With the season already in the final stages, the title race in Serie A is still foggy. The gap between the top three teams can be described as negligible. On the face of it, no team's laugh at the end can be counted as an accident. However, if you carefully analyze the situation of the three teams, ac Milan still has a certain degree of advantage. First of all, at the level of the team's competitive state, they are undoubtedly the best team in the second half; secondly, in the standings, they have fully grasped the initiative. Theoretically, as long as they can win all the races in the remaining schedule, they will be ironclad to win the championship.
In terms of schedule, Pioli's team will basically not continue to encounter strong opponents in the following matches. Most of the opponents are teams in the middle and lower reaches, and there are very few teams in the top rankings. Judging from the team's performance this season, ALTHOUGH AC Milan has not shown a clear advantage against teams of comparable strength, it has performed quite solidly against middle and lower teams. This season, the average team can score 2.17 points per game in the league. That said, from a practical point of view, if Pioli's team scores 19 to 20 points in the next 9 games, there should be a lot of hope of winning the championship. If translated into a specific record, they need to win at least 6 games and fight for at least 1 draw in other games. For AC Milan, as long as they are not suddenly "power outage", it is not particularly difficult to get the above results.
The outstanding state of the players also provides the greatest guarantee for the team to achieve the desired record. Judging from the players' performance this season, Pioli was unable to put together a sufficiently neat starting lineup in the case of injuries suffered from injuries in the team's squad. He had to put some players in unfamiliar positions. For the most part, such an arrangement will greatly affect the strength of the team. Take Casey, for example. When Pioli put him in the front-back position, he clearly didn't perform as well as he should. Due to the relatively high position, his interception ability was weakened, and the back insertion attack could not fully play to its due to the reduction of vertical space. In addition, his slightly frizzy nature on the offensive end also prevented him from working well with his forward teammates for smooth passing. It can be said that Casey's performance this season has not met expectations, and it has a lot to do with the fact that he has not appeared in the position he is most familiar with in many games.
However, there are also some players in the team who have come up with performances that make Pioli shine in unfamiliar positions. Among them, the most typical is the young general Kalulu. Objectively speaking, at the beginning of the season, Kalulu's positioning has always been a role player in the team, more precisely, he is a marginal player. Given his transfer value, the team never seemed to think he had the potential to grow into a team player. However, the young player seized the opportunity of a missing major general in the back line and performed very well in the limited playing time. In particular, he is significantly more at ease than Gabia, who is more experienced in the team. Through his own efforts, he has become one of Pioli's important options in the backline. However, as a centre-back player, Kalulu still has some disadvantages in terms of height, which may limit his ceiling to some extent. However, in any case, in Kalulu, AC Milan has already reaped more than expected returns.
On Casey's side, though, the team looks certain they can't recover any transfer fees. As the main player of the team, even if the midfielder has not played well this season, he still has a value of 48 million euros in the transfer market. According to transfer expert Romero, Laporta has won a decisive victory in Casey's transfer operation. It is reported that he has reached an agreement with Casey, who has confirmed that he will transfer to Barca at the end of the season. However, Casey did not receive the expected salary package, and he will receive a contract with an annual salary of 6.5 million euros, of which only 4 million euros is a fixed part and the rest is a floating clause with conditions. For AC Milan, Casey's free departure at the end of the season not only weakened the overall strength of the team to a certain extent, but also had some adverse effects on the team's financial situation.
However, given the good momentum the team has shown this season, although the team's transfer funds are not abundant, AC Milan will continue to strengthen the team's lineup. According to The Milan Sport, Maldini wants reinforcements in the right wing and centre-back positions, and he has locked in targets, bell and bowman, respectively. In the transfer market, the total value of the two generals is 48 million euros. (The picture comes from the Internet, if there is infringement, please contact to delete)