Winning the Italian Cup semi-finals, Milan continues to move towards the goal of defending its sixth crown.

But for them, the real challenge has just begun.

Now they are invincible in the country.

Whether it is the domestic league or the cup, they are basically guaranteed to win.

The real challenge is still in the European arena.

In the next two Serie A games, Milan still rotated substitute players.

On February 15, in the 24th round of Serie A, Milan played Bologna at home.

Milan won this game 2-0 without any blood.

Shaarawi and Pazzini each scored one goal.

Got three points.

On February 23, in the 25th round of Serie A, they challenged Sampdoria away from home.

Milan still rotated in this game.

Even Long Yu and Kaka didn't start.

Chang Ming was also replaced in the second half.

The game ended with a score of 1-0.

Milan relied on Chang Ming's long-range shot to score in the first half and narrowly defeated the opponent.

Winning is more difficult.

But none of this matters.

Because the Champions League knockout games are coming soon.

Four days later, the San Siro Stadium will usher in Milan's first important game in 2014.

In the Champions League quarter-finals, the opponent is Chelsea.

For Milan, they are really destined to play Chelsea this season.

In the European Super Cup at the beginning of the season, Milan met the Europa League champion Chelsea.

The two teams have played against each other this season.

Chelsea's new coach Mourinho is also an old acquaintance of Milan.

In last season's Champions League final, it was Real Madrid led by the Portuguese who almost beat Milan.

In the end, Milan fought hard to win over Mourinho and defeated Real Madrid.

Returning to Chelsea this season, Mourinho naturally hopes to take revenge.

In the transfer market, Milan and Chelsea have also been in constant contact this winter.

In December, Milan made an inquiry to Chelsea and wanted to buy De Bruyne.

This transfer transaction also went relatively smoothly.

After the price was negotiated, Mourinho had almost no objection to the transfer.

All he asked was not to sell it to a league rival.

Going to Serie A, no problem.

In the end, De Bruyne put on Milan's No. 10 jersey and started a new journey.

A few days later, Essien, who peacefully broke up with Chelsea, also turned to Milan and started his own red and black years.

These two signings made Milan quite satisfied.

Chelsea are also happy to trade people they don't need in exchange for Milan's friendship.

But the next thing made Mourinho a little unhappy.

Salah, whom he longed for, was intercepted by Milan?

If I had known this, I would not have given De Bruyne to them so happily!

But the deal is done, and Mourinho can only be secretly unhappy.

Fortunately, they will meet soon.

All grudges will be resolved in these two rounds of competition.

Mourinho is full of resentment, but in Milan, there are also people who are dissatisfied with him.

Among the new players who joined during this winter transfer period, Salah and Sauro are unable to represent Milan in the Champions League.

Because they had already registered for the Champions League qualification on behalf of their former club in the first half of the season, they would not be able to re-register after the winter transfer.

If you want to represent Milan in the Champions League, you have to wait until next season.

But De Bruyne, Essien and Lamy are no problem, they successfully registered for the Champions League qualification.

In this game against Chelsea, Allegri directly arranged three people into the 18-man roster.

When facing old employers, their experience will be of great use.

The afternoon sun is very good today, shining in the tactical training room.

warm.

Tomorrow is the Champions League match against Chelsea.

Alegre did not arrange high-intensity training today.

The whole team focuses on tactical training and set-piece training.

For example, this afternoon, it was completely changed to indoor tactical analysis.

Chelsea information was displayed on the big screen.

Ranked second in the Premier League, only two points behind leader Manchester City.

The same points as Liverpool, but the goal difference is slightly higher, so the Red Army is currently third.

Behind them, Arsenal is in fourth place with seven points behind.

Manchester United, Tottenham, Everton and other teams are even further behind in points.

This season the Premier League presents a three-legged situation.

Although the points are about the same, Chelsea's statistics this season are very interesting.

So far, Manchester City and Liverpool have both scored 72 goals and conceded 34 goals.

On the other hand, Chelsea only scored 50 goals, but only conceded 19 goals.

This data is very representative of the problem!

That Chelsea team with extremely high efficiency and strong defense is back!

In the top scorer list and assist list, there are no Chelsea players at all in the top ten.

This is also incredible.

The best player, Hazard, is only ranked 11th.

That's all.

However, such a low number of goals does not affect Chelsea's points in the Premier League at all.

Many Chelsea fans still remember that during the first period, as long as the team got a 1-0 score, it was stable.

And now, the same is true for Mu Erqi!

The defense is very solid!

Defensive line, Ashley Cole, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta...

The defenders are not very famous, but together they are definitely the world's top defensive team.

There are also strong defensive players such as Matic and Mikel in the midfield.

This Chelsea is like steel and iron.

Although there are not many big-name stars in the frontcourt, the counterattack efficiency is extremely high.

Hazard, Oscar, William, Lampard, Schürrle, Demba Ba...

They have performed very well this season.

Apart from Torres, it was as unsatisfactory as ever...

Overall, this Chelsea team is definitely the strongest opponent Milan has faced this season!

Allegri introduced the opponent, and the players listened carefully.

But De Bruyne was a little distracted.

Everything about Chelsea seems to be around me.
To be continued...