Milan prevailed from the penalty spot in a match between two very lackluster teams.
A strange match, the one at San Siro. A match between two teams that don’t really feel like it, they exude fragility and when they try to shake themselves up they actually reveal themselves to be so. Milan prevailed with the idea and realization of Theo Hernandez from the spot, perhaps the only acceptably presentable and superior player on the pitch, good at forcing Parisi into the unfortunate intervention and taking advantage of the only (only) good ball played from Jovic in 83 minutes;
Almost the entire first half passes placidly and smoothly, with two very cautious teams who mostly want to dribble without taking risks. There seems to be no spark in the Milan-Fiorentina duel, as if the national team break had turned off the blast furnaces of the two teams and they were now incapable of producing. Then a wasted opportunity from Nico Gonzalez (mirror not framed from an inviting position) and some impromptu flare-ups from the Rossoneri, with Fiorentina losing their distance and conceding the penalty. Milan thus progresses and the second half opens on a completely different score, which in every note seems to make the word “anxiety” resonate in San Siro;
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Fiorentina is anxious to come back, Milan is anxious to maintain their lead. The teams split, and opportunities came from both sides more through stubbornness than reasoning. The last of many, perhaps the most sensational of all, happens to Mandragora in the 96th minute: Maignan rejects with his face, by instinct and luck, the opponent’s left-footed shot from within a meter. Worthy ending to a match in which coldness, despite the temperature, was an unknown commodity;
Milan, despite the victory, is facing the usual problems, this evening aggravated by heavy absences. The little substance of Pulisic and above all Chukwueze, the few clear references in midfield, the still seaside manner of Jovic are inserted into the picture of a team still, always afraid of his shadow. On the opposite side, in the same way Fiorentina flounders in its endemic naivety and lack of concreteness. For their consistency in attacking, the Viola would also have deserved a draw, but the waste of the opportunities created and the management and reading errors in too many moments cannot give them a chance;
At 15 years and 260 days, Francesco Camarda is the youngest debutant in the history of Serie A. Coming on in the 83rd minute in place of Jovic, he played 14 minutes including injury time. With all the best and love for the visible and legitimate emotion, a good entry only for the statistics, forced by Milan’s terrible absences in attack. We’ll talk about it again in a few years. Certainly, his timid presence on the pitch certainly didn’t make him the worst of the center forwards who graced the San Siro in this match. The feeling of inconsistency transmitted by Beltran first and then Nzola on the Fiorentina side, and by Jovic on the other side, remains something incomparably superior. Without taking credit away from Maignan and Terracciano, perhaps the only ones to have taken this match seriously.
2023-11-25 22:33:56
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