The slight injury to Romagnoli before Milan-Verona raises the issue of reinforcement in defense where among other things we have indirectly gathered a couple of information: 1) Gabbia was already ready and I do not think he disfigured in the presence of the ghost Kalinic ; 2) of the recovery of Duarte (judged not up to par) and of Musacchio there is no trace. And this is where the first discussion of the night begins. Because rumors of Maldini’s interest in young Lovato continue to circulate – thanks to the activism of his agent. I trust what I see and judge in the game: in the match on Sunday evening the boy certainly did not make a great impression. Leao often joked about it, especially at speed. For lack of clarity, he procured the rigor of the possible 2 to 2 then sent to the curve by Ibra. Not only.
Juric, who knows him better than anyone else being his coach, removed him from the central marking destined to deal with Ibra to settle him on the center-right, precisely in the Leao area. To tell the truth, the one who amazed in the role of central defender, without suffering any complex against Ibra, was Magnani who also has just turned 24 (in October) and arrived on loan from Sassuolo where he has not always performed level. As soon as he left, Zlatan became the ruler of the Veronese penalty area and hit a post, scored a goal and engaged Silvestri in the most spectacular parade-prodigy of the evening. In light of all these considerations, continuing to “blow” updates on the hypothetical negotiation with a lot of listing (20 million even) is too open a game.
Milan needs, in January, to cement the central defense with a Kjaer-like element, not one to be trained. I have no applications to report: this is not my job. I can guess the need. The characteristics required are the following: full-blown international experience, habit of one-on-one duels, physical size above all. Yes, because it is now ascertained by the statistics of the championship that one of Milan’s current defects when defending on set pieces (especially on corner kicks) are duels at high altitude. Often Ibra had to return for some providential postponement. And when he only managed to “spit” the ball, as in Milan-Rome, the team found itself with a final 3 to 3.
Another topic of the week is the interview granted by Manuel Locatelli to Walter Veltroni for the Gazzetta dello Sport. The boy has finally put aside that bit of resentment he had harbored since the day Milan had sold him to Sassuolo (for a modest sum, 12 million plus a few bonuses, it would have been better to include the right to buy back) thus demonstrating that he did not believe in its qualities. Locatelli let off steam in Naples by signing the penalty of 1 to 0 because he attributed the responsibility for that technical judgment to Gattuso, considered like a school failure. I stitched up the tear, then. Mauro Bianchessi, the precious AC Milan observer who discovered all the treasures of the youth sector (from Donnarumma to Colombo), recently declared that in his idea of Milan “I thought Locatelli could become the future captain of AC Milan”. I understand. I would add that it would be a setback if Locatelli in the coming months were to decide to join his boyhood legend, Andrea Pirlo, at Juve. It must certainly be a lesson for the future.
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