Allegri: “Milan, a joker wasted, but we can’t waste ten months of work”

Of course, it’s not like that freezing night of January 12th twelve years ago, but even with today’s 25 degrees, intense shivers run down Massimiliano Allegri’s back. Who, evidently, at the helm of Milan has Bermuda triangle-style coordinates in the Mapei Stadium: his Devil disappears from the radar in these parts. At the moment, Milan simply isn’t there and, with three games to go and with six points still to take home, there couldn’t be worse news. Milan don’t play, Milan aren’t bad, Milan don’t score (one goal in the last five games), in fact they don’t shoot at all (no shots on target in Reggio Emilia). And now the chart begins to transform from a comfortable sofa and a fakir’s bed. Immediately below fourth place, Como have nibbled away a point but the real danger comes from Roma: in the event of a victory over Fiorentina tomorrow evening, the Giallorossi would move to within three of the Devil, even if Milan would have the advantage of the direct clashes in the event of finishing on equal points.

Allegri’s words

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“We approached the match badly, since we conceded a goal after a few minutes – explains Allegri after the match -. And in the second, even if there are ten of you, you can’t concede a goal like that. We threw away a wild card, but we can’t throw away ten months of work done in a certain way. Technically we made a lot of mistakes, it was a Sunday to forget, a bad day. It’s not that the Champions League is at risk, I’ve always said that I would be happy to conquer it even on the last day. We have to be good at staying calm and take responsibility. The message is that we have had an important ten months, unfortunately the second half of the season wasn’t done very well. Now we all need to prepare well for the match against Atalanta. There’s no point in getting anxious, but it’s important to work with great attention.”