"After losing to Barcelona four times in two seasons, will Milan be able to salvage the defeat?"

"Milan may have to keep second place in their group!"

"The group is worry-free, but it is Long Shute's signing!"

"How can Milan, the weakest in history, shake the reinvigorated Barcelona?!"

……

When the draw results were released, the major media published many articles of analysis and commentary for the first time, but without exception, no one was optimistic about AC Milan.

Even Xu Yang shook his head:

"Long Shute is very strong individually, strong enough to lead the Chinese team to win the Confederations Cup against Italy, but the club is different from the national team, the club relies more on teamwork than the loose national team, and the overall strength of Milan and Barcelona is ...... There is too much difference, and the gap is even greater than that between Barcelona and Ajax. ”

If Long Shute heard this comment, he would probably only nod.

Although Ajax only had two 85+ players in Suarez and Ronshcht, their backline was quite reliable: Belgian double defenders Vertonghen and Aldreveld, Dutch double-backs Blind and Van de Wiel, plus Dutch international Stegrenberg, the overall strength is compared to the aging Milan today, I dare not say that it is completely crushed, but it is not lagging behind, and because of the general youth, the physical advantage is obvious, and the potential for improvement is huge.

If he is given half a season, with the run-in of the team's lineup, coupled with the role of the team's aura, Milan's combat effectiveness will definitely go to a higher level, and he will not be afraid of who he will play against, but now that the schedule has come out, Milan and Barcelona will stage two back-to-back direct encounters in late October and early November.

There was less than two months left for Longshute to prepare.

He has to bring out all the spirit and tactics of Milan in 50 days!

-

The ideal is always beautiful, but the reality is always cruel.

When Lonshit returned to Italy and began to prepare for the second round of the league, he received a piece of unpleasant news:

Shaarawy, Niang, Pazzini, De Sciglio, Abate, Bonella, Gabriel...... All wounded.

Allegri looked at the half-empty Milanello training base and couldn't help but crouch on the ground.

His heart hurts!

Van Basten and Heynckes are possessed by their souls at this moment, he is not alone!

God! Why are you making things difficult for me?

-

Ronshit pursed his lips and began jogging with Balotelli, Kaka, and the others.

He doesn't think that God is deliberately trying to embarrass himself, because these injuries are well documented in the system's information.

For professional teams, player injuries are actually the norm, and the so-called ideal state of full health will not exist most of the time......

It's just that the injury wave in Milan this time is a bit too concentrated, Allegri just went to Monaco to draw a lottery, and there were seven or eight directly lying down in the base camp, and most of them are still the main players, and any coach will doubt his prospects for the new season.

"Congratulations, best player in Europe."

Kaka smiled at Long Shut.

Long Shute shrugged:

"I thought that the Frenchman Platini would take care of his fellow countrymen."

Kaka is for it.

Balotelli snorted in a muffled voice:

"You wait, the best player of the year will be me...... My eldest brother Long Shute!"

Long Shute patted him on the shoulder and nodded in satisfaction:

"Young man, you still have a future in training."

-

As time went on, Lonshit became more and more familiar with the Milan team, including the tempers of their teammates, the coaching staff, the staff, and the janitors.

Allegri is very different from Van Basten and Heynckes, perhaps because he is not a top player himself, Alegris rarely comes off the pitch to show the players in daily training, and the work is more entrusted to assistant coaches Mauro Tasotti and Gattuso, he just looks at each player aimlessly with his hands behind his back, frowning, and unless someone does not work, he will show the momentum of a manager and yell at the player twice.

However, this season, the atmosphere of the team is not bad, although there are many injuries, the morale has been quite high due to successive big wins, and the players are training very seriously.

Especially driven by the two Golden Ball gentlemen, whether it is the old seniors in the team or the troubled young people like Ba Shen, at least during this time, they have worked extremely hard.

Allegri looked at the players who were practicing to grab the lap, and his thoughts had flown nine days away.

The league schedule in September will not be difficult, with only Napoli being a strong opponent, and the real key game will be the match against Juventus in early October. The only good news is that there is still some time to go before the big game against Barcelona, so you and the players don't get too nervous.

However, even if they lose to Barcelona, they can still qualify for second place in the group, after all, Celtic and Ajax are not strong enough to threaten Milan......

Speaking of Ajax......

Allegri's gaze fell back on Ronshit.

This guy is an Ajax academy player, facing his old club...... It doesn't go out of order, does it?

-

September 1.

Serie A second round.

San Siro Stadium.

"Welcome to this round of Premier League and, oh no, Serie A, as AC Milan host Cagliari at the San Siro for the first time of the season."

Zhan Tianjun felt a little uncomfortable, after all, in his past 20 years of commentary career, 90% of the games were in the Premier League, and the other 10% were in the Champions League.

However, this did not affect his mentality, and he still made detailed preparations before the game:

"AC Milan is arguably the most eye-catching club this summer, former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who has been at the helm of the Rossoneri for more than 20 years, broke up with the team, and a new Chinese investor took over the century-old giant, and spent more than 120 million euros to bring the team two Ballon d'Or and Kaka!

The big splash has made a huge difference for Milan, with two Champions League qualifiers and one Serie A fixture this season, including a 12-0 thrashing away at PSV Eindhoven, and many believe that the reason why they only won 4-1 in the second leg was because the vast majority of the main teams did not play. ”

"It's a fact that if players such as Ronshit and Balotelli keep up the first leg, PSV Eindhoven should concede more than four ......"

Guest Zhang Lu also agreed:

"Although there are still big doubts about Milan's strong comeback this season, after all, they have not made a strong addition to the back, there is no doubt that the arrival of Lonjut and Kaka has put the team back in the spotlight."

"That's right, the numbers don't lie."

Zhan Tianjun opened his folder:

According to the official statistics of Serie A, in the 12-13 season, the clubs with the highest attendance in Italy are Inter Milan and AC Milan, with an average audience of 46,551 and 43,651 respectively, which seems good at first glance, but you must know that the maximum capacity of the San Siro or Meazza stadium is 81,000 people, and these two figures are almost half of the capacity. And even in key battles such as the Milan derby and the fierce battle against Juventus, this old stadium has never been full, which shows the slump of the Serie A football market. ”

He changed his words:

"But this season has clearly changed, with more than 60,000 attendees at the San Siro in the second leg of the Champions League qualifying round, and today we can clearly see through the camera that there are almost no empty seats in the stands, and this is the most intuitive effect of Lonjut!"

Amid the cheers of more than 70,000 fans at the scene, Long Shute walked out of the players' tunnel alone.

Ambrosini, Kaka, Balotelli...... As well as the opponent Cagliari, the players stood on both sides and gave him a round of applause.

Holding the ugly trophy, Ronshette made his way through the crowd to the very center of San Siro.

Facing the main stands, he lifted the trophy for Europe's best player in the air and patted the Milan crest on his chest.

Thunderous applause erupted from the stands, and shrill whistles pierced the sky over San Siro.

In the South Stand, where Milan's most fanatical fans gather, several flags with portraits of Lonjut are fluttering in the wind.

Long Shute's gaze fell there, and then he smiled slightly.

It won't take long for these tiny flags to become giant posters, engulfing the entire South Stand and the entire San Siro!