A two-faced Milan suffers for just under an hour with Spezia, then breaks the ice, spreads and takes home the three points. Rossoneri who close the first round of games in first place in the standings, on equal points with Atalanta. It was 14 years since we started with a and square after three matches, at the time it was Carlo Ancelotti’s team that would win the Champions League at the end of the season. And 27 years that he was not with a clean sheet, always after three games. Here we go back to the Capello era and Seba Rossi’s unbeaten records. Even then it was a triumphal season: Scudetto and Champions League. This is the third time ever in which Milan have won the first three games without conceding goals, the precedents date back to 1952/53 with Mario Sperone on the bench and in 1971/72 with Nereo Rocco as coach. It is unlikely even to think of being able to emulate the aforementioned squads this season but it is a strong, important signal that bodes well for a rosy future after years of lean cows. A team with an average age of 22 years and 287 days was fielded against Spezia. An average “ruined” by the 31 year old Simon Kjaer while the youngest in the field was the 18 year old Lorenzo Colombo. 7 players born after 1 January 1999 (Donnarumma, Tonali, Leao, Brahim Diaz, Colombo, Gabbia and Saelemaekers). It is the first team in the top leagues of the top 5 tournaments in Europe to have done so.
3-0 the final, with Hakan Calhanoglu still protagonist in his own way in the goals of Milan. The Turk, who entered the field in the half-time of the match against Spezia, assisted for Leao’s 1-0. The number 10 has been involved in the last 12 games in 17 goals, with 8 goals and 9 assists under his belt. An evening to be framed for Rafael Leao, author of the first double since he was at Milan: he starts badly as an attacking winger, played when he plays center forward. The clear success on La Spezia is the best closing since the beginning of tour de force. Now space for the market until tomorrow. And then head to the derby. Pioli hopes for a central defender, the names of Rudiger and Kabak are confirmed. But from the words of the management there is a lot of caution. Meanwhile, Dalot arrived today for the right lane.
– .
