AC Milan take on the visitors Red Bull Salzburg in the round 6 match of UEFA Champions League group stage. The match will be played on Wednesday, November 2nd at San Siro (Milan).
Milan have only recently come out of a long recession - and this is rightly considered the result of the work of Stefano Pioli. To begin with, this coach returned the wards to the Champions League after a long pause. It turned out unsuccessfully: a year ago, the Italians became only 4th in the company with Porto, Atlético and Liverpool. But, perhaps, the lack of a European cup load helped the Red-Blacks break away from their pursuers in the spring and finally take the Scudetto. Over the summer, the club has changed, but so far remains about the same as last season. They look good in Calcio, where they try to defend 1st place (although Rossoneri are behind Spalletti's Napoli). But in the European arena, the Italians are again unconvincing. They lost to the main favorite of their group, Chelsea: 0-3 in London, 0-2 at home. And in Salzburg there was only a draw. However, 2 victories over Dinamo (Zagreb) allowed to come to the last match in 2nd place in the quartet. Moreover, a draw at the San Siro will be enough for the hosts to squeeze into the playoffs.
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Red Bull Salzburg arenow faced with an unsportsmanlike but important problem. Dietrich Mateschitz, the founder of the eponymous sports (and not only) empire, died this month. Who knows if the successors of the oligarch will be just as generous, especially for football in Austria... The Bulls do not just dominate their country at the moment - they gradually got used to the Champions League, and even managed to qualify for the play-offs, where Bayern's nerves were tickled at home. Now the wards of Matthias Jaisle lost only in the 5th round, Chelsea. True, before that there were 3 draws (all 1-1) and only Dinamo (Zagreb) was defeated. As a result, the alignment before the decisive match in Milan is as follows: Red Bull has 6 points. By winning, they guarantee themselves 2nd place and admission to the playoffs. But having lost, they run the risk of slipping to 4th if the unmotivated Blues give way 3 points to the Croats.
Before this season’s Champions League, the clubs crossed paths as far back as 1994. Then the Italians were head and shoulders stronger and "dry" won both matches. Bookmakers, judging by the quotes, believe that Milan will win, and easily. But in this group, high-scoring fights rarely happened. You can safely bet on "total under 3.0 goals".
Prediction for the match: Under 3.0 scored goals.
