On March 30, 2024 the Rossoneri won in Florence, armoring second place, with the goals of English and goalkeeper miracles. Two coaches and two center -forward later, the company is needed at Maradona to hope for the Champions League again
If you sought the last goal of Loftus-Cheek, Maignan’s miracles or the continuity of Rafa Leao, it is necessary to make an important memory effort. It looks like a life shows Milan second in the standings, with the Champions League qualification in the pocket, a European cup to be played, appreciable in the game and I continue in the results. The reality of the facts says that just one year has passed, in which two coaches (Pioli and Fonseca), two strikers (Giroud and Morata), the historic captain (Calabria) and, more important, the objectives, have changed. On March 30, 2024, Milan won 2-1 in Florence and consolidated the second place, on March 30, 2025 the devil shows up in Naples as a ninth in the standings-against the current second-to chase a fourth place that 365 days ago was held behind six points. How life changes.
Rewind
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Fast back. On 30 March, Milan returns from the last stop of the season going to play in Florence, in an already particular climate of his because it is the first game that Viola disputes after the disappearance of Joe Barone. The Scudetto is already in the hands of Inter, 14 points away after 29 days. Milan arrives at that trip in confidence with a wake of three wins in a row in Serie A, a performance never repeated this year in the championship. Everything happens in the first six minutes of the second half: Loftus-Cheek at 47 ‘unlocks, Duncan draws at 50’, Leao decides in 53 ‘. To embellish the three points, Maignan’s miracles on Belotti and Mandragora. Fourth consecutive success and second very armored place. The trust is evident in the environment and the confirmation comes from the words of Stefano Pioli: “AC Milan is not left, here I am very well. The club must understand where to intervene to improve the team. Leao? He is missing very little to become a champion”. A year later the story about the growth of Portuguese has always remained the same.
CHANGE
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A spring after the world Milan overturned … in the negative. Loftus -Cheek -the load -bearing column of the midfield of 10 goals and 2 assists in 40 seasonal games -does not score from that Florentine trip. The Maignan Vitruvian who fell miracles and directing the games, to date, is a distant memory. Last year Leao, these days, stung for three games in a row in Serie A: now between one goal and the other they spend at least two weeks. The corporate model without sports director seemed to continue, but a year later the plans drastically changed, with the Ad Giorgio Furlani in continuous search for the ideal profile for the next season. Pioli seemed on the way of the confirmation -especially after those post -Florentine statements -, but the beginning of the soap opera on a possible landing of Lopetegui (rejected by the Rossoneri fans) has increasingly questioned his position, which resulted with the farewell at the end of the season and the arrival of Fonseca. Bennacer sold the keys to the midfield to Musah and Reijnders, Tomori went from owner to reserve, Florenzi was a worthy substitute for Theo on the left, Chukwueze was in one of his (few) periods of form and Giroud began to write the letter of thanks.
ANNIVERSARY
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Sunday in Naples will take 365 days from Florence, the last away victory of last season for the Devil, which today boasts 15 points less in the standings and eleven less goals made, the same those conceded (33). A story of opposites, with Conte’s team that, on the contrary, aims straight towards an open championship that last year, at this point of the season, had been monopolized by Inter. The story says that Milan has not lost in Naples since 2018, between championship and cups. He also says that Di Lorenzo suffers Leao, that the attackers have a good feeling with the door, that the exteriors mark and, above all, that the points take home. Those who desperately serve the Conceiçao team to chase a difficult but not impossible fourth place, six points away. In short, perfect ingredients to treat yourself to a perfect evening. On the other hand, Milan 2024-25 teaches that it can be missed in Parma and win at Bernabeu against Real Madrid. Anniversaries are made to be remembered, for better or for worse: in this case Milan can serenely browse the album of memories.
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