Team news: Bologna were without Gary Medel and Federico Santander while Milan had to do without Matteo Gabbia, Simon Kjær, Brahim Díaz and Hakan Çalhanoğlu. Kickoff time for Matchday 20 of Serie A was 15:00 CET at Stadio Renato Dall’Ara.
Goals: Rebić (26′), Kessié (55′ pk), Poli (82′)
Bologna F.C. 1909 (4-2-3-1) – Siniša Mihajlović
Łukasz Skorupski; Takehiro Tomiyasu, Adama Soumaoro, Danilo, Mitchell Dijks (79′ Rodrigo Palacio); Jerdy Schouten (79′ Andrea Poli), Nicolás Domínguez (67′ Mattias Svanberg); Riccardo Orsolini (67′ Andreas Skov Olsen), Roberto Soriano, Nicola Sansone (67′ Emanuel Vignato); Musa Barrow.
Unused: Da Costa, Ravaglia, De Silvestri, Paz, Hickey, Baldursson.
AC Milan (4-2-3-1) – Stefano Pioli
Gianluigi Donnarumma; Davide Calabria, Fikayo Tomori, Alessio Romagnoli, Theo Hernández; Franck Kessié, Sandro Tonali (62′ Ismaël Bennacer); Alexis Saelemaekers, Rafael Leão (73′ Mario Mandžukić), Ante Rebić (62′ Rade Krunić); Zlatan Ibrahimović.
Unused: A. Donnarumma, Tătăruşanu, Dalot, Kalulu, Castillejo, Hauge, Meïte, Maldini.
Referee: Daniele Doveri.
Wishing for a win and no more injuries!!!
in his prime ibra would’ve been great am but tonite i’d play rebic or tonali as am
wow, fantastic free kick by robertheo carlos, so much spin
Madrid must be fuming letting theo go for 20 Mill lol
the way zidane/floperz keep offloading great fb like theo, hakimi, reguilon and odriozola, they must’ve been saving for mbappe lol
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One of the major killers of our game is constantly passing the ball back to our goalie hereby giving the other team chance to regroup. I hate that kind of game. One of the main ways inter is successful is how the constantly put pressure on their opponents by playing the ball forward and not letting the opponents regroup.
wow fantastic double saves by bologna’s gk to deny ibra. reminds me of sheva’s miss vs dudek in ucl final *sigh
Rebic!!!!!!!
why tf does ibra keep taking penalties? he’s been aiming at the exact same spot for a decade. let kessie take it dammit.
its good that rebic finally scores his 1st serie a goal though
I know should be kessie, but rebic bailed him out so I’ll let him off!
well, ibra really wants his 500th goal at club level apparently, or maybe he just really hates lukaku thus he wants to outscore him haha
At this point it ain’t even funny any more. Zlatan should stay away from the ball at any free kick, no less a penalty.
LMAO ibra always goes for the same spot.
He should stop taking the PK, just let kessie do it
Yeah he hasnt been especially impressive as our spotkick taker, kessie should allways be or first choice when he is fielded.
Yeah and he also missed a quick double chance in front of the goal.
Maybe today is not his day
well i wouldnt cut him off completely yet as he propably wants to prove the opposite in next half. Anyways think it would make sense having him as our third kicker after kessie and calhanoglu but i doubt he will get demoted to that role but he seems to be less effecient than those two players when they have been given the chance,
Of course i won’t cut him off. He just has a bad day i guess. On another day he would have scored a brace with chances that he got tonight
He has literality taken every ball in the air over the brazilian bolognia CB. It’s almost as if it’s not fair. Let everyday be like this for him.
Ibrahimovic. Pls pls and please, for the good of the team, swallow your pride and leave Kessie to play the Penalty kicks. It’s getting embarrassing. We might not be that lucky all the time. Smh. Thank God Rebic was quick to the ball.
