There had been growing calls for Yacine Adli to get more playing time but the playmaker did not exactly grab his chance with both hands against Hellas Verona last night.
Read SempreMilan ad-free and get access to exclusive news. Click here for a free trial!
Corriere della Sera (via MilanNews) writes how the big surprise last night in Verona in the starting line-up for Milan was certainly a first start of the season for Aldi, who had previously only played cameos in the league given his exclusion from the UEFA squad list.
There was a lot of excitement and curiosity to see the Frenchman in action after only brief glimpses following an excellent preseason campaign, but unfortunately the former Bordeaux man ended up making ‘too many mistakes’ in possessions and ‘did not completely convince’.
Of course at 22 years old and with a new club, a new country and a whole new lot of expectations to adapt to it was always going to take time for Adli to settle, but he did not do anything to suggest he absolutely must start over Brahim Diaz or Charles De Ketelaere moving forward.
