AC Milan midfielder Sandro Tonali has admitted that he made changes ahead of last season and ‘really started from scratch’ before his brilliant 2021-22 campaign.
DAZN aired a special about the last Serie A season and Milan’s Scudetto win during which they spoke to Tonali, and he began by reflecting upon his first goal for the club which came via a stunning free-kick in the second game of the season against Cagliari at San Siro.
“There was a bit of indecision about who should shoot between Theo and me. In the end he told me to shoot, from there I concentrated and shot. I still have that goal in my head, I will always remember it,” he said (via MilanNews).
He initially needed time to get used to playing in a double pivot having been the deepest of a three-man midfield at Brescia, but few expected the explosion that came in 2021-22 as he became a leader of the midfield department.
There is no doubt that having some physical problems in the summer of 2020 – thus resulting in a delayed start to his preseason – certainly hindered his adaptation, but being able to get right up to speed last year gave him a positive outlook to begin with.
“During last summer I changed something and I really started from scratch. I’m not someone who talks a lot, but everything changes on the pitch and you bring out everything you can’t get out, perhaps in the locker room,” he added.