Shocking penalty, pretty much showed keeper where he was putting it and hit with no power, side footed it
Very very shocking. His penalties are easy to read as he almost certainly plays it to the same spot all the time.
I wanted to say the same thing. I thought IBRA came out openly that he had dropped penalty responsibility for Jessie….I know he is trying to achieve highest goal scorer but this is not the best approach to this
Yeah bro it’s not the best approach. The team’s success trumps a players individual goal. I get he’s trying to achieve highest goal scorer status, but when you do that at the expense of our team’s success, that’s a problem. He needs to put the team before his own personal pride and goal.
wow, fantastic neuer-esque save by donneuer. kinda save that wins u matches. great stuff
the defence has been shaky as house of cards so far but i’ll be damned if donna is not serie a best gk
I don’t really blame the defense for most of the problem I blame the game plan in general. We keep on slowing down and passing the ball back when we’re supposed to be punishing the opponent by pushing forward. If we keep inviting pressure, we risk messing up our tactics and not giving our players time to regroup.
milan kept passing the ball back because no one in milan mf has the skill and vision to deliver that final ball or at least pre assist to the wingers and ibra. leao did absolutely nothing as am. an am should be the one who has most time with the ball but in 1sf half even tomori had more time with the ball than him, which is laughable. john malkovich needs to either change formation or play rebic or tonali or bendondo as am in 2nd half
It’s really the midfield. Tonali getting caught out of position and Kessie struggling to keep up with Soriano.
Bennacer is such a big difference for Milan and I don’t think we really understand how tactically intelligent Bennacer really is.
correctamundo mate. bennassie has been milan’s backbone. them and hakan are essential for milan
Totally agree:-)
And we criticize Tonalli because the bar that high. Ben is on another league, he fixed our mid problems.
True 🙂
I hope Tonali will learn how to play in 2 man midfield.. But I also wonder if this formation is actually not the best by nature for a deep lying playmaker like him.. Aside of Xabi Alonso, I cannot remember one who thrived in this formation. (Pirlo, the greatest exponent of that role, always had the formation adjusted to him, actually.) One thing Xabi always excelled from his young age is actually his defensive skill, which was overlooked due to his superb passing ability. I believe this what made the difference, that a player like him could play very well… Read more »
Tonali definitely struggling in a 2 man midfield. I doubt Milan will switch to a 3 man midfield because Hakan Calhanoglu does do well as a winger.
So I don’t know how that will work out but we have to give Tonali time to adapt. Just like we did with Bennacer. Tonali is still young and has a lot of room for improvement.
Jajajajaja Rebic fell on his ass Castipendejo style, blooper of the season.
i don’t understand why is Tonali valued so high?
because he’ll be better than barella, if john malkovich can show cojones and play him further up the pitch, like conte does with barella. if conte can pull a milan10ian move like that, why cant milan’s own coach right
4 caps with Italy, IDK, maybe Mancini is an idiot too
I know but he’s still young and he has never played in a 2 man midfield at Brescia. He’s leaving a lot gaps in our midfield though.
Hopefully Bennacer will come on in the 2nd half.
its because the standart that bena and kessie make are so highhh
Ibra has been out of form but he may bounce back as he always does.
Rebic and leao alongside each other, makes our left side really explosive
With Tonali on the field, we play with one less player, defensively
Tomori makes impressive last second saves but what I don’t like is his positioning.
Wth 1st half just become GKs show
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I’m starting to like this tomori guy. He has so much to learn to be top quality but he’s doing great so far to get there.
I have enjoyed Leao’s work rate so far today. He’s been covering his position well and keeps dropping back to recover the ball well when needed. I think he’ll do well in a 2 man forward formation. Glad we’re ahead after the first half but we need to be more clinical and dangerous when going forward.
