Real Madrid is coming down on Tuesday at 2 pm on a mission to turn around in the Champions League. The opponent is AC Milan. Which is also the former club of Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. So Milan's past glory comes to the fore.
Seven-time European champions Milan. Only Real Madrid have won more titles than them. His last title was won under Ancelotti. Beating Liverpool in 2007. Milan was the star market then.
Ancelotti's team included Paulo Maldini, Kaka, Filippo Inzaghira. Before 2007, Milan also won the Champions League under Ancelotti in 2003. So the current coach of Real Madrid is getting excited to see the club in the past. According to him, 'It is definitely a special match for me when I think about the past. I think it will be a good match. Milan may not have started well. But their team is good. have talent.'
Milan's last success was 17 years ago. Madrid won 6 Champions Leagues during this period. Three of those were won with Ancelotti in the dugout. And Milan's last best success in the tournament was the 2023 semi-final. A brilliant campaign that saw them reach the last four ended bitterly in defeat to city rivals Inter Milan.
Ancelotti isn't a Milan icon just because he won two Champions Leagues. He has also rocked the field as a classy midfielder for the Red and Blacks. Won the old European Cup in 1989 and 1990. The most memorable moment in his career was in 1989. Milan defeated Madrid 5-0 in the second leg of the semi-final. Ancelotti scored the opening goal in that match with a rocket speed shot. Frank Ricard, Marco von Basten, Ruud Gullit and Roberto Donadoni also scored. The match is still talked about.
At the same time, Manchester City is coming down at 2 pm. Their opponents are again Sporting CP. This match is again in discussion for the new coach of Manchester United Ruben Amorim. He will join the English club after playing for Sporting for the last time today. In the league so far, both the City and Sporting teams have seven points in 3 matches. It is important to turn the city around again. Bournemouth tasted first defeat in the Premier League. The rate at which the unbeaten streak in the league has also been interrupted.
