Ancelotti under pressure to deliver in UEFA Cup

MILAN: It may only be the UEFA Cup but AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti will nevertheless be desperate to get a good result at home to FC Zurich in the first round, first leg on Thursday.

Milan had openly stated prior to the season beginning that Serie A was its main priority, suggesting that the UEFA Cup - which Milan finds itself in after a poor fifth place finish in last season's championship - would be used to rotate the squad a little.

And while ideally that would be the case for Ancelotti, he badly needs a win to fend off the circling vultures beginning to congregate not so high above his head.