Pioli take off ibrahimovic and bring manzukic that lazy man killing our game
An okayish first half by the boys, but great to be in the lead after 45 minutes. Our right side looks quite good, with Theo on fire for a couple of minutes, and Rebic looking sharp. Zlatan also look good, despite the missed penalty, he is his usual unstoppable self in the air with great distribution throughout most minutes. And Kessie is solid as a rock as to be expected. On the other hand, the right side looks rather weak. Calabria’s loosing a lot of balls and space which is atypical of his last performances, and Salesmaker contributing close to… Read more »
*Our LEFT side looks quite good …
I hate how slow we play. Epl teams would feast on us in Europa if we keep playing this way. We really miss Bennacer and Çalhanoğlu cause they move the ball around so much faster. We also haven’t been compact in recent games honestly. Extend Giogio’s contract already
It’s unfortunate that that hakan and Diaz are both out. Tomori looks a little nervous to play the forward ball and keeps going back to the keeper. Our build up play is a bit weak today, but it’s expected with benna, hakan/diaz, and kjaer all out. Calabria seems shaky. Maybe Mancini is making him nervous
Lol. I thought it’s only me seeing this .Tomori is shaky. I guess with time he will feel good. The price tag of 27m placed on his head is not helping matters as he will not want to make any fatal mistake at the moment
Again, Rebic keeps losing the ball like his leg is scared of the ball or something. It’s been same thing all season long. Smh.
kessie is extremely calm from the spot. of all milan players ive seen, only pirlo and kaka were this calm, not even baresi and san marco were this calm executing penalties
you’ve mispelled balotelli mate
aah yes, correctamente mate. how could i forget super mario. that guy is a nutcase but he does take penalty so well
Kessie!!!! Never let’s us down from the spot
I’m fed up, Leao has something against Ibra…
He has poor vision, holding the ball to much when he needed to pass. He did good as an AM with his runs tho. He only needed to pass more.
Krunic on for rebic, what’s the formation now? Surely he can’t play left wing
Leao to lw. Krunic cam
He can play both left winger (he often does with the national team) and CAM..
Yes he can play both positions but recently he somehow forgot how to play football. I hope he gets his confidence back soon. So we can sell him with better price
Milan right side is so inert it may soon make it’s way on the period table.
One problem with our right side is that Hakan, Ibra, Rebic, and Leao all tend to move toward left. Alexis ans Calabria are all alone. Even worst when Bennacer isn’t there to support them. Yes Alexia isn’t as talented as Leao and rebic but he also isn’t getting any support.
They have to go left bc salemakers and samu have zero productivity. Why go right when you know nothing good will happen unless it’s Calabria crossing or shooting. I sure wouldn’t
I don’t agree. They go left because the second position of all of them is left winger.
Bro come on. Milan literally play down the left side 85% of every game. Our right side is slow asf and we are unable to counter down that side
Every side would be slow if half the players go the other side! Not a single time that leao or Ibra turned to the right side tonight. Calabria is pretty capable player and Alexis is for sure not slow. We aren’t making the triangle at the right side
Just an straight line.
Come on your joking right. Please tell me when was the last time salemakers or castellejo out ran someone and truly left them in the dust?? It’s literally never ever happened
Well behaved Poli…
From the 75th minutes milan just stop playing football. They just walk around.
And in 80th minute they got punished for that
They are clearly fatigued
I said this in the last game and it’s happened again. Theo Hernandez needs to realize he’s a defender first and stop losing the ball in dangerous situations. He caused that goal. Also, this is why you don’t relax when you’re only 2 goals up. We’re so slow with the ball and relax when we’re only 2 goals up??! That’s not championship football. Someone said we will be destroyed in champions league if we keep playing like this and that is 150% true. Donarumma keeps saving us every damn time
We need to win this one
We are suffering now
It seems all staring players agree pre-match day that if they get a lead there’s no need to risk injuries so they’ll play conservatively.
That goal is absolutely Theo’s fault. He keeps doing it every game trying to dribble his way unnecessarily through everyone rather than pass and move.
What also concerns me we haven’t scored from open play, is it one goal from open play in 3 games?
Good win but the game it self was very boring.
