Liked how Atalanta set up in that game.
In theory it was their normal 4-4-1-1, but with Raimondi playing very deep at RM, the defence was able to shuffle a little to the left, which meant it played more like a back five quite a lot of the time. They were secure enough with that shape to always leave players high up the pitch, so they had an out ball and it was hard for Milan to really built any sort of sustained pressure.
Was also interesting how they played Moralez on the left and Bonaventure through the middle, rather than the other way round as they normally would. Bonaventura gave them more solidity in the middle, while Moralez was able to make use of the vast space that always exists in front of Milan's fullbacks.
That said, Milan were clearly garbage.
Allegri has to prove himself as a coach over the next wee while, because he needs to come up with a pattern of play and some ideas for how to open a side up, because Milan's current players don't have the ability or the intelligence to do that by themselves.
This start is really bad news for Milan because, unless they start winning very soon, they are going to have to play against teams who genuinely believe they can take points off Milan - in stark contrast to recent years when they've taken one look at Ibrahimovic's name on the team sheet and thrown in the towel.
All makes it that much harder.
In theory it was their normal 4-4-1-1, but with Raimondi playing very deep at RM, the defence was able to shuffle a little to the left, which meant it played more like a back five quite a lot of the time. They were secure enough with that shape to always leave players high up the pitch, so they had an out ball and it was hard for Milan to really built any sort of sustained pressure.
Was also interesting how they played Moralez on the left and Bonaventure through the middle, rather than the other way round as they normally would. Bonaventura gave them more solidity in the middle, while Moralez was able to make use of the vast space that always exists in front of Milan's fullbacks.
That said, Milan were clearly garbage.
Allegri has to prove himself as a coach over the next wee while, because he needs to come up with a pattern of play and some ideas for how to open a side up, because Milan's current players don't have the ability or the intelligence to do that by themselves.
This start is really bad news for Milan because, unless they start winning very soon, they are going to have to play against teams who genuinely believe they can take points off Milan - in stark contrast to recent years when they've taken one look at Ibrahimovic's name on the team sheet and thrown in the towel.
All makes it that much harder.
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