The 21-time Swedish champion got its start in the Champions League at an early stage. In July-August the “sky-blue” knocked out “Riga”, HIK, “Rangers” and “Ludogorets” from this tournament. The first round did not bring any surprises. The Swedish champion suffered three or three possible defeats in the group stage of the main club trophy in Europe. In the first round Jon-Dal Tomasson’s charges were defeated at home by Juventus (0:3), followed by a fiasco in St. Petersburg at Zenit (0:4). The final stage of the first round ended with the same result, but this time Malmo lost to today’s opponent in London. It should be noted that the Swedish team did not manage to score during this time. In the national championship Malmo won 15 victories and drew six times over 26 rounds, which brought 51 points and the first position in the standings. Following the draw with Varberg (1:1), the team celebrated success twice in games with AIK (1:0) and Sirius (3:2). Beimo, Knudsen, Levitski and Toivonen will not be able to enter the pitch today.
Milan, unlike their today’s rival, had an ideal starting segment of the championship – Stefano Pioli’s team did not suffer a single defeat in 10 rounds. However, at the same time, the Rossoneri are not the leader of Serie A. Napoli also gave a brilliant start and pulled ahead due to additional indicators. The third Inter was already seven points behind. In the last round, Milan beat Torino with a score of 1:0 in a very difficult match. The victory was the sixth in a row in the championship. The situation for the Rossoneri is much more difficult in the Champions League. On Wednesday, Milan will host Porto at home and this fight may become decisive. Another failure will deprive Milan of any chance of qualifying from the group in which the club has not yet gained a single point.
