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Ah, how nice to write after another win. Luckily today it was my turn, who knows what nonsense I would have written after the previous pulls, mostly children of fatigue, bad luck and some mistakes. We not only won and convinced, but we did it in line with our current style: cheekily, in acceleration. Ready to go we looked for the door, and found it, against the naive altar boys of the Prophet who perhaps thought of a startled clink. Instead Pioli has prepared a trap in training, perfectly executed. What a maximum and sumptuous pleasure, as well as the 2-0 signed by Bat-Theo and Robin-maeker and technical KO for the green-blacks, even in an embarrassing 1vs4 in the left-handed lane after Diaz’s outgoing ball by the nuclear acceleration of The O . Great happiness for the Belgian, who tiptoed into my heart as a fan for his monstrous dedication to the cause and symbol of an unexpected Milan, along with his partner Calabria. But let’s not go too far into Pellegattian narratives.
We get ahead of ourselves with all the pros and cons. There is pressure, but also cleaner air. There is competition to avoid, but in everyone’s heart there is a desire and it grows. Considering the returns of Saele, of Hauge, but also of Kalulu, the last player with no name and with all the substance, he could also be 100% confident in exploration. Why not, I say? In fact, it seems that Milan want to stay true to the line or limit themselves to seizing opportunities, a situation much more than legitimate. However, I believe that the further we advance, the more we want to achieve any objective, we will need people a little less fresh, a little more used to having few opportunities and exploiting them all, players also capable of enriching a tactical work context instead of simply entering he. Difficult to do in January, but if the owner has done and undone in the last 12 months just by looking only at the results, maturing even the revolutionary ideas and then denying them, why should he ignore the ranking today? It wouldn’t be smart in any way. Those who stay still in January ignoring the needs, thanks to the ranking and the form, often do not end well. There are no obligations, but the story of ‘let’s be satisfied thinking where we come from’ boh, I don’t like it and it’s not how I want to live it
The look is already in the next round, against Lazio. Simone Inzaghi’s lineup is not as hot as it was last year, but he still beat Napoli in the final round by aiming for the race in fourth place. Eighth with 21 points, the biancocelesti have the tenth attack (eleventh for xG), and the tenth defense of the tournament; Precisely the defensive line represents the weak point of the 11th Lazio, especially if it does not have Acerbi. Difficulties also in the offensive phase, where neither Luis Alberto nor Correa are repeated after the Stockton-Malone last year; they are still quality players and obviously there is Immobile, always the best among the finishers. The Tucu between minor injuries and relapses is almost permanently in the middle of the service, while the Spanish midfielder struggles with pain in the groin; situations that partially coincide with our situation, including attrition, injuries and disqualifications. The rooster mentality in Lotito’s henhouse created a hypertensive group, but pettiness prevented parts for the attack, as well as the club’s plane. However, the Biancocelesti are a formidable team and they are well managed, they will put us in difficulties, also given the simultaneous absence of Bennacer and Kessie, with a specific weight probably higher than that of Ibra. They are no longer the fast, clinical, at times grueling team of last year, they play in a more serious way and with a less effective push on outsiders, less pressing and an even more marked dependence on Immobile. In this the normalization of Luis Alberto, mind and instep, was fundamental, but if it turns on there may be pain; Always dangerous Milinkovic-Savic, currently the team’s best spiker.
Gaius Natal instead of Juventus at home, who will face Fiorentina, certainly not the rival that we think can give us some joy in return. The Ribéry-Callejón axis is very boring, in particular the Spaniard has more gel in his head than steps forward, while Juventus balances between disturbing performances and other bombastic ones, with (unfortunately) one foot out of the pockets in which they are got in last month. Exclusive merit of Ronaldo or a little more salt for Pirlo, who knows? Surely it is not the battleship of recent years, although it retains the best defense (with a less played game), but continuing in this way we will reach the befana as losers, although perhaps still in front (we hope) and we will need all the form and possible men for the company who could change many faces and speeches. It will be an important day.
Inter will face Hellas, a team around which there is a very strong hype but which basically presents itself with a nice intense 5-5-0, organized, horrible and so far also an incredible performance given that Hellas is at the helm. at the same time the third best defense and the second team that gives the opponents the greatest chances (super-Silvestri has put his hand out many times). There are those who go crazy for Juric, not me, however the utmost respect because with that jumble of several and possible ones you have to be magicians to make all those points and bring home salvation substantially in December. Here you can confirm it against the Piangina, who has cried so much for the penalties that now fall to them (as always, Marotta & Conte style). As you know, I am not racist with Conte as defensive / crazy / overrated or fan of Gagliardini; but only because he’s hunchbacked. His football is high-level and effective, the results are always on his side (except in Europe where it is enjoyed), the climate of terror and oppression that he creates in the end somehow pays off. I think the Nerazzurri are favorites for the Scudetto, if not this year, when? However, the transplantation of the hunchback among the Bauscia sometimes creates a crisis of rejection; we must stay there without being afraid of them.
For fourth place more down to earth, you have to take a look at the home of Roma, which was liquefied in the recovery of Bergamo after a first half hour where if it was tight it would have deserved at least another goal in favor; It is a divided team, without balance: from the metafield up, expert, efficient, refined (although the good Pedro increasingly resembles a memory of himself – Ribéry type), with the insertions of Pellegrini, Veretout and Spinazzola to form an offensive battery sometimes tremendous; from the metafield down inexperienced, fickle, young. A draft touched by too many different hands, even if the presence of players like Dzeko and Mkhitaryan still makes it eligible for fourth place; He will play with Di Francesco’s Cagliari, another formation with a lethal counterattack but with a butter defense.
Napoli have yet to find their way, and the ugly consecutive knockouts against Inter and Lazio could compromise the group of teams, little focused and very humorous as their coach. The rhetoric dominates, the results weak, even if the dry Neapolitans in direct confrontations are still in tow of the leading group.
Atalanta, on the other hand, is going through an indecipherable moment, and unfortunately returning the helm to Gasperini seems to have been the winning move for the Percassi; after a start to the championship in which the ways and ideas of the famous coach had taken away the smile of the players and annihilated the tridentazo Papu-Duvan-Ilicic / Muriel, a 70-goal foursome last year, the Bergamo team rallied after the already infamous Gasp-Papu duel. Away from the steamroller aura, with all due respect Malinovskiy-Pessina and this Zapata don’t make you tremble, but if instead Ilicic recovered or if Gasp once again insisted on the Colombian tandem then look at them too.
Merry Christmas to all and also in 2021 Always Forza Milan!
Larry
