Tijjani has a unique style, but until the summer he almost never found the door. Then the turning point, thanks to Milan and the work of a lifetime. Two of his masters to Az tell us how he did
Tijjani Reijders is a brit waiter who crosses a rugby field: he passes on his head held high among his opponents and does not even seem to get dirty with mud. A player so in Italy had not been seen for some time and is an advertising manifesto for foreign countries: look at Serie A, we are beauty, not just a bolt. In this world and in this championship there are more powerful midfielders, perhaps even stronger, but Reijnders more than everyone recalls the elegance of the players of the past, when on the field it was slower and there was room for a Veronica . For those who love aesthetic football, Tijjani Reijnders is the championship man-copertine. There is more. Reijnders has always had touch and sense of the filter but in the season he added the goals, which in this game invented by the British count. He marked to Real Madrid and Inter, Empoli and Bruges, without making a difference between (clubs) big and small. He returns to mind an old tactic of his dad-coach, who as a child promised him a few euros in case he kicked on the goal. Fifteen years later, Tijjani has grown and is the second midfielder with more goals in the season in the five great nations of European football: 11 between Serie A, Champions and Italian Cup. In mid -February, there are many. Not by chance, Bellingham, Bruno Fernandes and Valverde look from the bottom, like the rest of Europe. The numbers say something has changed. Reijnders in the summer has blossomed and Fonseca gave him a lot of good. Better: Tijjani risks going to Milan’s history as the best legacy of Paulo the Portuguese. In this season he pulls on the door almost once per game (+193% compared to 2023-24) and has more than doubled its percentage of the construction. Now, when approaching the area, it is frightening to everyone and in general the 14 Rossoneri is a different man: he plays less balloons, he has lowered the number of recoveries and contrasts but in the other area it is more effective, seeks more solutions, He is more cynical.