Ahead of tonight's UEFA Cup tie with FC Zurich, AC Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti admits they're in a "delicate situation".

"You wash your dirty laundry at home and not in the town square," Carletto insisted.

"Of course this is a delicate situation but the players want to get out of it and the club have taken an attentive and lucid approach.

"The UEFA Cup is a secondary objective for us but it would be interesting to still be fighting for it at the end of March and the idea of getting to the Final is an added stimulus."