San Siro, subsequent Champions League vacation spot
Míchel Sánchez’s males face at this time the penultimate recreation of the Champions League group stage, and the final away recreation. They achieve this by visiting a high degree stage, San Siro, to face a staff with quite a lot of historical past, AC Milan. The Italians are the third staff with probably the most European titles of their trophy cupboard and have lifted the Champions League seven occasions, though their efficiency this yr has been irregular. Within the high continental competitors they’ve amassed a document of 4 wins and two defeats that locations them in twelfth place with twelve factors with two video games to go, however within the league they’re eighth. Nevertheless, till final weekend’s defeat at Juventus, they’d gone eight consecutive matches with out defeat and not too long ago gained the Italian Tremendous Cup, defeating Inter within the last. Within the Champions League, they’ve gained 4 consecutive victories within the final matches (Crvena Zvezda, Slovan Bratislava, Actual Madrid and Brugge), and solely misplaced within the first two matches towards Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen.
AC Milan’s personal names
The Italians have not too long ago made a change on the bench, with Sérgio Conceição taking up from Paulo Fonseca. The Portuguese coach landed in the easiest way, beating Juventus and Inter to carry the Tremendous Cup, and within the league he has a document of 1 win, one draw and one defeat. With a gone at Porto, that is solely his second expertise exterior Portugal and at this time he’ll reside his first Champions League night time with Milan. The squad boasts some excellent names corresponding to Pulisic, high scorer with ten objectives, Reijnders, who follows with eight, and Alvaro Morata and Leao, who’ve six objectives every. Of their ranks they’ve many gamers with a previous within the Spanish league, corresponding to Jovic, Chukwueze, Morata himself or two key gamers within the protection corresponding to Theo Hernández and Emerson.