Milan, it is not luck: the ‘presence’ of Ibra and the reversal of Krunic and Castillejo, it is right to believe in the Scudetto | First page

Verona could once again have been “fatal” in the history of Milan inflicting a heavy defeat for the Rossoneri’s scudetto ambitions. The 0 to 2 in favor of Tudor’s men after a nightmare first half by the hosts did not seem to leave room for heroic comebacks. Also because Pioli, already without three owners like Maignan, Diaz and Theo Hernandez, also lost Rebic due to an ankle sprain. Incidentally, the Croatian was the only one to save himself in the terrible first 45 minutes. The lack of alternatives on the bench made the dreams of comeback even more unlikely and certainly men like Krunic e Castillejo they did not comfort the fans already prepared for a bad night. With the risk of inaugurating a cycle of games that is anything but rosy.

And instead the right charge for the comeback came from the two least expected players. To tell the truth, the whole team entered the field with a different spirit, starting with Bennacer and Kessié, whose serious mistake had determined the Scala advantage. To finish with the defense, too distracted in the first half and with Giroud, practically a non-paying spectator until the moment of the splendid header goal which started the “remuntada”. Leao’s cross was no coincidence, quite the contrary. Once again the Portuguese played a race of great continuity and competitive intensity, hoping it is a good omen as he will certainly lead the attack on Tuesday at the “Dragao”. And so Pioli’s team, as always, just at the moment when it was about to collapse, came up with a performance to be framed and crowned an evening to remember. Just Castillejo, which it seemed missing, he propitiated the penalty of the equalizer and put in the middle the ball that Gunter has awkwardly deflected into his own goal. The intervention of the Veronese defender was the classic lucky episode, but we can think that the recklessness with which Gunter hit that ball was the daughter of the fact that Ibra was behind him., just entered the field to frighten a team that was already faltering. This time the Swede didn’t score and didn’t move much but his spirit transferred to the team was seen, and how. In the end, Milan deservedly took home the three points and just as deservedly were able to live a night at the top of the standings.

In the face of repeated feats like this, it would be superficial to think that this team is just lucky and that sooner or later it will really start to collapse. So it’s okay to keep believing in the highest goal, while acknowledging two things. The first is that it is not always possible to overturn matches of this type, especially when there are no “soft” opponents like Tudor’s Verona. So you have to go at 200 km per hour from the start whistle. The second is that the Milan squad always remains full of objective limits from a numerical and qualitative point of view. And the fact that in one way or another he always manages to make up for the shortcomings does not mean that we can afford to lose one or two players per game. Certainly evenings like the one experienced against the Gialloblù help to increase the confidence of the group and help to think that nothing is impossible. Nor try to win the Scudetto and try to recover even in the Champions League group.

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