Vincenzo Montella’s men finally managed to bounce back as they beat Chievo convincingly by 4-1 away from home. Here are five things we learned from the game.
Suso The Main Man
As mentioned in our previous Five things we learned, Suso has really stepped up since Montella decided to switch back to a three-man attack, which obviously suits the Spaniard better. Yesterday, he was crucial for the Rossoneri as he scored and created two goals, in a period where Milan really couldn’t find their feet.
Romagnoli showing his Strength
Many fans, myself included, were surprised by Alessio’s performance yesterday, as he completely dominated the defence while filling in for Bonucci in the centre. With a pass success of 92%, Romagnoli really showed that they can, in fact, play without Bonucci.
Is Biglia better without Bonucci?
Lucas Biglia was also one of the standout players yesterday, as he really controlled the game and took charge of the play. As Bonucci was suspended, naturally, Biglia got the ball a lot and was more involved in the build-up play. Had Bonucci been on the pitch, then we probably wouldn’t have seen Biglia as much. This brings us to the question; is Biglia better when Bonucci isn’t playing?
Has Montella finally found the right formation?
Even though the players where a bit blocked in the first half, which Montella admitted himself, 3-4-3 seemed to work really well. This time, both in defence and attack, for once. The team managed to hold onto the ball a lot. In fact, before the 4th goal, Milan had the ball in their possession for two minutes, completing 43 passes ahead of Kalinic’s finish.
Kalinic proving the Curva Sud wrong
After getting a lot of stick from the fans last week, Kalinic really proved the fans wrong yesterday, with some great movement on and off the ball. He was involved in the first goal, as he got a flick on the ball before it ended up at Suso’s feet.
what are you talking about in regards to Biglia? your website rated his performance as thus:
Lucas Biglia (4): Biglia again seemed uncomfortable in possession. At times was not able to control the ball and got knocked off of it too many times. In his position he needs to be much better at controlling the ball and not giving it up in dangerous areas for a counter attack.
A rating which I completely agree with. He is terrible, all he does is tackle (which is great) and pass backward or to the player next to him. It is useful to player in the middle of the park breaking up plays to be sure, but for 20 million euros? We could have used that for a striker and had loca play that position, and he has always done better then Biglia…
Caveat: if you are arguing that he is usually playing worse than a “4” rating, then I completely agree with you too!
oh and on kalinic…. lets hold the judgement on him until after the juve game… if he can score in a difficult game like that then you you may be on to something… but scoring the 4th goal against chievo after they had all but capitulated does not make a great striker… scoring against juve and consistently against bigger sides and he will have proved the curva wrong, and unfortunately based on what i have seen he wont be doing that anytime soon…