AC Milan in UEFA Champions League: From king to humiliating loser

Want to be present in the round of 16,AC Milan must beat Liverpool, while waiting for a favorable result in the match between Porto and Atletico Madrid taking place at the same time. Unfortunately, coach Stefano Pioli and his team did not achieve the first condition, even though their opponent Liverpool only played "for formality", because they were officially leading Group B.

AC Milan was eliminated in the group stage of this year's UEFA Champions League. Photo: Internet

As predicted by fans, in the away match against AC Milan, Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp only fielded the second team. Apart from Alisson, Mane and Salah, the remaining 8 players were all bench players. Even in the 64th minute of the match, the "double" Mane - Salah was also rested by the German strategist. However, AC Milan still had to accept defeat.

Witnessing the lackluster performance of Ibrahimovic and his teammates at San Siro on December 8 (Vietnam time), experts and AC Milan fans could not help but be disappointed. The team currently leading Serie A was defeated convincingly by Liverpool's second team, which consisted mostly of young players, right at the "holy land" of San Siro.

The statistics accurately reflected the poor performance of Ibrahimovic and his teammates against the visitors from the "foggy land". After 90 minutes of competition, AC Milan had a ball possession rate of 49% and launched a total of 13 shots, while Liverpool players had a ball possession rate of 51% and launched 24 shots towards the home team's goal.

Unable to defeat Liverpool's second team, Ibrahimovic and his teammates deserved to be eliminated, even though AC Milan is the team known as the "king of cup competitions" of Italian football in the UEFA Champions League. Don't forget that in the most prestigious arena of European football, the San Siro team has won the championship 7 times (second only to Real Madrid).

However, AC Milan's last championship was more than 14 years ago (2006/2007 season). At that time, Rossoneri (AC Milan's nickname) owned a series of famous football stars in the world such as Nesta, Maldini, Pirlo, Seedorf, Kaka, Inzaghi... And on the coaching bench was coach Carlo Ancelotti. Compared to the current AC Milan, it is "a world apart".

It seems that the day of AC Milan's glorious return to the UEFA Champions League arena is still very far away./.