#ac-milan

#ac-milan

Here at the Olimpico, we won the Italian Cup, which allowed us to be here in the Europa League. That win against Milan is indelible, something destined to remain forever, and now we are here after a beautiful journey in the groups and playoffs.

According to what was reported this morning by La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanPress), over 72,000 fans are expected at San Siro for the game against Torino. In fact, a look at the seat map for available tickets shows that the game is already sold out.

Cardinale's RedBird owns a plot of land in Milan and is looking to build a world-class basketball venue there, according to sources briefed on the situation. Cardinale's firm is also building a new soccer stadium there and is otherwise heavily invested in the Milan community.

In the second half of Lazio vs. Milan, Leao twice made a deep run behind Adam Marusic. In both moves, there was a moment when Pulisic, in possession, could have sent a through ball to him. They were two difficult but not impossible passes that could have unlocked the game.

No matter what happens in his Milan story from here, nothing can take away from Estupinan's night against Inter. Having been the subject of ridicule from large sections of the fanbase who almost dreaded him starting, he put in an excellent shift and scored the winning goal.

Milan 'effectively find themselves roughly halfway between their Champions League ties and the Scudetto race', which has become decidedly more complicated following last night's defeat to Lazio. While Massimiliano Allegri's side have racked up 60 points from 29 games, Napoli are now just one point behind, while Como are on 54, Juventus are on 53 and Roma on 51.

Lazio created a lot on his side, you don't need me to tell you that, and the Englishman lacked a little bit of concentration at times. He also didn't add much when going forward.

Four of the matchday squad are currently within a booking of a suspension, namely Zachary Athekame, Youssouf Fofana, Luka Modric and Alexis Saelemaekers. A booking would force them to miss the next league match against Torino.

Against Inter, in the 84 minutes played, he was one of the Milan players who ran the most with over 11 kilometres. He definitely helped the Rossoneri limit Inter's build-up phase and also led to a few mistakes at the back for the Nerazzurri.

The Massimiliano Allegri treatment has improved Pavlovic's performance levels a lot from his first season. The Serbian has become reliable not just in the defensive phase but also as a weapon going forward, detaching from the back three. After 28 league games, Milan have the best defence in Europe's top five leagues, and Pavlovic has been a big part of that.

Davide Bartesaghi was the star of a meet and greet involving AC Milan fans at the club store on Via Dante last night. There is no doubting that Bartesaghi has become a fan favourite at Milan already despite his young age, having stepped up when Pervis Estupinan was injured to seize a starting spot under Massimiliano Allegri.

Allegri put Milanello back at the centre of the entire sporting project from day one. He restored pre-match retreats whereby the players stay at the training complex before home games, as well as double training sessions and rules based on collegiality, like eating together. Allegri has fused all these aspects, transforming Milanello into a laboratory for recreating DNA, a sense of belonging, collective values and of course a tactical narrative capable of achieving the club's objectives.