The revival of a team that has fallen behind is destined not to be smooth, and it is destined to struggle incomparably.
Last season's Inter Milan, this season's AC Milan, the four major dramas are chaotic and undulating. Disappointment and hope are intertwined, cowardice and courage are intertwined, such a big drama is a real torment for obsessive fans.
This morning's match between AC Milan and Bologna was a chaotic drama.
The situation of this battle: AC Milan wins, may not be able to guarantee the success of the fourth, but if you lose, there will be no chance.
At subtle moments, AC Milan's emotions are amplified, and one strange drama after another appears.
But on such a night, many people really know: what kind of people are cowards, what kind of people are strong men.
For example, Biglia's tears.
The Argentine veteran fell to the ground injured in the 26th minute without the ball, obviously he knows that he is seriously injured, he knows that he may be reimbursed this season, considering his age, if it is really seriously injured, can he still get back in his career? Unknown.
So, Biglia burst into tears after the injury.
This season's Biglia is awe-inspiring. The 33-year-old man is ranked in the top 20 of all the players in Serie A with an average of 11,065 meters per game. For a long time in the first half of the season, he has been milan number one in the steals list and in the top ten in Serie A. He is indeed fighting with heart and soul.
But the old man of the sunset samurai was invincible to the wounded. Although, people have reason to say: this old boy whose body was destroyed by injuries and illness is a real hero.
Another example is Bakayoko's angry scolding.
Bakayoko has been causing trouble lately. Ahead of his match against Lazio, he had a war of words with Lazio defender Archerby. After the game, Archerbi wanted to calm down out of grace, so he found Bakayoko to exchange jerseys.
However, Bakayoko gave a provocative response by showing off his opponent's jersey as a trophy, which drew repeated criticism from public opinion and fans.
Archerbi said at the time: This is a coward's act! Now, more and more people are beginning to endorse Archerby's views.
In training this week, Bakayoko was an hour late in training.
The explanation is: the car runs out of gas in the middle of the road.
AC Milan fined him 90,000 euros – the highest in the current disciplinary provisions of Serie A.
Bakayoko apologized to the team during training, which was applauded by his teammates. But it turns out that this matter is far from simple!
In this battle, after Biglia was injured, Gattuso asked Bakayoko to warm up and prepare for the debut. But Bakayoko's response was: grinding and rubbing, unwilling to move.
Gattuso was annoyed and criticized Bakayoko.
Gattuso said after the game: "I waited 7-8 minutes and he didn't even wear a legging! ”
As Gattuso turned around, Bakayoko was seen yelling at the manager. No lip reader required, the mouth shape is very clear: "F**K OFF MAN".
Kutrone's expression at that moment was classic. Stunned and stunned. He probably didn't expect that in a century-old giant, there would be such a farce.
The Italian media analyzed Bakayoko's thoughts: whether it is late, refusing to appear, or insulting the coach, it is all for two reasons.
The secondary reason is that he does not like racism in Italy.
The main reason is that he does not think AC Milan will qualify for the Champions League. If the Nerazzurri failed, it would be difficult to activate Bakayoko's buyout clause. Plus Gattuso is about to leave class. For various reasons, he had no intention of fighting for the coach and this club.
At the end of the season, before the opening of the market, there were many players with eccentric ideas, and people could understand Bakayoko's mind.
But he forgot one thing: he was a professional player who fed by playing football, and it was his duty to do his duty. If he doesn't show the professional attitude and integrity he deserves, then there are several clubs that will really trust him and love him!
For example, Paqueta's red card.
In the 73rd minute, Paqueta was brought down by Purga with a very rough move. The Milan nova was furious and went up to push Pulga, and the two sides formed a confrontation.
The referee rushed in, first yellow card warning Paqueta of the additional action.
Paqueta's incessant protest means: obviously he deliberately hurt people, why did I get a yellow card instead? Emotionally, Paqueta did something stupid: he hit the referee and pushed his hand away.
Then, the second yellow card arrived.
It was the second consecutive match, with ac Milan's core seniors being sent off for protesting the penalty. The last battle was Romagnoli.
This reveals the biggest shortcoming of AC Milan now: there are more young people in the team, and under the pressure of the four-fold competition, the players are often too strong, but lack wisdom and self-control.
This kind of thing as competition temperament can only be truly learned if you have been slapped and paid tuition. The movie line is, "Why do we fall?" Because, then we can learn to stand up."
Another example is the love and hatred of the South Stand.
The slogan of the San SiroNan Stand was "Scared, stay in the dressing room".
At present, the players in Milan are not without morale, but many players are dazed because they do not have confidence.
The players know that the fight for the fourth initiative is no longer in their hands.
The players know that Gattuso will be out of school at the end of the season and the Rossoneri is facing turmoil.
The players know that if they can't compete for four this season, under huge financial pressure, Milan may sell players, and many people's future will be painted with huge question marks.
At this moment, the players only have two ways to go: either break the jar and break it, focus their minds on the ball market, and now they can't work hard, avoid injury, and only ask for the next year, change the owner's life.
Or, go all out and fight for the hopes of competing for the four that don't seem like much, strive to achieve your goals, change the fate of Milan, and then change your future.
At such times, the cowards will be exposed; the strong will still forge ahead. Like a war, the strong enemy is invincible, and his own troops are in a mess and about to collapse. But at this time, there are still people who are standing up from the middle of the rout army, and the moths rush up to fight, whether he is tall, strong, or masculine, he is also a real strong man.
So in this battle, Jose Mauri got a lot of applause.
He has been on the iron bench and has few chances in the Rossoneri, playing only 143 minutes in the league before this game, and his last appearance was on January 21, a full 106 days ago.
Many AC Milan fans have forgotten that there is such a person in the team.
But today, when Biglia retired from injury and when Bakayoko refused to play, he had to die. After a long time of fighting, he could not be in a good state. But he proved his courage by playing in 64 minutes, trying to steal eight times (first in the whole game) and successfully trying five times (first in the whole game).
It was his diagonal pass that assisted Suso in scoring the winning goal.
People dare not say that after this war, the iron bench can be put on the throne in Milan. But after this battle, many Milan fans will remember the 22-year-old Argentine for a long time, because despite his small size, he is a real hero.
This season, Milan's four major battles are ups and downs, chaotic, like Inter Milan last season.
Last season, Inter also lost the initiative several times, and there were also many chaos, such as the Italian derby, Spalletti's white flag substitution, Icardi's anger and tears of throwing water bottles.
Last season, Inter self-destructed the Great Wall several times, half-cut into the ground, and several times came back to life because of "peer help". After the final miraculous victory into the Champions League, Zhang Kangyang wept bitterly. Because it's too hard. Even more because it's too dangerous.
But once entering the Champions League by luck, Inter is on an upward trajectory, but it is an ironclad fact.
So what was the key to Inter's success in competing for four last season? Is the team superhuman? Is the Nerazzurri commander scheming? In fact, the most important thing is that a year ago Inter did a little: until the final complete despair, there was no giving up, so Inter waited until fate favored.
Then this season's AC Milan, at least should do this - this is the consciousness and self-esteem that a century-old team must have!
Milan now has the same point of victory and defeat with Roma, with 3 points less than Atalanta and only 4 points away from Inter. There are still 3 rounds left in Serie A, and although the initiative is not in hand, the hope is still there.
At this moment, cowards will be frightened into despair. Warriors, will still choose to fight!
What do you say to the god of death?
NOT TODAY！