Calcio Saga 19/20

Kaladin wrote:

rincon wrote:What?? When did I hype this Milan at all? I'm the only one so far that wrote Milan outside of CL spots in the prediction thread. Milan fans are the ones hyping up such a poor mercato in the transfer threads.

gtfo @S, go back to hyping Emre Can

No player we got in the mercato has started this game, so jury's out

Casciavit wrote:Bennacer's first play in which he received the ball under pressure, was able to hold on to it, and then break 2 lines with his pass was beautiful ffs.

Shame it was Hakan who received it and decided to pass back instead of turning with the ball smh.

Also why the fuck isn't Conti starting? He was the best RWB in the league before his ACL injury. How's he ever going to recover his form if he isn't even given the chance to play. It's not like Alves is starting over him it's fucking Calabria.

I can't wait until Theo is back and replaces Rodriguez. How braindead was that throw in at the end?

Musacchio sucks. Kessie is shite too. Ngl find it funny how whenever the ball was approaching the right side Giampaolo would tell Kessie to hug the touch line. The lack of faith he had in him helping progress the ball centrally.

After one competitive game, a 1-0 defeat to Udinese, Marco Giampaolo concedes Milan need a complete tactical overhaul. “We need them in their natural roles.”
The 1-0 loss at the Dacia Arena highlighted a toothless display without a single Rossoneri shot on target.

“Aside from the result, because losing is never good, clearly the game didn’t give me many positive indications,” Giampaolo told Sky Sport Italia.
“You can usually read what the team does well or less well. I go beyond the result and will try to analyse deeper on how the match progressed, our interpretation of certain tactics and different characteristics.
“There are many things here that I need to reflect on. Possession needs to develop into attacking moves more, but it probably wasn’t our fault as such, but rather because Udinese have certain characteristics when defending that make it difficult to play against.
“I reflect on the game, on the ability of the three upfront to develop what I want to see, or if perhaps I am trying to get them to do something that just isn’t in their nature.”
Giampaolo moved Suso to the trequartista role and tried to fit the players into his traditional 4-3-1-2 formation, but one official match in, he seems to have scrapped an entire pre-season of preparation.

“My vision of Milan is very different. It’s not just Suso and Castillejo, but Piatek too. He has the movements of a centre-forward.
“Suso is an extraordinary player, but he probably has different characteristics and we need to get them to play in their natural roles. We’ll have to work on it and certainly in a different way, probably 4-3-3.
“It’s not their fault, they have tried really hard, but I mustn’t try to transform their very nature. That is not my job. I have to make the most of these players and their qualities.
“Until today, we didn’t see that so clearly. I thought at the start that it was just Suso becoming a trequartista, but we have to look beyond that, take some principles and try to completely reorganise everything upfront.
“Even if we had won the game, that would be the case. We are sterile, I don’t like the movements in attack, this team is not suited to this football.

“I am not throwing anything out, it’s just that I have to focus on some other details from now on.”

RealGunner wrote:Where are these Modric rumours coming from?

Casciavit wrote:Giampaolo: "I can't change Milan players"

After one competitive game, a 1-0 defeat to Udinese, Marco Giampaolo concedes Milan need a complete tactical overhaul. “We need them in their natural roles.”
The 1-0 loss at the Dacia Arena highlighted a toothless display without a single Rossoneri shot on target.

“Aside from the result, because losing is never good, clearly the game didn’t give me many positive indications,” Giampaolo told Sky Sport Italia.
“You can usually read what the team does well or less well. I go beyond the result and will try to analyse deeper on how the match progressed, our interpretation of certain tactics and different characteristics.
“There are many things here that I need to reflect on. Possession needs to develop into attacking moves more, but it probably wasn’t our fault as such, but rather because Udinese have certain characteristics when defending that make it difficult to play against.
“I reflect on the game, on the ability of the three upfront to develop what I want to see, or if perhaps I am trying to get them to do something that just isn’t in their nature.”
Giampaolo moved Suso to the trequartista role and tried to fit the players into his traditional 4-3-1-2 formation, but one official match in, he seems to have scrapped an entire pre-season of preparation.

“My vision of Milan is very different. It’s not just Suso and Castillejo, but Piatek too. He has the movements of a centre-forward.
“Suso is an extraordinary player, but he probably has different characteristics and we need to get them to play in their natural roles. We’ll have to work on it and certainly in a different way, probably 4-3-3.
“It’s not their fault, they have tried really hard, but I mustn’t try to transform their very nature. That is not my job. I have to make the most of these players and their qualities.
“Until today, we didn’t see that so clearly. I thought at the start that it was just Suso becoming a trequartista, but we have to look beyond that, take some principles and try to completely reorganise everything upfront.
“Even if we had won the game, that would be the case. We are sterile, I don’t like the movements in attack, this team is not suited to this football.

“I am not throwing anything out, it’s just that I have to focus on some other details from now on.”

Casciavit wrote:Well if the 4-3-1-2 is out of the window go and sign a fast wide forward who can attack the box.

I can't handle seeing Hakan play as a LW for another season.

Arquitescu wrote:Encouraging that Giampaolo realises we simply do not have the players for the 4-3-1-2 let alone it being an obsolete formation, as much as I adore it overall.

4-3-3 should suit his attacking channels and what he aims for but definitely not what was on display today outside of the general attacking shape.


Cengiz ünder with a superb goal. Long run from the right followed by a tight cut inside past 2 players to slot it past Genoa.

What a start for Roma.

rincon wrote:Donnarumma had scored the 0-1 for Brescia in just 14 minutes but it got correctly ruled off by a slim offside by VAR.

Cagliari-Brescia is good! Brescia looking the part so far.

Arquitescu wrote:Very well concluded Jesp I agree with you as a whole.

Piamonti with a similar strike to Cengiz as it flies past the goalkeeper to make it 1-1 for Genoa.

Schöne formerly of Ajax of last year proving to be quite the dominant presence for Genoa in midfield. Already was an unexpected move but he can prove a leader for them this year.

JespSwe wrote:

rincon wrote:Donnarumma had scored the 0-1 for Brescia in just 14 minutes but it got correctly ruled off by a slim offside by VAR.

Cagliari-Brescia is good! Brescia looking the part so far.

my man tonali is playing there? give us the update lol even though i have 2G internet ; for some reason im seeing a lot of lags XD

rincon wrote:

JespSwe wrote:

rincon wrote:Donnarumma had scored the 0-1 for Brescia in just 14 minutes but it got correctly ruled off by a slim offside by VAR.

Cagliari-Brescia is good! Brescia looking the part so far.

my man tonali is playing there? give us the update lol even though i have 2G internet ; for some reason im seeing a lot of lags XD

Yes he is playing well. Really mobile and had a run in the box nutmegging a defender early on.