In the end, it’s true: matches against smaller teams have become a real taboo for Milan. After the first 45 minutes, it seemed that Massimiliano Allegri’s side had finally shaken off that issue, but Bernabé and then Delprato decided to ruin the evening and the Devil’s plans.
Some of the signals from the match in Parma are worrying, not so much for Milan’s football or the quality of the squad, but for a trend that risks compromising the season’s goals: fragility against weaker opponents and the inability to manage a lead.
Milan, the numbers say it all:
In four league games this season against teams from the lower half of the table, Cremonese, Lecce, Pisa, and Parma, Milan collected only 5 points out of 12. Too little, especially considering the technical gap and the club’s stated ambitions. The minimum goal is to qualify for the Champions League, but in Serie A, objectives like that (and even the Scudetto) are reached by winning these matches too.
Another figure deserves attention: against Atalanta, Pisa, and Parma, Milan went ahead and then got pegged back: they dropped six crucial points. Three matches where Milan had the momentum after taking the lead, yet the team showed not technical limits, but mental ones. A lack of clarity and focus, as Matteo Gabbia admitted after the match at the Tardini.
Mistakes like these make all the difference between a successful season and a wasted one, and Allegri knows it. Being caught once can happen, twice is a warning, three times means there’s a problem. The season is still long, nothing has been decided yet, but whether Milan’s goal is returning to the Champions League or fighting for the title, they cannot afford to throw away points like this. Negative trends must be reversed immediately, because a team that wants to stay at the top cannot afford such blackouts, as relayed via Milan News.
