Amateur level?Adley hit three consecutive blows against promoted horses, and Bennacer returned to stabilize the overall situation
In the 23rd round of the league, AC Milan challenged Frosinone away. The Rossoneri narrowly won 3-2 thanks to goals from Olivier Giroud, Gabia and Jovic. Adley behaved like an amateur player throughout the game, and made people laugh and cry when he staged three intelligence reduction moves. Bennacer, who returned from injury at the Africa Cup of Nations, came off the bench and played solidly, and Adley was afraid that his future starting position would not be guaranteed.
Frosinone is a relatively unfamiliar opponent for Milan, with the two sides meeting just five times in their history, with the Rossoneri unbeaten with three wins and two draws. The most recent meeting came in December, when Milan won 3-1 at home thanks to goals from Jovic, Christian Pulisic and Fikayo Tomori. Milan are unbeaten in the last 7 league games, with 5 wins and 2 draws, ranking 3rd in the standings. Frosinone has experienced a wave of five consecutive defeats and has stopped the decline in the last two games with 1 win and 1 draw, and is temporarily in 14th place.
Milan and Frosinone are the same teams with the most goals from corners in Serie A this season, with six goals each, tied with Juventus and Atalanta. An interesting statistic shows that Milan are the team with the most goals in the first half of Serie A this season, with a total of 24 goals scored. Frosinone conceded the most goals in the first half of Serie A, with the promoted side conceding 20 goals.
As expected, in the 17th minute of the first half, Giroud took the lead for Milan, in the 23rd minute, Leao actively returned to the defense and accidentally handballed the penalty, Frosinone equalized from the spot, and in the second half, the promoted horses once overtook with Maziteli's goal, but fortunately, Gabia and Jovic scored two consecutive goals to help Milan achieve three consecutive away wins.
Milan were able to win this game mainly thanks to three key gentlemen. The 37-year-old Giroud contributed passes, handed over 11 goals and 8 assists in 20 league appearances, and renewing the old man's contract is a top priority; Gabia became the backbone of the defense after returning early, not only scoring one goal, but also scoring a 95% success rate in 80 passes, ranking the highest in the game; Jovic has become a substitute wonder man, and has scored key goals as a substitute four times this season.
Comparatively speaking, Adley, who started the game, struggled a bit. In this game, Adley and Reinders partnered in the double back, and the overall hardness was obviously weak, and only 1 time of 6 physical confrontations with the opponent was stolen. In addition, the French midfielder also staged three speechless moves.
In less than 1 minute of the opening game, Maignan played the ball at the back, and Adli, who was not concentrating, made a mistake in retreating and receiving the ball, and the ball was taken by the opponent. Then he couldn't resolve the danger even by rolling and crawling in the penalty area, and almost ate the red dot set, but fortunately, Sulai's shot at the end put an anti-aircraft gun.
Then Bresciagnini, who came out of the Milan academy, faced Pulisic's pressing kick clearance, the ball had already flown to the sideline, Milan could get a throw-in opportunity, but Adli suddenly poked the ball out of the sideline to send away the ball, and Calabria next to him looked blindfolded.
Adley's most degrading moment came when he took a set-piece up front. After the referee blew the whistle, he subconsciously touched the ball with his foot, and the opposing player immediately stepped forward to force it, and the hurried Adley chose to pass the ball back, directly causing a low-level second touch foul, and the ball was returned to the opponent again. I have to say that Adley's handling this time is too amateurish.
Bennacer, who was injured in the national team, returned in time and the Algerian international finally stabilized the situation after coming off the bench. Although he only played 28 minutes, Ben 4 contributed a team-high 2 steals, won 4 of the other 5 physical scrambles, and Jovic's killer ball also came from Bennacer's cross after a steal.
As Bennacer gets better, Adley's starting position is expected to be ceded, Reinders will form a fixed double midfield with Ben 4 after returning from suspension, Adley, who is slow paced and not hard enough, needs to practice if he wants to regain trust, and the ball quotient must try to catch up with emotional intelligence.