It’s Champions League time, and the stakes in round 5 of the group stage are quite high.
A possible victory for Milan, combined with a loss from Ajax, will qualify the Rossoneri out of the groups to the Round of 16.
But a possible loss here for Auxerre will mean elimination from the League, so the motivation for both teams will be bigger than ever.
Auxerre has achieved only 1 victory so far in the tournament, 2:1 against Ajax. All of their 7 victories in the Champions League have been by 1 goal margin.
This season, Auxerre achieved 2 wins out of 3 games on this stadium, beating Zenit in the play-offs, and as I mentioned Ajax in matchday 4. The team is currently taking the 4th spot in the group with 3 points, but has chances to qualify just as well as AC Milan and Ajax.
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AC Milan so far has 5 points, only 2 points ahead of Auxerre, winning the first game in Italy with 2:0, 2 draws against Ajax away and Real Madrid at home, and a loss against Real Madrid in Spain.
The only regret the Rossoneri can have is that they didn’t manage to keep their 2:1 lead against Real at home and they were equalized in the injury time of the second half.
Milan’s last visit in France was against Marseille on Matchday 1 of last season’s Champions League, a game that the Italians won with 2:1. Their overall record in France is W3 D3 L4.
Milan changed a bit their playing style and now the teams is leading in Serie A. If they can manage to defend well against Auxerre who score at home on the average of 2 goals, then they have a chance to win this game, since both Zlatan Ibrahimovic (3 goals) and Filippo Inzaghi (2 goals) can work something out.
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