The challenge withItaly did not warm the hearts of the Belgium, but it was still valuable for the coach Roberto Martinez to give space to less employed players and to evaluate alternative solutions in view of the next engagements. It was an opportunity to see it once again in action Alexis Saelemaekers, which is gradually gaining a leading role also with the Red devils. A proof of substance that of the exterior of the Milan, in the fifth absolute presence in the major national team: sparkling and solid performance, only the crossbar denied him the joy of the goal. But it didn’t stop him from collecting applause and, above all, Martinez’s open-stage compliments: “We carefully watched his evolution, he showed excellent signs since the Under 21 but the big change started with his way of playing. with the Milan shirt. Alexis is ready, the more important the occasion, the more he responds to the present. He went to the perfect club, Milan are constantly growing and he has responded well in the Rossoneri. It will be very important for the future of the Belgian national team . It has grown a lot in recent months, has transformed compared to the player seen in Anderlecht“.
FIXED POINT – Music for the ears of Saelemaekers and AC Milan, who actually enjoy a player radically different from the exuberant and intense but imprecise and confusing one seen on his debut against Verona, when it was still unclear whether he would become a push back or a winger tall. The condition of ‘hybrid’ has partially maintained him, because if it is true that he starts from the right wing, his game develops on the whole attacking front. A detail that Stefano Pioli has grasped and on which he has worked with determination and continuity, transforming the ’99 class into one of the most unpredictable weapons in the Rossoneri arsenal: the cuts towards the center to free up space for the insertions of the full-back and to remove pressure on the attacking midfielder are now a trademark, but also the ball and chain stands out for the personality and imagination with which he manages the offensive possessions. And if necessary, bakes assists, like the two consecutive ones between Venice and Spezia, decisive in the six points won. The goal is still missing this season, but it does not affect a performance that justifies the status of untouchable for Pioli: it is no coincidence that in the summer Maldini and Massara looked for another winger until the arrival of the jolly Messias, but they always kept the ownership of Saelemaekers as a basic assumption. Fixed point for the present and for the future, with a contract until 2024 which at the moment leaves Milan calm and free to work on hotter and more urgent fronts, but which may become a topic of discussion in the coming months: the possibility of a separation is not even in the club’s thoughts, Alexis has joined the project and identified in the Rossoneri colors. Those who have transformed him and now allow him to be able to conquer a permanent position in the national team.
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