Italian Serie A 2020/2021

[brakbrak]

Something that could help us down the line is Milan having those extra fixtures in the EL. They don’t have a particularly deep squad so fatigue could be a factor as the season wears on.

Fact is Ibra was injured for quite sometimes and they were able to manage relatively well.

 

[YoramG]

Again, life is very easy when you're awarded a penalty almost every game (12 in 18, 0.67 pens per game). The hardest part of any match against these bottom-to-mid tier sides is the first goal, and a penalty helps an enormous amount. Milan very much impressive, but they are being helped along.

Lazio's penalty count was seen as scandalous last year and as of now, Milan already have one more than they did at this point of the campaign

Atalanta are going to roll Milan next week, and we better be able to take advantage of it.

 

[koba]

I prefer to focus on INTER performances evaluation, if we can consistently perform like vs Juve, this year won't become Zeru tituli again after 10 years.

 

[MLSK]

Again, life is very easy when you're awarded a penalty almost every game (12 in 18, 0.67 pens per game). The hardest part of any match against these bottom-to-mid tier sides is the first goal, and a penalty helps an enormous amount. Milan very much impressive, but they are being helped along.

Lazio's penalty count was seen as scandalous last year and as of now, Milan already have one more than they did at this point of the campaign

The problem is the rules. It's too easy to force fouls in the box, especially with the introduction of VAR, which is then punished excessively with an 80% chance to score for the opponents.
Teams like Milan, Lazio and Man United are just very good at exploiting the existing rules.

Inter players aren't actively looking for a penalty when they have the ball in the box and that's their fault.
Ibra, Immobile, Vardy and Martial do.

If you had Mourinho then you would probably dethrone Milan in this statistic. Because according to Rashford he's the one who taught them that.

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That's disgraceful that Abisso can award a penalty like that to Ibra and completely ignore Sottil being rugby tackled.

Sottil was literally grabbing Diaz by the shirt making his tiny little body fall over him.

Atalanta are going to roll Milan next week, and we better be able to take advantage of it.

That is very much a possibility considering that Hakan, Theo, Rebic, Saelemaekers, Romagnoli, Kjaer, Gabbia and Bennacer all look like missing the game or not being fully fit to start.

I would like to see how Inter can deal with having Bastoni, de Vrij, Skriniar, Hakimi, Brozovic, Barella, Sensi and Lautaro out at the same time. Because that's their equivalents.

Then there's Ibra(Lukaku) who have been out for most of the season so far.

 

[Kova10]

I think it was a situation you can award a penalty for, but one thing is for sure: Lukaku would never get a penalty or even a foul of that sort. Seeing as Ibra is not really physically weaker than Big Rom I ask myself why Ibra gets penalties of that sort?

 

[thatdude]

If Milan beat Atalanta next week I will legit be a little worried. I know Atalanta have blown hot and cold but they usually love the big matches. If Milan can avoid dropping point against them, albeit at home then that will say a lot about how good they can be. Their confidence at that point would make them dangerous for the rest of the season.

 

[kurt0411]

They’ll crumble. Milan’s second half of the season includes trips to Atalanta, Lazio, Roma, Rube and Fiorentina all while juggling Europa League

 

[GoldenRetriever]

Again, life is very easy when you're awarded a penalty almost every game (12 in 18, 0.67 pens per game). The hardest part of any match against these bottom-to-mid tier sides is the first goal, and a penalty helps an enormous amount. Milan very much impressive, but they are being helped along.

Lazio's penalty count was seen as scandalous last year and as of now, Milan already have one more than they did at this point of the campaign

Atalanta are going to roll Milan next week, and we better be able to take advantage of it.

I dont like talking about penalties and ref décisions.. but penalties are part of the game and if they are given it means its merited most of the time.. especially with var

 

[MLSK]

They’ll crumble. Milan’s second half of the season includes trips to Atalanta, Lazio, Roma, Rube and Fiorentina all while juggling Europa League

Milan home results in all competitions this season while juggling Europa League
8 wins
3 draws
2 losses


Away results
12 wins
2 draws
0 losses

That includes away games against Napoli, Lille, Celtic and Inter.

It seems Milan are better in small empty stadiums than a big empty stadium like San Siro.

 

[varmin]

If Milan continue to get a penalty every game, they are going to be real scudetto contender.

 

[Jnr]

They’ll crumble. Milan’s second half of the season includes trips to Atalanta, Lazio, Roma, Rube and Fiorentina all while juggling Europa League

We have Rube, Napoli, Fiorentina, Milan (doesnt really count without fans). Same hard set of fixtures imo.

