Tammy Abraham has had an up and down start to life at AC Milan, but during the Supercoppa final against Inter a couple of premonitions came true.
Milan produced a quite simply stunning comeback in the Supercoppa Italiana final, and Abraham was the man who scored the late winner.
The Rossoneri had found themselves 2-0 down after goals from Lautaro Martinez and Mehdi Taremi, but they drew level thanks to Theo Hernandez’s free-kick and a tidy finish from Christian Pulisic.
Then, in the third minute of five added at the end of the 90, a brilliant through ball from Pulisic found Leao, who hit the ball into the ground to square for Abraham and the tap-in sparked rapturous.
Among the various things to emerge after the game is what the goal will have meant to Abraham. Firstly, it was pointed out that the Englishman was frustrated after not scoring in the Serie A derby against Inter.
He was taken off during the second half with the game level at 1-1, and Rafael Leao told him ‘next game’ as he slumped against an advertising board.
🥹 Last night, Leao set up Abraham for the goal that won #ACMilan’s 50th trophy ❤️🖤
👀 Tammy Abraham was frustrated after not scoring in the Serie A derby against Inter. Leao told him “next game” after he was subbed off.
🥹 Last night, Leao set up Abraham for the goal that won #ACMilan’s 50th trophy ❤️🖤
— SempreMilan (@SempreMilanCom) January 7, 2025
Another video surfaced too, involving the interview that Abraham did not long after arriving while playing table football, and a vision that he had.
He was asked: “How do you imagine your first goal with AC Milan?”
The reply: “If I had to say one goal that would make everyone go crazy it would be in the derby against Inter: I touch my first ball, I score and we win 1-0. It’s my dream: to win the derby and dream.”
🥹 Tammy dreamt of a derby winner, and his dream came true ❤️🖤 pic.twitter.com/k1g89NYXcj
— SempreMilan (@SempreMilanCom) January 6, 2025
Not only did Abraham get his derby goal as he and Leao said he would, but it was a last-gasp winner in the final to earn Milan’s 50th trophy as a club. Good things come to those who wait.
Abraham, although he has played very limited minutes, has collected already 6 goals and 3 assists for AC Milan, that is, 9 goal participations.
I think that this total, given that it is spread out over much fewer minutes played than many other forwards, fully justifies already that Milan should try to acquire him permanently, after the end of his loan.
See the other top 5:
Puli 15
Rafa 12
Reijnders 11
Abraham 9
Morata 6
So, despite much fewer minutes, Abraham is in 4th place, and above the permanently hired Morata.
Actually it’s ten goal contributions, 2G/2A in Serie A, 1G Supercoppa, 2G/1A in the CL, 1G/1A in the Coppa. So let’s discount the Coppa (cause it was against a Serie B side) – that’s 5G/3A.
However if you look in Serie A at xG values it’s kinda crazy – on the one hand he’s got the highest xG/90 in the league but on the other hand an abysmal G-xG value/ratio. To sum it up: Abraham creates/gets a lot of chances but he misses a lot of them. If the guy was more clinical he’d be absolutely amazing.