Milan, tied with 8 points, come out of the derby with renewed and upended prospects.
After five days of the tournament Inter Milan They find themselves with the same points and (more or less) the same number of goals scored and conceded. Regardless of those who are waiting for the time to return the church to the center of the village, I would say that It is part of the natural life of their story. And their proportions to see them paired in the world rankings. Or at least that’s how it should always be, even if it’s a few floors higher. So today they look each other in the eye and try to make sense of those eight (few) points that have been collected so far and whose interpretation seems to be clearly contradictory.
Why?InterIt was unanimously considered thatThe team that can’t be defeated to win“, floats in a rating position far below its usual level, while MilanHe finds himself, after winning the Derby, with odds that from a psychological point of view lead to realistic optimism. The optimism on the other side of the Channel seems to have cracked a little.
Now in the Rossoneri house there is what was not there. And which seemed impossible to find in a short time: A coach who knows his jobPlayers who, if deployed in the positions most suited to their characteristics, seem worth the money they cost, an innovative game idea in which the unit becomes conflicting depending on the position of Morata and Abraham. It could be a 4-4-2, a 4-2-4 or most likely a 4-2-3-1. A formation that returns Fofana to a three-man central defence if necessary, allowing Hernandez to support the midfielders.
But beyond all this – a theory that should be reproduced on the blackboard in the locker room – Milan finally showed that they have the mad desire to be stronger than the same opponent that knocked them out 6 times in a row, and even mocked them at times. Pulisic proved it.When he insisted at the start of the match that the ball had been touched lazily by Mkhitaryan, he turned it into a goal, an action that at other times, in other matches, the opponent would have managed without the slightest disturbance. Gabia proved it.when he put his grip on the Nerazzurri’s attacking foals, and even more so when he had the audacity to go to heaven to get his Milan team out of a tie that most fans would have supported before the match.
Milan wanted to win. On the other hand, Inter only believed they could succeed. For the seventh time in a row. DeMarco is more usual than anyone else. But she did not live up to her potential, which is still intact. If managed with the right mix of humility and realism.The loss in the Manchester match and the unconscious assumption of superiority in any case have contributed to conditioning his attitude and limiting his desire. He is indispensable to achieving any goal, especially in this tournament in which all competitors have strengthened.
I won’t talk much about Lautaro. (He has always scored goals and will continue to do so), but I would like to repeat how Inter cannot ignore their main midfield trio. At Monza there was only Mkhitaryan and we know how it ended. With Milan the game changed completely when all three were called to the bench. Everyone was there in Manchester.. Frattesi and Asllani are excellent players. But it is possible to include them after a result has been gained or in a tactical context that requires their use (Frattesi is good as a striker). It is a completely different matter to rotate them because the goal this season is or will be, as I have heard, the Champions League. But only Real Madrid or City can plan for the Champions League.. And the rest have to limit themselves to hoping that the wheel of fortune and events will turn in their favor. It is no coincidence that in the last 25 editions the Italians have won only three times: Milan (twice, but it was Super Milan) and Mourinho’s Inter. The percentage is small, 12 percent. The Champions League is the icing on the cake, the championship is the cake.Milan can aspire to that today, and Inter, playing in the original form, still have more chances. Regardless of how the derby ends.
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