the right foot volleyed vigorously. The ball passed through the gap in the wall and rubbed on the turf a few times. Fiore was disturbed and fell to the left to throw the ball. But his body lost his balance and failed to destroy the ball. Scully followed up on the right and scored with his right foot. Milan fell behind 0:1 just after the opening!

The following games were even more unfavorable to AC Milan. Kaka was violated, his knee was injured and ice packs were applied, he was carried off by a stretcher, Ambrosini came off the bench, and Rui Costa played as a midfielder.

Immediately after Nesta was fighting, his thigh muscle was injured and he asked to leave. Jankulovski came off the bench, and AC Milan ran out of substitutions before the first half was over.

Ancelotti also kept protesting to the referee about the opponent's rough actions. If this continues, there is no need to compare against Barcelona in the next game, just disarm and surrender.

At this time, news came from another field that Juventus was lagging behind Lazio. Now if AC Milan wants to win the league, they must overtake.

Just five minutes later, Jankulovski proved Ancelotti's choice to play him right, with a diagonal pass from the left, the ball directly penetrated Messina's defense, and Degan quickly inserted in the ribs. Up, the left foot volleys from a small angle into the near corner, 1:1!

In the forty-fourth minute, Jankulovski made another low pass from the left. Digan received the ball from the center, and before Messina's player pounced, he made a low shot with his right foot and the ball was in front of the goalkeeper Storari. Rebounding into the lower left corner, Milan overtook 2:1!

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

In the second half, AC Milan continued to strengthen the offensive, hoping to score another goal and seal the victory. The game continued until the 90th minute. Messina's goalkeeper Storari was not strong enough to throw the ball, so he sent it directly. Degan took the lead on the right rib Stealing the ball broke into the penalty area, Facing the attacking Storari, he picked his right foot to the left, and the substitute Inzaghi shot the empty goal with his left foot, 3:1!

The gap with Juventus has narrowed in the standings, because they have defeated Juventus in a face-to-face contest before, and AC Milan only needs another victory to reach the top of the standings.

It's just that the price of this victory was also very heavy. Nesta and Ambrosini were injured successively, which cast a shadow over AC Milan's entire game in the Champions League.

Of course, if it is said that AC Milan will lose, it is not necessarily true. Although the lineup is not complete, there are also huge variables in the next game, and this variable is Digan.

In the first round of the confrontation between the two teams, Degan was suspended for accumulating yellow cards. When he arrives at Camp Nou, he will definitely become an arrow figure on AC Milan's front line.

Rijkaard, the head coach of Barcelona, said: "Degan is an unimaginable player. His scoring ability is the best in the world. He will definitely become our biggest threat in the next game. During the game, I Someone will be sent to defend him!"

Ronaldinho, the core of Barcelona, also said: "Degan is very good. Because of some misunderstandings, he left the Brazil team, but I still admire him very much. He is the kind of player I want to work with. The kind of player who wants to fight on the court, but I don't think he will be a variable in the game. We have enough defensive players. Puyol and Marcos will let him know how big Barcelona's defense is. powerful!"

Barcelona's defense strong?

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

Barcelona's current defenders are mainly Puyol, Marcos, Edmilson, and Belletti. Although they are all world-class players, Degan has an absolute advantage against them. If you fight for speed, Degan will not Think you will lose to them.

"Barcelona is very strong, but it is a pity that we will win in the end, it will be AC Milan. We will celebrate the victory at the Nou Camp, 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 doesn't think they still have the hope of winning the championship. Obviously more energy than Galliani.