Italian Serie A 2021/2022

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Gasperini decided to bench Demiral, Malinovsky and Zapata for this match. It's over guys.
Malinovsky and Zapata are just back from injury. Makes sense to start them from the bench.
 

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Giroud tried to get a cheap penalty, but instead got a yellow for maximum reacting to fake penalty. Fuck off
 

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Milan seem kinda frantic already.
 

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Theo’s enjoying highline without consequence, Atalanta are so slow at countering attack
 

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Half time summary:

1. All in all, Milan are controlling and dominating the game.

2. Most of the play is on the wrong side of the pitch Sadly.

3. Atalanta had 1 good shot on goal

4. Atalanta attack is choking similar to Dzeko :/

Most likely a draw or Milan win. Would be very lucky, almost a miracle if Atalanta can win this
 

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looking like a draw, sadly not gonna be enough for us
 

Stefan

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Lets be honest at this point they actually deserve to win.
Pioli has done a great job building this kind of team spirit with a bunch of no bodies. The way they play is fun to watch , very simple but effective, vertical , fast and not predictable.

I haven't seen atalanta in a while but from what i am seeing on this match there is no way they win today. If that happens cool
Play well... Their tactic is pass the ball to leao... would hardly call that playing well or fun to watch.
 

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Lol tomorri and Kalulu are playing in Atalantas half. Milan is starting to get nervous and looking for the win rather than playing calm and accepting the draw so only chance is that Atalanta scores some fluke counter
 

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Solid first half from Atalanta, now pressure is at max for Bbilan, also they are starting to feel a bit nervous, and this doesn't help.
Hope Atalanta can win this after the substitutions, they must keep their mind on the pitch since Bbilan has no clue on how to score
 

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Milan is playing with fire I think eventually they will make a mistake while they push so hard and hopefully that will decide the game
 

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Atalanta looking like the Febraury and March days of Lautaro-Dzeko. Absolutely nothing going forward. I hate the fact every Milan game is the same. Pressure, push the backline high, and give the ball to Leao. Pioli knows there isn't enough pace or talent in this league to make them pay.
 

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Milan game plan in first half was Theo back passing to Maignan and he long passing to Leao/Giroud
 

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Play well... Their tactic is pass the ball to leao... would hardly call that playing well or fun to watch.
It depends. Most of the world calls playing well Guardiola but i don't like horizontal football , i prefer vertical one.
When i appreciate Milan i do it taking into consideration their quality which is very limited.
Pioli seems to overcome lack of general quality by playing at its team strengths .

He doesn't get fixated with some tactical approach but rather focuses to exploit what he has on his disposal . Sometimes is Leaos speed , sometime the long ball to Giroud directly from the GK moving outside of his area and exploiting his good quality with the ball in his feet, sometime he creates space for Theo to run into and most importantly he always fills the area with 5/6+ players during crosses.
Nothing Wow in all of this , just some smart sensible decisions
 

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Nothing is going forwards because their attack is Muriel, Pessina, Pasalic. Also I was very happy that Roma drew yesterday because they got the H2H against Atalanta in the race for EL, so we can certainly expect Atalanta to fight on in the current situation.
I‘d like to see Boga and Malinovskyi as the game goes on as the Right wing of Milan doesn‘t look good today (Zappacosta alone keeps them occupied) and they need Someone able of smashing the ball like Ruslan can.
 

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Milan gonna score any minute now.
 

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muriel playing like an absolute shitter
 

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The thing for me is even if Atalanta manages to creat a proper chance they'll have to score vs Maignan
 
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