Same story, different date. AC Milan lost 3-1 to Barcelona at the Camp Nou on Wednesday night in a match it felt like we’d seen a thousand times before. The monotony that is a Rossoneri Champions League campaign is quickly getting tiresome, and everybody is losing out, including Milan themselves.
When Philippe Mexes turned home a late winner in the trip to Siena on the final day of last season, it was hoped that Milan would take the near-miss that was their run to the top three as a kick up the backside. But six months on they are simply reliving last season over again, except that they are now lacking the slither of hope that Stephan El Shaarawy offered this time last year
For too many years now, the Diavolo have been too happy to beat the bad teams and put up vain attempts against better outfits when they have been in Champions League action. Once priding themselves on their continental record, they now seem satisfied with any kind of post-Christmas representation, taking to trips like Wednesday in Catalunya with the inferiority complex usually reserved for European minnows. That is simply not good enough
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