Yacine Adli has dreamed of a night like this many times, and when he was stood under the AC Milan fans celebrating his first goal it was the realisation of that dream.
Calciomercato.com speak about Adli’s breakout night in the 3-1 win against Roma, recalling that last season he spent months and months on the bench waiting for an opportunity that was never granted to him.
The fans called for him to get more opportunities while Adli remained patient and worked hard behind the scenes, and that’s what made his first goal at San Siro with the Milan shirt such an emotional moment.
There is a message that comes from such a night though: Adli is an example that testifies to the idea that always believing in yourself completely – even when you are the only one who does – can bring its rewards.
Stefano Pioli gave a key to understanding Adli’s situation in his post-match press conference: “Adli is winning the gamble, he is the one who agreed to change roles.
“Both tonight and in Empoli are his two best games. He is giving us good performances. I am very happy with the availability and commitment that he has always put in.”
Adli is a player with a high level of intelligence: he reads a lot, he informs himself, he plays the piano. He is also like this on the pitch because he understood that his weak points such as his speed and physique did not allow him to play in his favoured role of attacking midfielder.
Or at least, not in the interpretation of the role in Pioli’s schemes and perhaps not in a role like Serie A either. Instead of accepting defeat, he agreed to try a new role and so far it is proving to be a worthwhile gamble.
He is our new Pirlo! Give him new Gattuso…
He’s nowhere near Pirlo, but he is what we need, he’s closer to Francesco Lodi than Andrea Pirlo. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Yacine “john wick” Adli, show your cool skill, deep lying playmaker in the making 😀
Sure thing, he can be somewhat our Pirlo or Albertini with his vision and passing skills. But give him a Gattuso or Desailly type of player to cover for him as they had. Then see him cook.
He was superb.
I’m delighted for him and the team.
It’s funny I hardly ever criticise players (see the pile on RLC now) but I did comment after the last league match how he drove me mad and predictably got attacked by people who spend their entire time attacking the team….
Well I am more than happy to proven wrong!
And let’s hope more of us our proven wrong given the negativity that prevails around these parts.
I will say this however – how random is football?
Last season Pioli wouldn’t touch Adli and instead relied on He-Who-Starts-Lots-Arguments. This couldn’t at the start of this season as He-Who-Starts-Lots-Arguments was the preferred option but Pioli gradually introduced Adli.
Now He-Who-Starts-Lots-Arguments has been frozen out and loaned, and there is Adli.
Nobody could’ve predicted this, so I have no idea how people can randomly rate players.
Circumstances are everything. It’s about finding the right circumstances which is THE secret sauce to success.
I think what most ppl complain about is that Adli for the past year or so has shown to be on par with Krunic, Pobega and the rest of them. The problem is that people can see glimpses of huge potential in Adli even with limited opportunities. Most of us can agree we never saw that from Krunic. Also, it bothers me the statements that pioli is introducing him; He is forced to put him in, otherwise Adli will be on the bench. Pioli and italian futbol in general are horrible at playing young players. Name a young player pioli didnt HAVE TO play. Kalulu? nah, Thiaw? Nah, Gimenez? nah, Gabbia? nah, Camarda nah. Pioli was forced to because of injuries, otherwise none of them would’ve seen the pitch. It’s a Serie A thing, go read Juve blogs or Inter or Roma . We are terrible at it and yet we wonder later why italian NT has sucked the past few years
People really don’t stop complaining.
Pioli is working to his own schedule, not yours. Now can you just enjoy the fact that Adli has produced the goods.
And the fact that Krunic’s quality was missed on so many people really makes me question how many have actually played the game.
He’s gone now so you don’t have to worry about him anymore.
He’s what I remember seeing from Francesco Lodi, promising talent. Let’s see if he can take his game to the next level, and become an Enzo Maresca, he’s still far from Pirlo, but his growth has been good and he certainly has the vision and the intelligence.
Can’t wait Adli play in any Jhon Wick chapter… Lol
i always said ADLI is good pioli always insert krunic thank god he is out of i dont see him play with the milan shirt Adli give him time to play he will be better pirlo time will tell forza milan persempre
Pioli nearly destroyed him though, let’s not minse words.
I don’t want to spoil the party, but let’s go easy on the compliments here.
Yes Adli played very well yesterday, there is nothing to nitpick against him, but this is his first great game and it was against an opponent we generally look very good against and that allow us to play the offensive game we generally like.
RLC played a great game against PSG, and some even went so far to compare him to Gullit, but currently he is one of our worst midfielders.
I supported Adli a lot, and I’m happy to see him playing this well (and obviously see us win), but I’d like to see him play 5 or 6 games like this against respectable opposition before giving a judgement on his improvement.