AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli may soon call upon some of the players that arrived in the summer but have not yet had much playing time.
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MilanNews begin a report by stating that the team spirit is what shone through above all in last night’s 2-0 defeat against Chelsea. The Rossoneri did not fold when two goals down and a man down inside the first half against the Blues and in actual fact could have scored goals through Olivier Giroud and Sergino Dest.
It can be hard for players to establish themselves such a cemented group which are united in values, ideas and spirit, which is why the new arrivals – with the exception of Charles De Ketelaere – have not been used much yet.
Aster Vranckx at the moment is the player ahead of the others. The Belgian has been doing well both on a technical and attitude level, and in the near future he will certainly be ready to get more minutes, perhaps even in a more attacking position than his usual.
As for Yacine Adli, at the moment he is the one most penalised by the injury situation. He is considered an attacking midfielder or a box-to-box midfielder, but from what has emerged over the last few weeks he still does not have the kind of pace and intensity that the coach asks for his aggressive football.
He has obviously not been completely written off either by Pioli or by the staff, but in a Milan side that pays so much attention to balance on the pitch, the absence of Saelemaekers also weighs on Adli, who thus loses a teammate who can “support him” from a tactical point of view.
The same thing that can also be said for Malick Thiaw, as the Germany U21 is considered a very good prospect, but he is still considered too slow at the moment in terms of pace.
