Against Cagliari, Yunus Musah played his 50th game in an AC Milan shirt. The United States national team player was the subject of much analysis by Italian journalists after the draw against Cagliari. Milan against Cagliari conceded too many crosses and too much action from the flanks. The presence of Chukzueze did not help Emerson Royal in the defensive phase. The former Tottenham man often went into numerical inferiority, suffering a lot from the opponent's full-back and winger.
THE IMPORTANCE OF YUNUS MUSAH
The American midfielder had been crucial against Real Madrid. The American played a key role in the Rossoneri's balance at the Bernabeu. On his side were Mendy and the fearsome Vinicious, who did not have much space because on the right wing, apart from Emerson Royal and Pulisic, there was also Musah himself, who was doubling up on Real Madrid's outside line. This set-up was not proposed against Cagliari because obviously Fonseca did not want to prepare a game with man-to-man coverage against a much weaker formation technically.
THE QUESTION
The question is with the same formation as at the Bernabeu, i.e. with Musah in the role of midfielder on the right, with a covering and doubling task on that same flank, would Milan have suffered like this? Probably not. But everyone knows that a big club must not go so far as to adopt these systems in order not to suffer against a small club. Nevertheless, after the national team break Musah should get more minutes. While waiting for individual players to improve the defensive phase Fonseca might decide to have a more defensive tactical set-up, making Musah the team's balancer. As was the case with Kessiè or Krunic, when Stefano Pioli was on the bench.
