Another disappointment. Yet another for Milan and Rome, forced to deal with the word crisis, albeit in different ways. The speech mainly concerns the Giallorossi, defeated in Bologna and practically unrecognizable compared to a few months ago, but the Rossoneri are also starting to have too many wasted opportunities in their early season bouquet. And so, while Juve flies, Napoli chases, Lazio and Inter begin to march, Milan and Rome continue to disappoint and it doesn't matter that the championship is just in its infancy: the calendar is advancing tightly and the classification, consequently, begins to assume a considerable weight.
“I'm not angry, I just feel great regret – commented Gattuso. – This team has two faces, after having had a great first half we struggled a lot in the second, so much so that we played an unrecognizable last half hour. We can't give continuity to the performances, I'd rather play less well but score more points".
The Rossoneri coach's understandable bitterness, because the 2-2 draw with Atalanta cries out for revenge. Going ahead twice and being caught up in as many is not a top team, and this regardless of important technical gestures and high-level flare-ups. Yes, because Milan, as effectively explained by their coach, is a two-faced team, capable of doing very well in some moments and completely disappearing from the field in others.
Ready-go and Higuain, the man most awaited, unlocked the match with a great right-footed volley on an assist from Suso (2'), before Bonaventura had a goal disallowed for offside and, subsequently, hit the post when the goalkeeper was beaten . And if Kessié's mistake face to face with Gollini is added to this, it becomes clear how the 1-0 at the end of the first half was really close to the Rossoneri, or at least to their best side. Because the worst emerged at the beginning of the second half, when Gomez pushed the equalizer into the net (52 '), giving a strong signal to Gattuso: nothing but a foregone conclusion...
Bonaventura seemed to put everything back in place (60'), but then, after a couple of sensationally wasted chances to make it 3-1, Atalanta first came close to making it 2-2 (Rodriguez saved on the line), then found it with Rigoni, quick to collect a rejection by Donnarumma for the most mocking of draws (91 ').
So much disappointment at San Siro but never as on the Roman side of the capital. Because the 2-2 draw with Atalanta is nothing compared to the Roma disaster in Bologna, demonstrating that the Giallorossi crisis is now a full-blown reality.
And to think that Inzaghi's team, until yesterday, had only one point in the standings, moreover without having ever scored a goal. It took Di Francesco's to wake her up, testifying that if racing and the will to fight are lacking, you can lose against anyone, especially in our championship. Goals from Mattiello (36') and Santander (59') give Superpippo the first smile of the season and send Roma into the hell of a crisis from which it won't be easy to get out, especially in the week leading up to the derby.
"I'm disgusted" Pallotta's comment, "go to work" that of the 2.500 fans present at the Dall'Ara: in short, the Giallorossi environment is boiling and two victories will be needed against Frosinone (Wednesday) and, above all, Lazio to calm it down (Saturday), otherwise who knows what will happen.
“The numbers condemn us, so we just have to keep quiet and pedal – Di Francesco's words – This team has little defensive solidity and this is leading us to make a lot of fools. It's up to me to find the solution and so far I haven't been able to, so it's right that I'm in discussion”.
