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The emphasis that accompanies Milan in the Europa League play-off does not seem excessive to me. It is one of the most important games of the season because it can open participation in Europe or prevent it, because with continental access it would be fifteen million and because Milan’s transfer market could still make sense in the last four days.. Of course, Rio Ave is technical and tough, beating them will be difficult. First of all for him absences by Ibrahimovic, Rebic and Romagnoli (three certain owners), then because Milan will play far from home with what this entails in terms of stress and tension (despite the absence of public), finally because Milan is one young team and playing without their benchmark, I’m thinking of Ibrahimovic, it’s anything but an advantage.
It is true that without him the Rossoneri have won two out of two (in the preliminary against Bodoe and in Crotone), but the obstacles to overcome were not so high. In Portugal, however, not only can you not be wrong (it was the same against the Norwegians), but we are in the last act of a small competition.. Those who have arrived there are as strong and motivated as Milan, they love the team game and they are a team and not an individual. That’s why I really liked Pioli’s words the day before, the same ones that – I think – he repeated and will repeat to the players. The leader of Milan is the group, in which everyone must make the same effort, where there is no discharge of responsibility, help is mutual and what everyone must guide is the game..
Honestly, I don’t know if Milan is today a superior team to Rio Ave. Personally, I don’t think it is inferior and that the game is open. However, one of the mistakes someone could make is that, as happened with the Bodoe, Calhanoglu has the blows to fix it, since Ibra is not there. No one wants to belittle Calhanoglu’s skill and, to some extent, Calhanoglu’s greatness, which will certainly be important, but if you don’t think about the race with team spirit, the results can be bad. My feeling is that Milan has grown in all its elements and the proof comes from Kessie, who has always found space, whatever the coach is on the bench. To stay in midfield, or rather in midfield, I think the other player must be Tonali, at this moment preferable to Bennacer (just more experienced) for freshness and reactivity.
Up front I would see Colombo well, because Leao does not have a full match on her legs and will play a segment of the match. The nursery boy, on the other hand, has the numbers for a great performance: sense of goal, defense of the ball, good technique, a body anything but thin. I like it because he knew how to react to bad luck (he fractured his metatarsal before a World Cup of his category) and because Milan is a laboratory where you can grow fast. And games like tonight give and make you give something more. It is essential to have a happy approach and not be discouraged in case Milan concedes a goal. The news, even more than history, has shown that a reaction is sometimes more beneficial than an undeserved advantage. Finally, the pressing. Against a team that builds from scratch, there is only one imperative: attack it to its own area. The Portuguese dribbles magnificently, but if you recover at the right time, the mistake comes sooner or later.
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