There were good signs from Yacine Adli in the first friendly of the season against Lemine Almenno at Milanello, and it bodes well for head coach Stefano Pioli.
Tuttosport (via PianetaMilan) recalls how Adli showed some very promising glimpses, even if it was not a top-level opponent. He started the match in the role of attacking midfielder behind the striker Ante Rebic, but he moved all around the final third and often drifted out to the left, even taking up a role further forward when Rebic dropped deeper.
During his first press conference, Adli himself had declared that he was a flexible player and that he can cover different areas of the field, a characteristic much appreciated by Pioli who loves to have players who know how to move and play in different roles.
Of course, the game against FC Köln tomorrow will be a friendly with a higher level of difficulty than Lemine Almenno provided as an opposition, but Adli is in an optimal condition and he is ready to show off again.
In addition to playing the role of attacking midfielder, the paper adds that Adli can play in the two in midfield, perhaps forming a pairing with Tonali or Bennacer with his vision, work rate and his knack for being in the right place at the right time.
The next young rade krunic who can play many positions. The question is who’s better.
The young Rade Krunic KEKW
No question about it. Adli can pass the ball forward. Krunic can’t. Krunic can’t really do anything with the ball. Adli can.
End of discussion.
Adli is versatile than Krunic
It’s pure speculation, but I have the feeling that Adli is (will be) much better than Krunic.
He seems quite talented and I sense that he is not intended as a quality bench player but rather as a starter, even a protagonist. We have to see how fast this will happen.
I’ll be more than glad if he can turn up to be amother Kalulu.
It’s baffling that anyone would try to compare Adli to Krunic.
i believe that he proves me right but he is very “pirlo-esque”, i hopte this turns out to be true.
Adli is our future starting CAM – of we don’t sign CDK (and I don’t believe we will) He is a fantastic talent and will turn many skeptics into believers. Just hope we give him time to develop slowly and do not put too much pressure on the kid