Littlebit of drama but ok win is a win
Theo’s over confidence and Pioli’s lack ot confidence, nearly costs us the 3 point.
For me it’s like that Pioli’s fear is getting best of us. He is afraid of subbing Ibra. He is afraid of dominating the games. He is making defensive subs and decisions recently that is all related to our chance of winning Seria A. Before when we had no chance, Milan were the youngest bravest squad but now, we are such a coward that can’t even close the game in fron of a lackluster Bologna. Ibra should be subbed when he isn’t playing good. Ibra shouldn’t take penalties. Someone should slpa Theo for each dangerous band useless dribble he makes… Read more »
Good win, it seems closer than it was because of bologna’s GK has fantastic saves.
But my concern is without a proper CAM named Hakan, Milan can only attack from left side.
Central midfield is a no man’s land.
Right wing is a dead end.
Thus make them very predictable.
Really disappointing that we couldnt safely put this one away. I’m not liking the manzukic sub… still 3 pts. We are lucky on this one. We should be dominating this game from start to finish. Kessie is the only one who looked like he came to play
Worst game Just waste fk times
One of the worst games Milan has played! Pioli is literally tryin to self destruct! You take off leao and rebic and you lose all speed and all counter attack abilities! Hauge despite not playing good recently has to play! Mandzukic like I said we a stupid buy especially if we are using him on the left! Get real fuckin wingers god damn! Salemakers might as well quit the team! Theo was unlucky in the moment and it cost the team. But look at mandzukic not tracking back bc had he done so poli might not have had that shot!… Read more »
Best analysis Ive heard in a long time
Trust me bro, Milan will regret not getting wingers and a cam that will %100 be with the team next season. We are literally waisting time not getting thauvin, costa or Antony. We have zero speed and skill on the right side. Do they work hard? Yes. But they have no end product. It’s a shame rebic is off pace atm bc leao is lazy and can’t predict where he needs to be as a forward or winger
Definatley need a rw ASAP, we are getting predictable. Best teams have threat from both sides and saladmaker just work rate. A squad player yes but nothing more
Exactly. I’ve been saying it for a long time. We have always been slow on the right side. There are plenty of rw that are young and fast and skillful and we are just turning a blind eye to them
Mandzukic on the left was a bad call, more likely an experiment than anything else. Otherwise, I thought both Bennaser and Krunic were good calls. We had complete control of the mid for a few minutes with a real midfield of three, all the way up to the silly goal we gave (with Mandzukic lazy as f** tracking back).
Bennacer was a good call but with us only being up by 2. A real cam like maldini who has shown he can make things happen would have been better. We’ve seen time after time krunic offers zero so why play him. Use maldini or send him out on loan. They use mandzukic on the lw bc he played there on juve. It’s not really an experiment, more so going off of previous history
I agree.. i said it last week too. Manzukic shouldn’t be a winger sub. He should be a backup for ibra. It’s unfortunate that both CAM options were out today. Playing leao out of position was a poor choice perhaps. Why can’t we switch to a 442 in these scenarios?
Exactly! We all know leao is a support striker in france, that means playing along side another forward. That’s why I said play maldini bc he’s a natural cam. We literally got dominated for good portions of the game. Ball retention going side to side and back isn’t dominating, that means the other team is controlling the game defensively. It’s something the prime Milan used to do
Thank you Sir, needed to be said
Well, 3 points is 3 points. Good to see Bennacer back. That and the win are the best news of the night. Pioli’s subs should have and would have closed the game, but Mandzukic tracking back after Theo lost the ball in the middle was borderline criminal. I don’t care how old you are, if you can’t run faster than that after being less then 10 minutes on the pitch you shouldn’t be playing as a professional. Before that silly goal, Milan had complete control for a few minutes, which is a good sign that we haven’t seen for a… Read more »
Fantastic result but not so good of display. Pioli better figure something out quick or bad resukts will catch up to disappointing displays. Team looks out of gas and dull. They dont seem to reproduce those fast counterattacks and quick passes and triangles. It looks like morale or motivation is down as well. Welcome back ben. Bad subs from pioli. Manzukic as lw ?!!! He should have the balls to sub ibra for mandzukic. And push tonali in trequartista role once benaccer came in ( little experiment). Maybe he has tried it in training and didnt work. Im not a… Read more »
I also though Tonali as number 10 when Hakan is out should be a good idea, but Pioli seems to trust the kid in only a very specific role (as opposed to say Leao who’s been tried all over the place).
