Alvaro not at his best The former Giallorossi player has managed 2 goals in Serie A and one is from a penalty
Despite the twenty-two attempts towards the opponent’s goal claimed by Fonseca in the post Milan-Genoa, his team was unable to overcome the resistance and pierce the defence. Adjusting your aim might not solve everything: Morata came very close to scoring, stopped by the crossbar on one occasion. It was a stone’s throw from Leali. A second chance instead sent him sensationally wide: he attempted a powerful shot when all he needed to do was aim for the low corner. Abraham did worse: one cheer outside and one rejected, without ever managing to frame the goal. So, precision aside, we need to renew the offensive strategy and invent something new. The numbers certify it: the team has failed to score in three of the last four home Serie A matches (against Napoli, Juventus and Genoa), as many times as in the previous 45 matches at San Siro in the competition.
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If Leao doesn’t break through and Chukwueze is too predictable, Milan will suffer from the lack of Pulisic. Captain America guarantees quality and quantity: he scored five goals in the championship, enough to make him the Rossoneri’s best scorer. A task that usually falls to center forwards and Milan have two experienced ones: Morata and Abraham. The pair had made their debut in the derby: not side by side, but Alvaro in support of Abraham as first striker. A success due to unpredictability (Pulisic and Gabbia then scored) and balance. However, when Milan seemed to have found stability with the new formation, here were the other shocks: Tammy who stole Florence’s penalty from Pulisic and was punished with the bench, and then some minor injuries, first Morata and then Abraham himself. The pair ended up breaking out, while their contribution in front of goal remained modest. Two in the championship for the former Giallorossi: the penalty in the 4-0 against Venezia and the 2-3 against Cagliari, an advantage later canceled out by the Rossoblù. It’s been over a month. Better in the Champions League with recent goals against Slovan and Red Star. Morata scored at Real Madrid, while in the league he did not go beyond goals in Turin, Atalanta, Lecce and Empoli. And only against the last two did Milan take home the victory. Alvaro has never been a scorer of twenty goals a season, goals that on some evenings Fonseca struggles to find elsewhere.
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He won’t have them from Okafor, who already appeared weighed down against Genoa. Furthermore, he suffered a first-degree injury to the soleus muscle of his right calf: another test in ten days, he risks being out of action for a month.
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