As an Italian team, Milan's multi-line combat pressure is actually not as great as in some leagues, such as England.
In England, there is an extra League Cup, and whether it is the League Cup or the FA Cup, Premier League teams always join the battle in the third round.
As for AC Milan, as the champions of Serie A last season, they directly entered the fifth round of the Coppa Italia, that is, the top 16, so the total number of games was much less than that of the English team.
But even so, Pan Yi still hopes to make reasonable personnel arrangements according to Milan's schedule to ensure that Milan can win the most critical game - this is actually consistent with everyone's strategy when playing FM games.
Especially the Champions League, which Pan Yi values most.
In the previous draw, Milan drew a fairly good opponent-Arsenal.
Since winning the title undefeated in the 2003-04 season, Arsenal has faced more and more opponents in the Premier League, from Chelsea to Manchester City, plus the already strong Manchester United, and the slowly recovering Liverpool, and even some have suddenly appeared.
Come to Leicester City...
This has resulted in Arsenal never winning the championship since then, and can only compete for four every year.
And after coach Arsene Wenger retired and left the team, Arsenal couldn't even crack the top four.
As far as this season, that is, the 2011-2012 season, Arsenal's strength is actually pretty good. The team has young stars like Robin van Persie and Rosicky, as well as players like Ramsey and Theo Walcott.
young rookies, and even King Henry, who returned on loan from the New York Red Bulls.
But compared to opponents like Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Bayern, Pan Yi is certainly more willing to touch Arsenal.
It's January now, and the Champions League's top 16 knockout rounds will start in February, so Pan Yi also has to take precautions and prepare for these two home and away games.
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On January 18, in the fifth round of the Italian Cup, which was the round of 16, AC Milan defeated Novara 2:1 at home and successfully advanced.
This game is indeed not as simple as imagined.
Novara, a newly promoted team that was struggling in Serie A, showed momentum in the Italian Cup and tied with Milan 1:1 in the regular 90 minutes.
In the end, it was not until the 110th minute of overtime that Milan scored the winning goal from Salah and eliminated the opponent.
In the 19th round of Serie A on January 21, which was also a "back-to-back" match between the two teams, Novara, which had lost its confidence, suddenly became vulnerable and lost to Milan 0:3 at home.
This is their 11th defeat this season, and this performance also puts them firmly at the bottom of the standings.
Next, there is another tense and familiar schedule.
AC Milan will first face Lazio in the quarter-finals of the Italian Cup, then return to Serie A to play Cagliari, and then face Lazio immediately.
Continuously playing against the same opponents will inevitably make the Milan soldiers feel exhausted.
Fortunately, AC Milan still performed as well as it should. They defeated Lazio 3:1 in the Italian Cup and 2:0 in Serie A, and in the other game they defeated Cagliari 3:0. p>
In these games, Ibrahimovic, who returned from suspension, was in great form and scored five goals in a row.
In the Serie A scorer list, after 20 rounds, he topped the list with 15 goals.
This is what he achieved after missing five or six games!
Behind him is Inter Milan's Argentine forward Milito, with 11 goals.
Then there is Udinese's Di Natale, with 10 goals. The performance of this Italian veteran is the key to Udinese's good results this season.
Tied with him is Naples' Uruguayan striker Cavani, who also scored 10 goals.
Although these forwards are in very good shape, they are still a bit behind Ibrahimovic.
So another goal of Pan Yi this season is to let Ibrahimovic win the Serie A Golden Boot, or even awards such as the best player.
After all, team honors must be won, and individual honors cannot be left behind!
However, in the next game, Milan once again ushered in a "back-to-back" game!
They will meet Napoli in the 21st round of the league and the semi-finals of the Italian Cup.
In fact, there are so many consecutive matches against the same opponent in Italy. People who are familiar with Serie A know that this is not uncommon.
The reason is very simple. Last season, the top eight teams were directly sent to the top 16, which in itself greatly reduced the room for upsets of low-level teams.
The other eight teams that can reach the top 16 are often already Serie A teams.
So when it came to the top 16, it was basically a duel between Serie A teams. This was completely different from the English FA Cup, where teams from the Championship, League One or even lower levels often competed in the later stages.
From the Coppa Italia to the semi-finals and finals, fans will find that basically it is the same teams every year, such as Juventus, Inter Milan, and at most a few Roma, Lazio, Napoli and so on. They are all old faces, and there is a very small chance that they will win.
Other teams will appear.
Of course, there is another reason for this, that is, the competitiveness of lower-level teams in Serie A is not as competitive as that of England.
After all, many English Championship teams are actually very rich and can buy good stars so that they can compete with Premier League teams in the FA Cup.
Teams in League One, League Two or lower often treat the FA Cup as if they were playing chicken, treating it as the most important game of a season.
At this time, if they encounter a Premier League team that is fighting on multiple fronts, is a little absent-minded or training new players, it is possible to win an upset.
In any case, AC Milan was still affected by "aesthetic fatigue" in these two games against Naples.
They were first held to a 1:1 draw by Naples at home in Serie A, and then another 1:1 draw with them in the first leg of the Italian semifinals.
Yes, the Italian semi-finals are different from previous games in that they will be played in two rounds.
In other words, Milan will play four games with Naples this season. It really makes me want to vomit when I see the other players.
The opponents are the same, and the processes and results of these two games are mirror images.
The goals scored by both sides in the two games were Ibrahimovic and Cavani.
The two great strikers are considered to be quite competitive.
Whether it’s the Serie A top scorer list or the Coppa Italia, we have to compete.
There was no winner between the two in these two match days, and the suspense will be left to the second leg of the Italian Cup semi-finals one and a half months later.
In the 22nd round of the league, after AC Milan defeated this season's dark horse Udinese 2:1 in an away game, they finally ushered in an opponent who could cheer them up.
This is also Pan Yi’s most valued opponent recently.