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Those who think Milan is about to be downsized by competitors hotting up their engines are very distracted. Whoever thinks that the simultaneous absence of Ibrahimovic, Kjaer, Gabbia, Bennacer and Theo Hernández – that is, half of the starting team – should not produce consequences, does not know about football or even arithmetic in the sense that it cannot count. Therefore, the 2 to 2 with Genoa, also thanks to Donnarumma’s final prowess, is a warning for the sailors. And here the obvious reference is to the ownership of Milan because from January it will play a decisive role. In the next two games, with Sassuolo and Lazio, it will be necessary to get the last energy left in the group’s tank. In January, in addition to Ibra, some other recovery will be possible, but in January an incredible tour de force will begin. Yes, because this is the second feature of this season: it will be played non-stop, non-stop, between the championship, the European Cups and the Italian Cup.
Take, for example, the return matches against Inter and Roma: they are included in the schedule between the round trip with Red Star. It is unthinkable to face the next months with the current staff available. The explanation is quite elementary. You can make room for Kalulu, born in 2000, you can throw Brahim Diaz into the fray, you can expect Leao to regain a decent polish and Rebic to return the pre-elbow injury but we cannot expect that in these precarious conditions, the Milan and Pioli can maintain the same average of points and goals until the end (match 14 with 2 goals produced).
So you have to ask yourself: is it possible, in the winter window of the football transfer market, to prop up the current squad by filling some gaps reported in recent months (in midfield, for example, in defense again? ) trying to tear off those pieces never used until now, even in classic emergency conditions (Krunic, Duarte or the very young Colombo type)? It is true: normally in January the famous tapas do not move but it is equally true that in January it is always possible to “take out” the right pieces for a team like Milan. I will give two didactic examples: aside from Van Bommel and Cassano in the year of the Scudetto, I would add Balotelli in the year of Allegri’s third place. Reinforcements should not be a stopgap, of course.
Romagnoli deserves a separate chapter. Premise: he has returned from a long muscle injury. He had to recover quickly for Gabbia’s covid. He is returning from a not exactly exemplary performance and, in my point of view, the explanation is also due to the absence of Kjaer, who had made the AC Milan defense more secure and compact in previous episodes. Now, having a boy in his first experience on paper (Kalulu is a full back, let’s not forget that), he seems concerned and determined to recommend the correct position to his partner.
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