"This weekend's win against Cagliari showed that AC Milan may be more similar to their previous sense than maybe had been imagined in recent times. Throughout the year, there have been numerous comparisons between Milan and different teams. Of course, this is natural, but there have been looks at the past year, years in the past and even different teams. The most noticeable has been the links between this season and Napoli's last season."
"Same but not As Gazzetta dello Sport writes, the win on Friday was reminiscent of the first game that Allegri held for the Rossoneri. A 1-0 win against Cagliari, whose goal occurred with him falling and slipping... sounds familiar. Last time around, there was a bit of breathing room, a luxury which the Italian can only hope for at this moment. However, it was not the only luxury. Across the pitch, there was 'champagne and caviar', with Ibrahimovic, Gattuso, Pirlo, Nesta and Thiago Silva."
AC Milan's recent victory over Cagliari highlights parallels with previous successful periods under Allegri and echoes comparisons with Napoli's title-winning season. Numerous similarities to Napoli's season have raised realistic hopes of a Scudetto. The Cagliari result echoed Allegri's first Milan game, a narrow 1-0 win marked by a scrappy goal and familiar circumstances. The current squad lacks the star-studded depth of past teams, with fewer high-profile names across the pitch. The overall league level has lowered and competition at the top is tighter, while transfer-market constraints and smaller January budgets change squad-building options. Allegri's principles remain largely unchanged, and his role as a central reference point may determine whether matching early-season figures leads to the same final achievements.
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