During the first half of Milan vs Lazio, the only Milan player who delivered a positive performance was Mike Maignan. In the first minute he produced a real miracle on a header from Gila, who was completely free in the middle of the box and thought he had beaten the French goalkeeper. He did not, and with the match ending 1-0, the captain once again played a decisive part in the three points.
Carlo Pellegatti commented on this on his YouTube channel. These were his words, as transcribed by Milan News.
“What a harsh match once again after a first half that we can list among the worst of the season, maybe among the worst of the year. We fell into the same pattern again saying ‘We struggle too much’. The first half had one cameo, one bright moment, one pearl, the usual mark of that extraordinary goalkeeper who we might lose in 32 days if he signs for another club, Mister Mike Maignan. A header from a Lazio player, and Mike reached it with an open hand. An extraordinary stop, admirable."
"I have a problem with Maignan. I keep flipping through my Zanichelli dictionary, the one I always keep to search for new adjectives. I once even called a Milan player a ‘Zanichelli shredder’. Maignan is a Zanichelli shredder. I have no adjectives left for him, and if I think that in 32 days I might lose him I lose my mind. I lose my mind at the idea of losing another goalkeeper. We must update the figure, the points he has saved were eight at least, they are already ten, because Milan won but without that save I don’t know how it would have ended."
"In the first half the only cameo was Maignan. The rest was a predictable Milan, slow, a Milan that in terms of individual quality and play was among the worst of 2025.”
