AC Milan arrived in Empoli with a big opportunity to give themselves a bit of breathing room in the quest to secure a Champions League place.
According to what is being reported by Calciomercato.com, Milan have a real chance to deal a blow to Bologna and Fiorentina. The latter drew against Genoa at home on Friday night, while Fiorentina did not score against Sassuolo lost 1-0.
They were, and still are, the fifth and fourth place sides in the league, so the third-placed Rossoneri can build a nice gap in the Champions League positions especially given that Atalanta and Roma will face off against each other tonight.
Stefano Pioli is able to count on the presence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has been advisor to RedBird for almost a month now and has been in contact with everyone at Milanello. He will be there at today’s game, hoping for a different outcome from the first one he attended.
That was on December 22 when Milan dropped points against the rock-bottom side Salernitana, which – after dropping points against Udinese and Lecce – continued a worrying trend of losing focus against bottom-half sides.
The mission for Milan is simple: fight for the title as long as it is possible to do so, but secure a top four spot without the same angst as last season.
Furlani and co made Milan compete with Bologna and Fiorentina. What a mess…
Which they stand at 4th and 5th place. Not too different from last season. Last season we essentially finished 5th.
I want to read about results not going the way for teams above us not teams below.