De Ketelaere, with Empoli it’s (re) his turn: a turning point to mark the last two months

Twenty eight, fourteen, seven. These are Charles De Ketelaere’s last three minutes in the league and no, the next one will not suffer a further halving at three and a half. Milan-Empoli on Friday evening for CDK could (should) be a new opportunity – yet another – to make a change. Putting the arrow is impossible, with a Diaz like this, but turning yes. It can be done. And this will be one of the last trains for this year.

Mission (also corporate)

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Pioli hasn’t decided yet, but this would seem to be the orientation, also because Brahim will probably take the evening off. Partly because Milan need to play again on Wednesday the 12th against Napoli in the Champions League in the same conditions shown in the league last Sunday. Partly because the adductor discomfort reported by the coach at the end of the match – which is why the Spaniard’s match ended in the 12th minute of the second half – induces caution, although it’s nothing to worry about. Of course, in theory Pioli could choose to do without Charles this time too: it would be enough to confirm Bennacer in the center of the trocar, or place Krunic in it, but the coach’s mission – which coincides with the “company” one – is to ensure that the Belgian is able to light up at least in these last two seasonal months. Which are the decisive ones after all. A sort of new spring acquisition, useful for making a tangible contribution now that every single point has a very high specific weight.

Mature words

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If anything, the question is: in this Milan back to 4-2-3-1, where would CDK find its place? Pioli has always said he sees him behind the striker, or in any case on the centre-right. But, from what has been observed so far, it is difficult to think that Charles in the wing can guarantee that double ferocious phase magnificently interpreted by Diaz in Naples. Also because Empoli, wanting to go into detail on Friday night’s match, has one of its strengths on the left with Parisi’s bad percussion. So it’s easier to imagine the Belgian in the center of the trocar, perhaps with Saelemaekers on the wing. The last one as owner was in Florence a month ago, and it went like this: some good plays but little presence in the last quarter of the field and it’s a sadly already seen script. However, his words in an interview with the national team during the last stop were very nice to read: a full awareness of his own difficulties and at the same time the conviction of having the qualities to overcome them. Almost a promise and an appeal to the entire Rossoneri world to ask to be waited on. To blossom right now, with the quarterfinals of the Champions League and a fourth place in the championship still at stake, would serve to disinfect all the wounds of this tormented first year for the Rossoneri.