I wonder out of all those pens which ones are first goals. Then you could see a pattern of playing for the pen or not

 

[Campione]

The pressure on Milan right now is not that huge comparing to us. They are the "surprise of the season", nobody have expected that they will be on the top of the table in January and all we here about them is how good Ibrahimovic is, what a leader he is and etc. While on our side there is non-stop shitting on the players and Conte. Yes, sometimes we deserve all the negativity but still the attitude is completely different.

It's too early to judge how the season will end. There are 20 games to be played. Everything can happen. I do not even exclude Gobbi from the Scudetto race.

 

[Kintaro]

We have Rube, Napoli, Fiorentina, Milan (doesnt really count without fans). Same hard set of fixtures imo.

I wonder out of all those pens which ones are first goals. Then you could see a pattern of playing for the pen or not

Ibra vs Bologna for 3-0
Kessie vs Crotone for 1-0
Calhanoglu vs Rio Ave for 2-2
Ibra vs us for 1-0
Ibra vs Roma for 3-2
Kessie vs Viola for 2-0
Kessie vs Samp for 1-0
Calhanoglu vs Lazio for 2-0
Kessie vs Benevento for 2-0
Kessie vs Torino for 2-0
Ibra vs Cagliari for 1-0

 

[ElDuccio]

everything looks so easy for this milan in serie a

when you watch inter with crap teams we often struggle so much




anyway its have to be our year

they are really lucky to face 2 times shitty torino (coppa and league) + fucking cagliari that has lost 5 matches in a row (now 6). Before Torino they also had benevento that are also struggling a lot in this last 2 months.

Now they have Atalanta that draw against fucking Genoa.. will be beatifull to see them getting trashed and then being in God-mod again for the Inter game in some month. ffs

 

[Ash1899]

they are really lucky to face 2 times shitty torino (coppa and league) + fucking cagliari that has lost 5 matches in a row (now 6). Before Torino they also had benevento that are also struggling a lot in this last 2 months.

Now they have Atalanta that draw against fucking Genoa.. will be beatifull to see them getting trashed and then being in God-mod again for the Inter game in some month. ffs

Ye

We are so lucky that we have played most of the season with half the squad injured

Will be interesting to see how Inter would cope with Lukaku, Lautaro, Brozovic, De Vrij, Hakimi and Barella out injured all at the same time.

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[PHM1605]

Ye

We are so lucky that we have played most of the season with half the squad injured

Will be interesting to see how Inter would cope with Lukaku, Lautaro, Brozovic, De Vrij, Hakimi and Barella out injured all at the same time.

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We won't and we don't have to. That's where squad depth plays an important role in a league race.

It is not as if Inter and other teams don't have absentees. Half the team missing vs Milan full squad due to Covid, had to field a blatant Dumbo & Kolarov (whom gifted Milan the win). Inter has the best midfielder, Sensi, injured for 1.5 years. Why don't you count?

Milan is just as much affected by Covid as the other teams and at least TWICE more lucky with bullshit pens. 12 in 18 matches is not a usual pattern.

 

[ElDuccio]

Ye

We are so lucky that we have played most of the season with half the squad injured

Will be interesting to see how Inter would cope with Lukaku, Lautaro, Brozovic, De Vrij, Hakimi and Barella out injured all at the same time.

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Milans "bench" is not worse then Torino and Cagliari. You played against Cagliari without Chala and Theo. There is still Ibra who can fuck alone that shitty Cagliari, cmon man. Benevento is also a joke at the moment, they lost against fucking Crotone. Don't tell me that half Milan bench is worse then Crotone

We anyway had a lot missing players too at the begining. That Derby would not end 1-2 with Skriniar and Bastoni instead of Dambro and Kolarov

 

[Kintaro]

We won't and we don't have to. That's where squad depth plays an important role in a league race.

It is not as if Inter and other teams don't have absentees. Half the team missing vs Milan full squad due to Covid, had to field a blatant Dumbo & Kolarov (whom gifted Milan the win). Inter has the best midfielder, Sensi, injured for 1.5 years. Why don't you count?

Milan is just as much affected by Covid as the other teams and at least TWICE more lucky with bullshit pens. 12 in 18 matches is not a usual pattern.

hold on hold on..players that missed the derby:
bastoni
gagliardini
nainggolan
radu
sensi
skriniar
vecino
young

you're saying they're all starters? i can only count bastoni, skriniar and young so thats 3 out of 11 which is less then 25% not half the team

Also claiming Sensi is your best midfielder seems weird, I agree, he's been injured a lot but he's been benched 5 times out of your last 10 games and in the remaining 5, he played a grand total of 150 mins. How can you still claim he's your best midfielder if he doesnt even get a chance in the starting 11?

