People say this but it seems like most of us don’t really believe it, but it’s worth saying again. The team is really young and this is what happens.
All of us can analyze the player mistakes, the tactics pioli went with, all of that kind of stuff but the overarching idea is that when you build a team young and inexperienced like this, form will go down. We’ve been spoiled by such a long streak, and I think another one will come down the line, but young teams just have to grow.
We are Milan and there’s no excuse to not push for a title when you are within close distance to first place, but I see how so many of you all turn on the players so quickly. Leao for example, for the most part he has a very good season and he definitely made a step forward this season vs last year. There is upward trajectory, which is what the management wants but a couple bad games and suddenly Leao is some unplayable guy who ruins the game every time he steps on the field. You guys are starting to do that again with the whole team and I think people need to relax a little bit. Young teams have up and down form, it was always going to happen. There is enough quality in the team that they can turn it around quickly though. That will matter a lot more than Pioli benching certain players or going for a different approach.
Now actually getting into the game, a more experienced team would have found a way to keep that pressure on in the second half. We had them pinned and the chances were there, I think if one of those goes in we go on to win the game. Didn’t happen though and we just left so much space. Tbh I didn’t think Romagnoli or Kjaer were great today and they look tired. The only thing I was somewhat happy to see was that we finally started to move the ball and create chances. Inter is a stingy team that parks the bus but against most of the league, playing like that will win games and score goals. That’s the attitude the team needs to have for the rest of the season
