Every year, there is a ‘Group of Death’ in the Champions League, but this season, it seems that Group F is the strongest we have seen in decades. PSG, Dortmund, Milan and Newcastle are fighting in the last round, and only the Germans are sure for the knockout phase. All other teams can either go through or finish their European journey tonight, and they all depend on each other. But AC Milan, the seven-time Champions League winner (most since Real) is in the worst position. They need a win in Newcastle and PSG’s win in Dortmund. And on top of that, they have injury problems so big that Theo Hernandez will play as the centre-back. And that’s not all. Days ago, one of their most iconic players in the last decade, Zlatan Ibrahimović, officially came back to the club in a consulting capacity. And that is another potential long-term problem for coach Stefano Pioli, according to Fabio Capello.The decisive battle ⚔️🛡️#NEWACM #UCL #SempreMilan pic.twitter.com/0BUKkJNXiq— AC Milan (@acmilan) December 13, 2023 Famous Milan player and former coach (one Champions League and four Serie A titles) was commenting Zlatan’s appointment, and while he welcomed the move, he pointed out at the potential problems behind all of this, and problems, especially for coach Stefano Pioli, who is already under pressure due to bad results.“Can he go to Milanello? Can he talk to the players? What can he do? Ibra is a smart man, and he can have a key role in certain situations, but when he returned to Milan as a player, he was in the dressing room, and he could have an impact from there. With this statement, we don’t understand if he can enter the dressing room, if he can help Pioli or if this move of integrating Ibra in Milan can be negative for Pioli who could lose his leadership. I think this is the most important point” said Capello.🎙️#Pioli on #Ibrahimovic : “We spoke yesterday. He will certainly be an added value and a resource for the whole club.”Zlatan will not be in Newcastle tomorrow, he will most likely meet the team at #Milanello on Thursday.[@AntoVitiello] pic.twitter.com/xp44nng1nr— Milan Empire (@MilanEmpire) December 12, 2023 Ibrahimović’s official role reads ‘Operating Partner’ and ‘Senior Advisor to Ownership and Senior Management’, something which is not clear to Capello.“This is the problem; this means they lacked somebody to replace Maldini and Ricky Massara. I mean, is this why the club have brought Ibrahimovic back? This is my question. Will Ibra go with the team to Newcastle straight away? If he does, it means there is no longer big trust in Pioli alone. We have to see what Ibrahimovic will do these days. If this is a role only for the future, if it’s about January signings, or if his role will be different. We will understand this in four days between the next two games” said the former Milan coach.Zlatan returns to AC Milan as adviser to ownersWell, so far, so good for Pioli. The team arrived in Newcastle without their new advisor, and what’s even better, their star player Rafael Leao is back and will start the match.Wednesday20:45: (7.75) Crvena Zvezda (4.80) Man.City (1.40)20:45: (1.35) RB Leipzig (5.30) Young Boys (8.00)23:00: (1.65) Atl.Madrid (3.70) Lazio (5.60)23:00: (3.20) Celtic (3.60) Feyenoord (2.30)23:00: (4.00) Dortmund (3.60) PSG (1.90)23:00: (1.95) Newcastle (3.50) Milan (3.90)23:00: (1.50) Porto (4.40) Shakhtar (7.50)23:00: (5.50) Antwerp (3.90) Barcelona (1.63)***odds are subject to change***