AC Milan pulled off perhaps the shock of the night in the Champions League as they went to the Santiago Bernabeu and beat Real Madrid 3-1.
It wasn’t just a win against the current holders of the trophy but also a domination in which many players shone. Malick Thiaw got the opener with a header from a corner, Alvaro Morata pounhed on a rebound for the second and Tijjani Reijnders finished off a fantastic move for the third.
Paulo Fonseca chose to make four changes to the starting line-up and it proved to be a winning tactical approach, with a five-man defensive line causing frustrations for Kylian Mbappe and co.
The front pages
La Gazzetta dello Sport: “Milan Galacticos. Champions League: Madness at the Bernabeu of another era against the Champions Real. Leao flies and leads Il Diavolo. Thiaw, Morata and Reijnders on target. And Fonseca’s revenge.”
Corriere dello Sport: “Real Milan. Historic victory in Madrid with a transformed Leao. Fonseca wins at the Bernabeu, Ancelotti delivered a KO. Thiaw scores with his head, Vinicius from the penalty spot, then Morata and Reijnders secure the victory, which relaunches Milan in the standings.”
Tuttosport: “Milan smash. Thiaw, Morata and Reijnders overwhelm Real and Ancelotti: Leao and Theo, what a response! Extraordinary and well-deserved feat at the Bernabeu. Vinicius scores a penalty. Maignan triumphs against Mbappe and Brahim Diaz, but Lunin and the post avoid a heavier defeat for the miserable Madridistas. Fonseca: ‘We’re not that bad’.”
Acmilan should be playing more of attacking midfield not defensive we should build our play more on the advanced attacking 4-2-3-1 to dismantle teams had it been Acmilan were playing attacking game Liverpool and liverkusen wouldn’t have defeated us we would have destroy this teams completely because Acmilan are extra deadly in the attacking phase and our defender need to learn more on how to control opponent attackers. But Acmilan tried very well infact thiaw and Hernandez with the rest of defenders were all outstanding. Thanks let do more and improve more of this performance especially against Juventus.
Dude what are you watching ?
We don’t have attacking midfielders, and our worst games of the season were with a 4-2-3-1. Against Liverpool we played a 4-2-3-1. In our best games of the season we played sort of a 4-4-2 and then a 4-3-3 (5-2-3 in defensive phase) and we gave away possession and relied on counters.
Kelechi Milan is clueless. He’s always dreaming about attacking midfielders and how we need more and better AM.
He doesn’t even know what an AM does and how to utilise them correctly..
I personally would take a strong quality mezzala over a strong quality AM andy day of the week in modern football. A 3 man modified is just more practical ya know