At 4:00 a.m. Beijing time on November 25, the fifth round of the Champions League group stage is about to usher in a focus battle, with AC Milan away to atletico Madrid. For Milan, only 1 point in 4 rounds, creating the worst start in team history, and on the verge of being out, the winless Atletico was eliminated in the early round, even if they win, they may also be out, just see if Liverpool, who locked the first place in the group in advance, will help?
In the history of the Champions League, La Liga giants Real Madrid have won 13 titles, ranking first in the number of titles, and the second place is not Liverpool, nor Bayern Munich, but Serie A giants AC Milan, who have won 7 Champions League titles, and the last time they won the title has to go back to 2007.
In the past decade, Milan have been in a period of decline, the number of participation in the Champions League is not much, and this season is the second time to return to the Champions League after a gap of seven years.
After many years of returning to the Champions League, Milan have become a team that is not very competitive. The first round of 2-3 loss to Liverpool, the second round of 1-2 defeat to Atletico Madrid, the third round of 0-1 defeat to Porto, this is the first time the team suffered a three-game losing streak in the Champions League group stage, followed by a 1-1 draw with Porto in the fourth round, only 1 point in the fourth round, setting a record for Milan to participate in the Champions League group stage.
Now Milan have one point at the bottom of the group, and Liverpool have locked up second in the group two rounds in advance, so Milan have to compete with Porto and Atletico for the remaining qualifying place.
This round of Milan away challenge Atletico, Liverpool home against Porto, Porto accumulated 5 points, ranking second in the group, 4 points ahead of Milan, if Liverpool loses at home, then Porto points reach 8 points, Milan and Atletico's results, will make the Champions League 7 champions out of the early game.
In addition, even if Liverpool do not lose to Porto at home, if Milan wins against Atletico, the team will also be out of the early round, so Milan need to expect a miracle to happen.
Judging from the performance of the first four rounds of group stages, how easy is it for Milan to beat Atletico Madrid away? Atletico is also facing a life-and-death battle this round, as long as they win, they can continue to retain their hope of qualifying. In addition, Milan lost all three times against Atletico Madrid, 0-1 at home and 1-4 away in the 2013-2014 Champions League knockout rounds, and 1-2 at home in the first leg of the season.
Juventus have qualified early, becoming the first Serie A team to qualify for the knockout stages, inter milan and Atalanta are still promising, milan is not surprisingly the first serie A team to play.