Mission accomplished! Milan liquidated the Psv practice with a dry 3-0 and flew to the Champions League groups. However, the result should not mislead: the victory over the Dutch was not a walk in the park. It's just that the Rossoneri, after the slaps in Verona, put in place the right attitude, which, added to the greater experience compared to Cocu's kids, made the difference. And if the attacking trident pulls off such a performance, everything becomes easier.
Well, indeed very well Boateng, author of a brace in Milan's first year style, Balotelli, who in addition to scoring in bursts (13th goal in 15 games with the Rossoneri shirt) is increasingly at the service of the team, El Shaarawy, who only lacked the goal to make the his proof. As we said previously, however, it was not a walk in the park. Proof of this is Abbiati's match, decisive on at least three occasions, forced to make up for the usual defensive blunders of a department always on the verge of sufficiency. Even the (large) crowd at San Siro noticed it, rather stingy towards the management. “Matri? No thank you!" stood out on a banner in the Curva Sud, followed by the even more explicit “A defense and a midfield to be strengthened: there's nothing else you should think about”, ending with a laconic “Seasonal objective third place? My Milan, I don't recognize you." In short, the Rossoneri people are hungry for the transfer market, just like Massimiliano Allegri.
The coach caused the sports press to spend a bad quarter of an hour, which, in the late evening, risked having to repeat all the front pages. “The grilled climate towards me? It's been like this for two years, maybe tomorrow morning (today for the reader, ed) I'll resign – he declared furious immediately after the match. – We have been talking about the next Milan coach for two years, we need to be more objective. He pontificates too much from the outside, we need respect for the work of others. I'm happy with the boys' work, but I'm very angry." A full-blown outburst, however, returned to the ranks shortly after. “As usual, someone did not understand the joke – he explained – many people enjoy writing things, for once I wanted to joke”. In short, the case returned, also because the beauty arrives now.
Waiting for the Champions League draw, which will obviously also concern Juventus and Napoli (Nyon, 17.45 pm), Galliani will finally dive into the market. Despite the discontent of the fans, the hot, indeed hot, name is that of Alessandro Matri. “According to our coach, we need a replacement for Pazzini – revealed the Rossoneri CEO. – I don't want to name names, but now we can look for him. The other departments? There are many of us in defense and in midfield we think we're fine like this”.
Galliani does not regret the passage of Adem Ljajic to Romeofficial since yesterday. The Serbian, after having undergone the usual medical examinations, even carried out his first training session with the Giallorossi shirt, which suggests a call-up for the match against Verona on Sunday. Lamela, officially a Tottenham player since yesterday, will not be at the Olimpico. The Argentine moves to London for 30 million plus 5 in bonuses, a very high figure that will allow Sabatini to operate in other departments as well. Astori likes the defense (but Cellino has declared that the Cagliari market is closed) and Sakho from PSG, with whom the first contacts have already begun. The Giallorossi sporting director then hopes to place Borriello and replace him with one between Gomis (Lyon) and Thauvin (Lille), names indicated directly by Rudi Garcia.
It is now very difficult to see Samuel Eto'o again in the Italian league. The Cameroonian is one step away from Mourinho's Chelsea, as evidenced by his trip to London yesterday. Once Manchester United's no for Rooney was received, Special One decided to close for the former Nerazzurri, who at this point seems really close to signing for the blues.
News also on the Juventus transfer market. Waiting to agree with Milan for Matri, Marotta finds himself forced to face Barcelona. In fact, the Catalans want a striker and are thinking about Llorente. But Juve has no intention of depriving themselves of their new centre-forward, even if he is having more difficulty than expected in settling in Turin. Rather, from England they forcefully relaunch the Nani hypothesis. According to the usually well-informed bookmakers, the Portuguese will become black and white in the next few hours. In this regard, the Paddy Power betting agency is even paying for transfer bets.