I think he’d be better as a 10 because defensively he’s no good
Forgot to mention what many are pointing out we havent scored from open play for some time now. In the beginning of the season when we were red hot we were scoring from every angle and every player.
We can’t play with speed bc we have players slow as fuck on the rw and in forward. I love zlatan but his lack of speed hurts when it’s time to press the defense and get the ball back. Maybe if this management decided to buy a fast winger like Antony, thauvin or costa, then we would have more options. Once again all game play comes from the left
25 wins needed for CL spot:
14 done n 11 more to go….
happy counting…. Happy counting
Despite the win we played poor. Theo runs are getting frustrating since he does it all the time, even when their is no space to run in front of him. He became overconfident and almost cost us the game this time. Salamakers did nothing and so did Krunic who was in his natural position this time so he has no excuse. Bennacer look good after his long injury which is a positive. The worst thing is that we are strugling to score from open play. We created some chances this time but unfortunetly we couldnt convert them.
firsf off, congrats to john malkovich and the boys for the win but that was a very low quality performance. like it or not, zapata was right; milan cant close the game without penalties. dont get me wrong, the penalties WERE legit, but no wonder milan keep on losing vs big teams in 2021: they are nowhere near themselves in july performance quality wise. the defense was as fragile as house of cards. at first i really liked how apparently pioli told calahmbria to move forward more often but tomori was so shaky without calahmbria’s help. the fact that tonali… Read more »
Bona and Paqueta sales were a big mistake looking it long term. Yes we got 20mil for Paqueta and got Diaz for free, but he will be gone next season. Real want 25mil for Diaz which i doubt we will pay, good luck finding AM of Paqueta quality and talent for 20mil or less now.Lion are pushing for the title with Paqueta now. As for Bona we could have sold Krunic for 8mil and keep Bona who is far better mid, which we let go for free. So we didnt even profited on Bona, not to mention all that he… Read more »
correctamundo mate. also, no way milan will redeem all of their loanees like brahim, tonali, dalot, meite, tomori and short term players like ibra and mandzukic in the summer, meaning milan will actually get weaker then. such a shame because bona, paqueta, silva, hell even musa and laxalt would do well with this squad and they sure as hell would be much cheaper solution since they WERE already milan players, no transfer fee required to tie them down
Our coach got the substitution very wrong
He shouldn’t have removed Leão and Rebic at least one would have stayed to supply Ibrahimovic
Well 3 points in our pocket
Rebic was removed because he was on a yellow card. Lately we have been getting a lot of second yellow cards so i understand why Pioli didnt wanted to risk it. Leao didnt do much on the wing after that so i guess he wanted a fresh winger for the last 15min. Mandzukic didnt look fresh however lol.
How the hell did we let Andre Silva go for nothing ?? Smdh
Nothing? Rebic is much better player
BREAKING NEWS
kris “better than inzaghi” piatek thought he’d scored the only goal in a match between frankfurt – hertha berlin but andriy “the giant” silva noped him tf out and scored doppietta, teaching ibra how to execute perfect unblockable penalty kick in the process. now andriy silva is joint 2nd topscorer of bundesliga alongside haaland.
imagine wanting to buy scamacca the lapadula 2.0 for 18 – 20 m when milan already had andriy “the giant” silva. oh, and bonad10nho and especially paqueta are having good season as well. laxalt aint half bad too
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