Another flop. Gattuso's Milan fails to win even in Empoli, where they only get a draw which, ranking in hand, is worth as much as a defeat. Castellani's 1-1 draw left a huge bitter taste in the mouth, because the Rossoneri, just like with Napoli and Atalanta, had finished the first half ahead only to then, just like on those other two occasions, ruin everything in the second. If the matches lasted 45' Gattuso would have 7 points more, unfortunately for him this is not the case and then we find ourselves once again, yet again, having to deal with a misstep.
“The biggest regret is that we never close matches, this is becoming a problem – sighed the Rossoneri coach – It was another unfortunate evening, individual mistakes can be there but we pay dearly for them. Unfortunately, when you play well and you don't win, you lose peace of mind, this cannot be denied, now we just have to stay calm and work. The boys are trying hard."
Bitter words those of Gattuso, however shareable. The paradox is that Milan don't play badly, on the contrary: the maneuver flows, the ideas are seen, the opportunities rain down. But a team that doesn't know how to finish always risks, all the more so if, on an individual level, mistakes like that of Romagnoli arrive who literally gives the ball and penalty to Mchedlidze in the 70th minute, thus allowing Caputo to beat Donnarumma and cancel, done, the advantage of Biglia, in the net with a left from the edge (deflected by Capezzi) at the beginning of the match (10').
A blow that the Rossoneri managed to absorb better than expected, diving back into the Empoli half of the pitch in an attempt to find a very important, perhaps even fundamental, victory. Unfortunately for them, however, Terracciano is in the evening of grace and the numerous attempts (above all that of Suso in recovery) are rejected, one after the other.
The appointment with the victory, therefore, is once again postponed to a later date: Gattuso hopes it will take place on Sunday on the Sassuolo field, in a match that, at this point, looks so much like a last resort. For Milan's Champions League ambitions, given that the standings are starting to lengthen and the points from fourth-placed Lazio are already 6 (albeit with one game less) and for him, forced to deal with the law of results, the only one that matters Really.
