he had a good game actually. i thought out of the 3 mids he was best. rabiot was a retard. and locatelli looked scared to do anything with ball. and goal was his fault
Yup, rarely had possession. A step in the right direction though. Defensively solid but can't rely on sitting deep for that long. Milan was never really close but I was fairly certain they'd score a fluke goal after sitting deep for most of the game. Should have made more subs since so many players looked dead tired. Glad that Chiesa didn't injure himself. Counters looked dangerous but we need to learn to keep possession better and not get off track.
Gotta question Allegri for this given that Milan pressed us hard in the second half and we sat back thinking we could keep the clean sheet. We could've easily lost this one since they missed that great chance at the end. Obviously, Morata going off changed things but we don't seem to have any plan B or counter to Milan's tactics today made worse by the fact that they had a heavily depleted team. Another thing that became clear is that our defense does fold after pressure so maybe there's no point in trying to see games out like this anymore. Maybe we need a 3-5-2 or 3-4-3 where we have 3x CBs and 2x WBs for solidity.
We played 352 most of the game which often looked more like a 5-3-2. Danilo, Chiellini and Bonucci all doing the job that should be done by 2 CBs, and Sandro and Cuads playing as backs in large portions of the game.
Thats been one of our biggest issues, we have weak and insecure players, and therefore we tend to bolster defense and midfield with extra players covering for each other, which then leaves less availability up front.
we have a small team mentality, we start with enthusiasm but dont really believe we are worthy of a victory, whilst mighty milan play with the certainty of the champion who will get the result even when the have an off day
oh yeah, we were totally on the ropes at the end of this game.
If anything is clear about us atm, I think it is that there will be no quick fixes and that we are in for a few hard years of team building and soul searching.
oh yeah, we were totally on the ropes at the end of this game.
If anything is clear about us atm, I think it is that there will be no quick fixes and that we are in for a few hard years of team building and soul searching.
oh yeah, we were totally on the ropes at the end of this game.
If anything is clear about us atm, I think it is that there will be no quick fixes and that we are in for a few hard years of team building and soul searching.
Uffff, I already hoped the days of having players like Jorge Martinez were over but since we’re bound to lose important players both in terms of talent and experience; I’m sure we’re in for more shit signings whilst keeping the likes of Bentancur and such.
Football is all about pace and stamina now.
Everytime we play against decent or top teams, we just get overwhelmed by their insane pressing and can't keep our possesion.
On the other hand our pressing is a joke