Milan – Rebic has already scored … like last season. Croatian: ‘Godo’

In this Milan where practically anyone is able to amaze, to do things you do not expect, to surprise opponents and even themselves, changing their habits becomes an almost obvious consequence. Take Ante Rebic, just to name that to overture San Siro has left a fair trace: but wasn’t it the second round, the super finals of the season?

Wasn’t that the one that needed a bit of running in to fuel? Well, no: at Milanello they have a lot of fun subverting habits and Ante is one of those examples that give Pioli awareness of the goodness of his work. Physical and mental. Because Ante is finally a recovered player.

How many troubles

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The signals had already arrived in non-random quantities over the summer months. So much so that on the eve of Udinese the coach had used very clear words: “In this pre-season Messias, Rebic and Bennacer have been the most continuous”. The desire to take back a place as a protagonist in the Rossoneri project, on the other hand, is strong for Ante after last year to forget. He made 29 appearances (including cups), but only 9 from the first minute. A lot has happened to him: trouble with his ankle, muscle injuries and then, obviously, Leao’s consecration did not help him. The San Siro double has the sweet taste of something that puts him back on stage, which begins to give him back what he had lost for months. Yeah, two goals. Behind this number lies a terrible truth: Rebic has scored the same number of goals in less than seventy minutes as in the whole of last season. Let’s say it has a certain effect, net of all his misadventures.

Spare?

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At a certain point, at the beginning of the summer, it even seemed that he could be one of the expendable, given the arrival of Origi who, as we know, in recent times had performed mainly wide on the left. Then Milan and Pioli’s tactical project clarified: Origi was hired to play the center forward and Rebic was considered essential as a valid alternative to Leao and center forward if necessary. In other words: the Croatian is the living reason why the club has never really looked for another number nine in the transfer market. The spare center forward. And in short, having similar stocks that solve problems and offer the coach solutions that a few months ago, for various reasons, were not there. Nine, false nine, nine of movement, nine of connection. Ante does a little bit of everything, various everywhere up front and, in a super tested game system, he is able to give points of reference to his teammates. The only thing that just didn’t understand about his game is the exultation over the second goal: Ante mimicked the gesture of money by rubbing his thumb and forefinger: who was the message aimed at? The post on Instagram is much more understandable. One word: “Godo”. Leao replied: “I want you so”. Pioli too. And also San Siro. The Croatian’s last goal at Meazza (Genoa) was on April 18, 2021.