Nocerino and Emanuelson's role tonight were a mystery for me. Van Bommel was a one man midfield and it was expected to be owned the way he was for a big part of the match. Milan won the qualification the moment Allegri put Aquilani on instead of an attacker.
he had no choice but start with that formation as Aquaman didn't have a full game in his feet - been out for what 2+ months now and just recently came back training. Aquilani was the only non-defender Milan had available for this game, apart from the ones that started it. Urby also played with a knock due to lack of other options.
And Allegri's plan was to play an attacking formation and score a goal, which would have practically ended the game, ... but of course that's not easy to do when the team lacks the necessary effort and concentration, in those first 25 or so min of the game when they went 2-0 down due to stupid mistakes.
Real will destroy Milan if they get them.
Congrats, acmilan.
That wasted chance of van Persie was :frown:
thanks, D.
wouldn't be so sure - tonight's performance had more to do with lack of motivation and effort than anything else ... it would be a very diff Milan facing real or Barca than the pathetic team I saw tonight.
This being said, Real and Barca are a level above anyone else at the moment but anything can happen over the course of 1-2 games.