Milan wasted a truly remarkable opportunity to try to settle the Champions League race. A win against Parma would have put them seven points ahead of Napoli and eleven ahead of Juventus. Instead…
Putting aside the refereeing controversies, let’s look at the match. The Rossoneri did far too little to win. On points, they deserved the victory, but they never really conveyed the sense of being dominant or of threatening the opponent.
In this sense, the difference with Inter is significant, not just in terms of points and goals scored. The Nerazzurri, every time they attack, make you feel they could score. Milan, on the other hand, often just tickles the defense and remains a team with too many offensive difficulties.
AC Milan's attack needs revolutionizing:
This should also be a lesson for the transfer market: in the summer, the attack will need an almost complete overhaul. There are players underperforming and a department not well-structured, unlike Inter’s.
Milan must roll up its sleeves because the road to the Champions League could have been very short but still remains long.
Among the scattered notes, from a tactical perspective I have to “scold” Allegri for being too cautious. You can prepare the game with a 3-5-2, but especially when seeing that Parma poses no danger, you should make changes and show a bit more courage. It is striking that he only deployed the three forwards in the 85th minute, a clearly very late decision.
They needed to take more risks. The blame lies with the team, Allegri, and, at the root, a transfer market that was far from remarkable. Even Fullkrug, who arrived in January, is doing his part: nothing extraordinary, but that was already expected. This was reported by Calcio Mercato.
