Allegri: “The serenity of the fort was needed. But in the long run this will be a difficult point”

About some things, he was right. On the eve of Max Allegri had received heated warnings about the dangers of meeting another newly promoted team after the poor showing in August against Cremonese, he had invited everyone to avoid words like escape and had explained to the point of exhaustion that Pisa were a grumpy opponent, as the 2-2 draw at San Siro demonstrated. On others the Rossoneri coach had to change his mind because his Milan this time was a team without intensity and with (much) less soul than usual, if we exclude the last minutes of the match played more with their guts than with their heads. During the match, those on the sidelines heard him point the finger several times at the weakness of his team, even when the Rossoneri were 1-0 up. And at the end of the first round he invited the team to wake up. The message was anything but received: Milan returned to the pitch soft and relaxed after the break. An obvious step backwards in terms of attitude, rather than opportunities: there have been many and if someone between Leao, Nkunku and Saelemaekers had thrown it in the second time, that weakness would not become the central point of the analysis.