Shamrock-Milan 0-2: Rossoneri ahead, goals from Ibra and Calhanoglu

Milan picked up where it had left off. That’s winning and showing two of the players who have contributed the most to the magnificent 2020 career: Ibrahimovic and Calhanoglu. The Devil who overcomes the first obstacle of the Europa League against Shamrock Rovers (2-0) bears his signature and consoles Pioli: certain mechanisms have not rusted. The European tour of Milan now crosses the name of Bodoe / Glimt, the Norwegian team that will arrive at San Siro next Thursday, September 24 for the third preliminary round.

Well the first

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The difference in quality with Shamrock Rovers is obvious but in the first half it is not enough to give the challenge such a clear trend in favor of the Rossoneri. Also because athletically the Irish, at the peak of the season, are doing well and as soon as they can try to restart. Not that the Devil is that crowded, for God’s sake: the ball spin is fast enough and the legs run enough, but that last step is still missing that would give greater clarity on the most important choices and avoid amnesia like Kessie’s after a quarter of ‘now: the Ivorian rudely loses support and triggers the green and white reset with Burke sending Greene to the shot. The left is excellent and forces Donnarumma to make a difficult stop. The first cry of the match is this, Milan is scared and understands that it is better to verticalize and look for the lunge instead of waiting longer to take out the opponents. In fact, the goalkeeping action says exactly this: Calhanoglu dumps O’Neill and sends Ibra to goal, who appreciates O’Brien’s soft mark and puts Mannus in power. Two minutes later, Zlatan takes out Castillejo, and McEneff saves with the empty net. The goal from downside and Rossoneri’s near-total possession, however, did not discourage Shamrock. The attitude, however, as expected, is aggressive, without much frills. And so it happens that Greene (too easily) gets rid of Cage for about half an hour and calls Donnarumma back to intervene. And that when time is up, Finn, alone, hits his head too weakly from a good position.

Duplication

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In the second half, the game floats until halftime, before the devil can put it in the fridge. However, it is only a matter of time before the Rossoneri raise the center of gravity even further. Especially thanks to Calhanoglu, who definitively seizes the trocar. At eight minutes the Turkish international hits the crossbar with a strange header, in the quarter of an hour he burns Mannus’s gloves on a free kick and in the 22nd minute he hits the target. All finished? Let’s just say: four laps after the Rossoneri doubling, Donnarumma has to act again on Greene, and it’s another decidedly tough save. In practice, the last blaze in which Irish ambitions are extinguished. Milan forward, then, with good news and something to review. Ibra confirms -if it was ever necessary- natural leader of the group and fundamental in the dynamics of a match (the goal, the assistance to his teammates), Calhanoglu really seems to have made a decisive leap in quality and Donnarumma -in the first Captain in Europe – Remind everyone that you are on your way to becoming number one in the world. Review some mechanism in the middle, sometimes not very fluid and a bit messy, and the central zone of the defense, which got into difficulties in too many circumstances in proportion to the opponent’s strength. Certain amnesias, now that the championship starts, are very dangerous.