A victory with a bitter taste, or at least bittersweet. Because if it's true that Milan still have to win them all to end the championship without further regrets, it's equally true that Juve flees, and doesn't give any hint of wanting to stop. That said, the Rossoneri are trying to see the glass half full: Cassano is back on his level, just like Gattuso and Ibrahimovic scores repeatedly even now that he's not at his best. All this will hardly be enough to win the championship, but at least it makes the season finale a little less bitter. Now Milan have to play their part against Atalanta (already saved) at San Siro in the midweek round, hoping for a misstep by Juve against Lecce. If this doesn't happen, then the Scudetto issue could end as early as this week.
THE MATCH
Formation of the eve confirmed en bloc for Massimiliano Allegri. Gattuso and Cassano are back as owners, as is Boateng, who together with Ibrahimovic forms the starting attacking trident. At the beginning the rhythms are slow, as usual for Milan, who however have the merit of not being discouraged by the news arriving from Novara. In the 24th minute, with Juve already ahead, the Rossoneri went through thanks to Cassano, who returned to scoring after 7 months. The goal is the result of a gift from Sienese goalkeeper Brkic, who doesn't hold back a harmless cross from Ibra, thus favoring the winner from Bari. A minute goes by and Milan doubles: this time the roles are reversed, with Cassano returning the favor to the Swede, who is good at getting in the net with a great left foot. Now the Rossoneri play well and come close to scoring the third goal several times, especially with Boateng, who is really unleashed, but the first half ends 0-2. The recovery does not seem to give particular emotions, also because there is certainly no good news from Novara. In the 37th minute, however, Siena jumped and reopened the match, thanks to Bogdani's easy goal. Milan shakes from their torpor and finds the net with Nocerino, author of a play "alla Kakà": percussion ball and chain, dry and right dribbling under the crossbar. In recovery there was still room for a brace from Ibrahimovic, who received another assist from Cassano and made it 1-4.
THE REACTIONS
Given that the Scudetto race does not offer particular ideas, the predominant theme at Milan is always the future of Allegri, who replied in the press room as follows: "I have an excellent relationship with the President, with whom I spoke this morning and also with Galliani . I'm fine at Milan and we've won the league and the Super Cup, we're fighting for a second Scudetto and we've done well in the Champions League." The Rossoneri coach defends his territory with results, which have actually been more than good, and which without injuries could have been even better: “Unfortunately, the absences of Gattuso and Cassano could not be imagined, including those of Flamini and Yepes. When you lack these players you can struggle, we did without them from the sixth game until the match against Fiorentina". He closes on the Scudetto fight, with a dry sentence that he knows so much as an epitaph: “Today it was important to win, hoping that they will give up something but it's difficult. We did very well and we don't have to reproach ourselves for anything.