While I do agree that squad depth comes into play with all the injuries and shit like that, when you have half your squad out you cant do shit. Yes, you can win against shitters with a good bench but when you're severely handicapped against any other big team you face you're screwed.
Basically you're saying that you can easily replace your barella, vidal, bastoni, de vrij and lukaku with gagliardini, eriksen, kolarov, ranocchia and sanchez and they should play just as good?

Sorry from the big teams we've been the least lucky with injuries and covid. And yes blabla we had an absurd amount of pens, but have you checked the stats how many touches we have in the opposition box? have you noticed we're leading by the number of posts we've hit (14)?
You're saying Milan is 1st undeservedly and that we're lucky cause we're getting pens left right and center..cmon man, I know we're your rivals and such but have some sense

 

[MLSK]

Milans "bench" is not worse then Torino and Cagliari. You played against Cagliari without Chala and Theo. There is still Ibra who can fuck alone that shitty Cagliari, cmon man. Benevento is also a joke at the moment, they lost against fucking Crotone. Don't tell me that half Milan bench is worse then Crotone

That's where squad depth plays an important role in a league race.

This board need to decide on whether Milan has zero depth or depth for days.

Missed 6 starters and the substitute of one of those starters against Lazio. Still came out with 3 points.

You played against Cagliari without Chala and Theo.

and Bennacer, Rebic and Leao. Kjaer injured and replaced at half-time. His substitute Gabbia is long-term injured.
Saelemaekers was hurried back from an injury and he got sent off after a few minutes on the pitch LMAO.

 

[PHM1605]

hold on hold on..players that missed the derby:
bastoni
gagliardini
nainggolan
radu
sensi
skriniar
vecino
young

you're saying they're all starters? i can only count bastoni, skriniar and young so thats 3 out of 11 which is less then 25% not half the team

Also claiming Sensi is your best midfielder seems weird, I agree, he's been injured a lot but he's been benched 5 times out of your last 10 games and in the remaining 5, he played a grand total of 150 mins. How can you still claim he's your best midfielder if he doesnt even get a chance in the starting 11?

While I do agree that squad depth comes into play with all the injuries and shit like that, when you have half your squad out you cant do shit. Yes, you can win against shitters with a good bench but when you're severely handicapped against any other big team you face you're screwed.

Sorry from the big teams we've been the least lucky with injuries and covid. And yes blabla we had an absurd amount of pens, but have you checked the stats how many touches we have in the opposition box? have you noticed we're leading by the number of posts we've hit (14)?
You're saying Milan is 1st undeservedly and that we're lucky cause we're getting pens left right and center..cmon man, I know we're your rivals and such but have some sense

I am replying to the above post, which excludes 6 of our best. Milan have not missed Ibra, Kessie, Theo, Bennacer, Romagnoli and Hakan all at the same time either. Some key players here and there but still have enough to beat relegating teams. The only time Milan missed as much, vs Juventus, they stripped you naked without real effort.

If you watch Inter more closely you will see what I mean. If Barella is the engine, Sensi is the oil. There was a time he was so impressed that Barca was interested in him and Interista called him "Sensiesta" all over the place. Minutes played don't show the full picture. We currently can't use him as much despite the database shows "no injury" coz he hasn't had full fitness yet and preventing injury relapse. BUT when healthy, even for limited minutes, Sensi is most talented player and completely turned the tide.

Basically you're saying that you can easily replace your barella, vidal, bastoni, de vrij and lukaku with gagliardini, eriksen, kolarov, ranocchia and sanchez and they should play just as good?

No, I am not. I said Inter will never have to do that coz good squad depth will avoid fatigue and prevent injury. Less injury is a consequence of better bench, it has nothing to do with "luck". Milan guys are constantly complaining about injury hence my response, that it is part of the game.

Had Inter that amount of pens, we are top of the league. Deserved or not, fans of his own teams always keep the own opinion, I won't dig into convincing here.

Missed 6 starters and the substitute of one of those starters against Lazio. Still came out with 3 points.

...and that "win" was saved by a bullshit penalty. What am I wrong here? See minute 1:10
The ball hit Lazio's CHEST from close range and yet it pen for Milan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7wWJ6KfCmg&feature=onebox