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Milan exists even without Ibrahimovic. But perhaps there could not be a Milan without Calhanogluby far the best on the field (two goals and a winning heel assist) in the difficult victory over Bodoe Glimt, a Norwegian team that dominates their championship.
The rossoneri, even without Ibra arrested by Covid and without Rebic always disqualified, thus access the playoff against the Portuguese of Rio Ave, who beat Besiktas on penalties.
More suffering than hardship, but in the end came a saving success for a team capable of withstanding the last quarter of an hour from a rival that seemed irrepressible. Providenciales the rescues of Kessie, Calabria and Donnarumma when it seemed that a draw was inevitable. Saltnes’ missed goal was sensational, unmarked only against Donnarumma at the highest point of the penalty, who shot high. It was the assistance that served him Hauge, an impregnable satan, who gutted the left wing (Milan right) producing the passage of the first Norwegian goal and making the score 2-3.
In light of all this, it cannot really be written that the giveaway would have been undeserved, but if extra time had been played, Milan would almost certainly have lost: The Norwegians have twenty games in the legs and in terms of career, endurance and reactivity they had plenty, especially in the final.
Milan, therefore, resisted bravely, but for an hour and ten they played without fear or loss, except for the initial shock caused, a few hours before the game, by the absence of Ibrahimovic. In his place Lorenzo Colombo, aged 18 years and two hundred days, played in his first time as a starter for the Rossoneri. The Primavera boy, whom we had already admired against Vicenza in a friendly, it was great. While scoring an easy goal (the second with an incredible assist from Calhanoglu) he concluded even minutes earlier, magnificently circling an opponent and calling goalkeeper Hikin to a prodigious deflection.
In the second half, though he never shied away from an increasingly bitter dispute, fell and in minute 57 was replaced by another baby, Daniel Maldini, son of Paolo, professional attacker. Clean, very technical, skilled in defending the ball, he also scored a goal (annulled for offside), but then he greatly favored Pioli who, in the non-possession phase, constantly wanted him under the ball line. A European debut as good as his partner’s.
Calhanoglu has had many merits (two goals, a winning assist, shots to change lanes, several steals), but one above all: taking charge of being the center of the game in the absence of Ibra. For example, it’s critical to attempt a tightrope shot one minute after Bodoe’s lead (to target Junker, one that shouldn’t even have been there). Not only the space he found in front of him pushed him to seek that path, but also a precise sense of responsibility. Being the most technical player, he had a duty not to allow anxiety to attack his teammates, he had to immediately rebalance the game and start playing again as if nothing had happened.
Calhanoglu was just huge, as if he perceived that, behind and after Ibra, he is the leader. The third goal – what seemed to be safety – was achieved with a nonchalance (from inside from a Castillejo corner) that is unparalleled.
Milan were wrong to believe that the match was closed in the 50th minute (the minute of the third goal), while the worst came later with the draw by Hauge (shot from outside) and Bodoe’s chances in the last twenty series. minutes.
Krunic was not bad (from 65 ‘instead of Castillejo) who, after a peremptory central acceleration, served Saelemaekers the ball from 4-2. It would have been the goal that would have sanctioned a less problematic successinstead, on the line and in a split, he saved Moe.
In the end, with her nails stuck in her opponents underwear, the turn has come. Sadly, however, Ibra will remain absent from the playoffs and despite last night’s Milan, he showed maturity. It will not be easy to access the Europa League groups. But Milan will keep trying to be a team with another leader in the middle of the field: Calhanoglu, as a spiritual leader, is not afraid of comparisons with anyone.
TABLE
Milan-Bodo Glimt 3-2
Markers: 15 ‘pt Junker (Bod), 15’ pt, 5 ‘st Calhanoglu (Mil), 33’ pt Colombo (Mil), 10 ‘st Hauge (Bod)
Help: 15 ‘pt Hauge (Bod), 15’ pt Bennacer (Mil), 33 ‘pt Calhanoglu (Mil), 5’ st Castillejo
Ammonites: 25 ‘st Kondrasen (Bod)
MILAN (4-2-3-1): G. Donnarumma; Calabria, Kjaer, Gabbia, Theo Hernandez; Kessié, Bennacer (from 35 ‘st Tonali); Castillejo (from Krunic XX), Calhanoglu, Saelemaekers; Colombo (from 12 ‘D. Maldini). Available: Tataturanu, Kalulu, Laxalt, Tonali, Diaz, Krunic, Maldini. Coach: Pioli.
BODO / GLIMT (4-3-3): Haikin; Sampsted (valley 37 ‘st Solbakken), Lode, Moe, Björkan; Fet (dal 20 ‘st Kondrasen), Berg, Saltnes; Zinckernagel, Junker (dall’44 ‘st Boniface), Hauge. Available: Smits, Hoibraten, Foosnaes, Konradsen, Hagen, Boniface, Solbakken. All .: Knutsen.
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