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More than the absences, the mangy Sampdoria and the succession of closed matches, the real great difficulty of the Genoa night was another. Leading Milan is a team made up of boys without their technical and “spiritual” guidance and none of these players have struggled to finish first. The history of football teaches that It is one thing to go out into the field “carefree”, without worrying about the result and without having high expectations. Another thing is to go out onto the field with the “obligation” to win every game.
And Milan in Genoa, after the victories of Inter, Juve and Napoli, had taken the field with the obligation to win to maintain the advantage in the classification. Here, this mental aspect was precisely the greatest difficulty to overcome against Sampdoria. And once again the Rossoneri surprised everyone and managed to get out of the hat a match of extraordinary character, cohesion and determination.
In addition to Ranieri’s team, tough and grumpy, very dangerous on idle balls, the heavy field was also put into operation that sent the very light into crisis. Brahim Diaz |. Pioli’s choice turned out to be the wrong one, but the technician was ready to put the pieces back in place by re-centering Calhanoglu and getting into the promising Hauge at the beginning of recovery. The Norwegian proved to be of a different kind than the Malaga player and once again was decisive in starting the wonderful action of doubling Castillejo.
An action that also featured Rebic, one of the best in the Marassi field. The Croat will certainly not have the presence in the area and the tactical wisdom of Ibrahimovic, but in these games he is replacing him in a big way. Both in the construction phase of the attack maneuver and when he is going to reject all the corner kicks of Sampdoria in his own penalty area. The only one that failed to repel was the one that led to the goal that reopened the game just when it seemed that it had just closed. And that last quarter of an hour of suffering was the demonstration of the group’s exceptional cohesion and strength..
The exhausted Milan gritted his teeth and made a wall to take home 3 very heavy points to continue this increasingly exciting escape scudetto. And this show of force can only be provided by a very, very united group. A group capable of make up for the absence of anyone, also from key players like Ibra, Bennacer and Kjiaer. In this sense, the performance of the young Gabbia, architrave of a defensive front from the past, is also truly exceptional.
The group photograph is that of the team that is in the center of the field at the end of the match, also in the presence of Paolo Maldini, to celebrate together a very resounding victory, especially because of the way it has matured. For many years we have seen the “bunch” of Rossoneri players who came together to orient themselves in the pre-game and then on the field, in the locker room and in society, that group melted like snow in the sun. In this Milan, on the other hand, there is no need to be the motivating “bunch” in the pre-match, but it is much more meaningful to do the same “bunch” to celebrate. wins in the post-match.
It is an iconographic difference between the current AC Milan and the depressing one of recent years.
Small final appendix: Genoa’s victory was clear and Calvarese’s refereeing was impeccable. It is true, Milan has already taken 8 penalties, but none of them were invented, quite the opposite. Let’s not start thinking about the history of favorite Milan now.
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