Il Milan enjoy, theInter it sinks. Sunday full of emotions that of the Milanese, albeit decidedly contrasting. The Rossoneri smiled, capable of beating Turin despite a thrilling finish, while the Nerazzurri were licking their wounds, defeated by Chievo at the end of a very worrying performance.
The debut of is sweet Vincenzo Montella, very bitter that of Frank De Boer: for both the time of judgment is still far away, God forbid, but the feeling is that the Milan, despite all its structural limitations, has a more advanced technical project than its cousins. However, the tactical deviations of an incomplete team remain, left practically the same as last year's despite a far from satisfactory seventh place.
In fact, the blackout in the finale that could compromise a victory already on the ice and saved only by a great man was inexplicable Donnarumma, protagonist just against that Mihajlovic who had launched him as a starter in football that counts. “Had I known he would have saved me a penalty I wouldn't have made him debut – the Serbian joked (up to a certain point) -. We would have deserved at least a draw but I'm still satisfied, I saw the Taurus heart for most of the match".
The 3-2 final therefore rewards Montella, capable of giving a clearly visible tactical imprint despite the few weeks of work. On the shields, in addition to the aforementioned Donnarumma, there is obviously Carlos Bacca, author of a hat-trick that extinguishes, this time for real, all market rumors. The Colombian displayed his entire home repertoire: header (38'), cross-shot in the small area (50') and power penalty (63').
In between, however, also a lot Torino, able to restore balance to the match with Belotti (48'), to reopen it with Baselli (91') and to come close to a sensational comeback with the same striker, however stopped from the penalty spot by the young (but very good) Rossoneri goalkeeper (94') .
Emotions also at Bentegodi but with strong yellow and blue hues. From the Nerazzurri in fact we have seen very little, both technically and tactically. The big loser is Frank De Boer, if only because his choices went against the trend of predictions and, in the light of the result, logic.
No 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 as predicted by everyone but a 3-5-2 that hasn't been seen since Mazzarri's days (except for some sporadic matches with Mancini). A decision that could have surprised Chievo and which instead ended up favoring them: Maran's 4-3-1-2 worked perfectly, from all points of view.
“It's been a tough night but we're only getting started – the analysis of De Boer –. We'll have time and ways to improve, I thought the 3-man defense could annoy Chievo but we conceded in our most positive moment. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to investigate some situations further, and my physical condition didn't help: we'll need a little patience but we'll grow”.
Everyone at Inter is hoping for it because with performances like yesterday you won't go very far. Chievo for its part played a very good game and took 3 platinum points thanks to Birsa, a former AC Milan player who scored a really nice brace. First a serpentine that stunned the Nerazzurri defense (49'), then a splendid right-footed shot from distance that ended up surprising even Handanovic (81').
In short, Sunday in chiaroscuro, that of the Milanese: judging from this first day, theirs risks being a championship as exciting as it is indecipherable.
