What happens in the Champions League standings if AC Milan were to draw with Dinamo Zagreb? All the combinations for passing the round
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Milan will take the field in a few hours for a match of the utmost importance. The Rossoneri’s Champions League had gotten off on the wrong foot: two defeats in a row against two biggies like Liverpool and Bayer Leverkusen that hinted at a very complicated group stage, for the first time only as envisaged by the new format. The turning point came on the historic night in Madrid: when everyone expected a debacle, Paulo Fonseca’s team managed a feat.
A success of great historical importance but above all of great importance for the continuation of the path, from there on downhill against opponents within reach. It was not easy to win these matches, especially in the last two against Red Star and Girona, but in the end the points we needed came. Today we are in the last act: Milan plays in Zagreb against Dinamo and has its destiny in its own hands, and that is what worries the fans a bit.
With a win, the Rossoneri, currently sixth in the standings with 15 points, would be arithmetically qualified for the round of 16 without going through the Play Offs, and that would be a boon considering that they would then play two very tough games less in February. But what happens if there is a draw in Croatia?
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Sergio Conceicao and his boys must win at all costs because with three points there will be no need for any calculation: thanks to the goal difference, Milan would be certain to be among the top eight in the standings: a great achievement if we consider the bad season played so far and the difficult moment between roster problems, injuries, internal cases and physical condition.
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Dinamo Zagreb is not doing well: it has been under Fabio Cannavaro’s management for a few weeks now and is in great difficulty but Milan is not a reliable team from this point of view and we know how up and down it is in performances and results. A problem of mentality and attitude of the players that Conceicao is trying to solve but it will not be easy, especially not in a short time.
Eliminating any doubt by winning in Zagreb, perhaps without suffering as with Parma, could be a first step forward. Should a draw come, Milan would ruin itself with its own hands: it would still have a chance to go to the round of 16 without a play-off but at that point passage would depend on the results of the other teams.
Only at the end of all the matches, which will be played at the same time at 9 p.m. to avoid any kind of problem, can the calculations of points and goal difference be made to arrive at a judgment. The same goes for defeat: if Milan were to lose, even then its passage to the direct round would depend on the results of the other matches. Suffering to be avoided at all costs: the goal must be to win and sweep away all doubts.
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