Revive Liverpool

Chapter 144 The Champions League is over?

When the time comes to February, this season's UEFA Champions League knockout round is finally about to kick off.

Liverpool's first Champions League knockout match of the new year will be away to AC Milan.

Liverpool and AC Milan meet for the first time since their two Champions League final encounters.

The two teams defeated their opponents once in the two Champions League finals and won the final Big Ears Cup.

The current AC Milan is probably the afterglow of the setting sun. In two more seasons, it will be difficult to see AC Milan in the Champions League. Unlike AC Milan, which is gradually declining, Liverpool is now the new sun and is at the starting point of revival.

Of course, these future things are always difficult to predict. Who would have thought that AC Milan, which just won the Serie A championship last season, will stay away from the Champions League after two seasons and have no hope of returning. Who can assert that Liverpool will definitely stay in the Champions League after that.

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Well, back to reality, Li Nan also followed the team to AC Milan to take a look at the Meazza Stadium/San Siro Stadium, this great stadium.

Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, also known as San Siro Stadium, is located in the San Siro district of Milan, Italy, 6 kilometers away from the center of Milan. It is owned by the Milan City Government and is a UEFA five-star football stadium.

The stadium is shared by Serie A teams AC Milan and Inter Milan.

The stadium was built on September 1926, 9. The stadium originally belonged to AC Milan.

But in 1935, AC Milan sold the stadium to the local government.

1980年3月3日，为纪念20世纪三40年代先后效力于米兰双雄的意大利著名球员朱塞佩·梅阿查，米兰市政府将该球场正式命名为朱塞佩·梅阿查球场。

But there is a good saying "Milan's San Rossi, Inter Milan's Meazza", Milan fans probably don't call the stadium the Meazza Stadium.

At 2:15 on February 20th, the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, AC Milan played against Liverpool at home in San Siro.

Liverpool's lineup for this game is goalkeeper Keylor Navas, two central defenders David Luiz and Skrtel, and two full-backs Glenn Johnson and Danny Rose.

De Bruyne, Meireles, Kante, Aquilani, Griezmann in midfield.

Forward Suarez.

AC Milan at home took the lead in kick-off.

In the 2nd minute, Liverpool took the lead in attacking the goal. Griezmann cut in from the left and shot with his right foot from the top of the penalty area. The ball went above the goal.

In the 4th minute, Kevin Boateng returned with his heel, and Seedorf shot with his right foot from the top of the penalty area, and the ball hit the left side net.

In the 12th minute, Seedorf was injured and was replaced by Emmanuelson.

In the 13th minute, Kevin Boateng made a pass from the left, and Ibrahimovic knocked back directly in the penalty area. Emmanuelsen volleyed with his left foot 14 meters away from the goal, and the ball missed the left post!

In the 16th minute, after Nocerino broke Navas' big kick, he volleyed a pass from the right. Kevin Boateng stopped the ball in the chest on the right and then volleyed with his right foot 15 meters away from the goal. The ball flew into the upper corner of the goal like a shell!
A world wave! AC Milan leads Liverpool [-]-[-].

In the 21st minute, Robinho passed the ball from the left, and Nocerino shot with his right foot 20 meters away from the goal on the right side of the front court, and the ball was slightly higher than the lintel!

In the 25th minute, Aquilani took a free kick on the right. Suarez shook his head and attacked the goal 9 meters away from the goal. The ball lacked strength and Abbiati got it.

In the 33rd minute, Antonini's right-footed shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked by the defender. Antonini intercepted the ball and then passed it to the penalty area. Nocerino volleyed from a small angle from the right side of the penalty area, and the ball was much higher.

In the 38th minute, Ibrahimovic broke into the penalty area from the left after receiving a direct pass from the midfielder. The Swede made a pass near the bottom line.Two to zero, Milan expanded the score advantage.

In the 42nd minute, Kevin Boateng made a pass from the right, and Ibrahimovic's header from the small penalty area was blocked by Skrtel in front of the goal line.

In the stoppage time of the first half, Ibrahimovic went straight, and Boateng broke into the penalty area from the right and shot with his right foot 14 meters away from the goal.

At the end of the first half, Liverpool led [-]-[-]. Liverpool's away game in AC Milan seemed a bit difficult.

Liverpool made adjustments at halftime and Lewandowski came off the bench to replace Aquilani.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. In the 50th minute, Ibrahimovic passed the ball from the left. Danny Rose slipped and missed the ball. Robinho got the ball from the top of the penalty area and turned around with his right foot.Three to zero, Milan expanded the score advantage.

Live commentary The commentators who supported Liverpool saw that Liverpool was now [-]-[-] behind, and they no longer knew what to say.

Especially because the ball was caused by Liverpool's own mistakes.

In the 62nd minute, Mex violated Griezmann and received a yellow card.

In the 65th minute, Aquilani passed the ball from the right, Suarez rubbed the pass with his heel, Lewandowski made a strong low shot with his left foot on the penalty area line, Abbiati fell to the ground and saved the ball bravely!

Liverpool made another substitution, with Gerrard replacing De Bruyne.

Milan then replaced Boateng with Ambrosini.

In the 71st minute, Kanter brought down Ibrahimovic and received a yellow card.

In the 77th minute, Ibrahimovic broke into the penalty area from the left, and David Luiz brought it down!
Penalty, David Luiz receives a yellow card.

Ibrahimovic made a strong attack and made a penalty in the lower left corner of the goal. Navas judged the right direction but couldn't save the ball!

Four to zero, AC Milan expanded its advantage, and Ibrahimovic roared and celebrated after scoring. This is the Swede's fifth Champions League goal this season.

Liverpool lost four goals in the away game, and now Liverpool has not scored an away goal, which makes Liverpool's path to the Champions League promotion extremely bleak.

In the 81st minute, Ambrosini violated Gerrard, received a yellow card, and will be suspended for the second round.

Pato formed a single-handedly before the end, but his volley was saved by Navas.

In the end, it was four to zero, and the score was fixed.

Liverpool suffered a disastrous away game. This 4-goal defeat was the biggest defeat an English club has suffered against an Italian team in 54 years.

The last 4-goal defeat was the semi-finals of the Champions League in the 1957-1958 season. Manchester United lost to AC Milan [-]-[-] away and missed the Champions League final.

The two old enemies of Liverpool and Manchester United were hanged together on the pillar of shame in the Premier League, and they were both sent by AC Milan.

Liverpool's Champions League road seems to have come to an end. In the history of the Champions League, no team has ever completed a reversal after falling behind by 4 goals and without an away goal.

(End of this chapter)