The monday's opponent: the AC Milan.

Cities with serious infrastructures such as Milan are suffering from COVID more than others. When you can arrive in another city in half an hour or completely change dial in 5 minutes, it means that you are a European city, an evolved city, but then the virus takes advantage of it to spread faster. This is why my thoughts go to Milan, as well as to Rome and Naples, which will be the most difficult fronts of this war. Remember: mask and spacer.

Milan are first in the standings. He has won them all so far, including Inter. During the COVID period, they are the best in Serie A. They are the favorites: they play well, they are in excellent shape and they play at San Siro.

Ibrahimovic lately plays a lot with the myth of his character, who has written historical pages in Italian football, ironically exaggerating his statements, suggesting supernatural powers. If you understand the ironic character, it is a very nice attitude. Ibra is the key player of their game with his contribution: against pressing, as an offensive playmaker and in the finalization phase. It is very powerful. Good at taking the ball back to the goal and making the bank. Very useful especially against pressing. But if we are good, we can anticipate it continuously. It is dangerous on crosses, especially with those at corner level.

The others. Leao (the left forward) is right-footed and very dangerous with assists or when attacking without the ball on crosses. The left striker could be Brahim Diaz who is mainly right, so you have to be careful especially when going towards the center, alternatively Diaz can play second striker or alternatively Krunic can play as an attacking midfielder. The choice of the right forward is between Castillejo and Saelemaekers. They both play very outside. The former can go towards the center and shoot left, but is mainly dangerous with an assist. The second is better on defense and just as good at assist.

Pressing and construction. They are good at pressing. They can also build by lowering Kessie or Bennacer. Both good. Under construction, Kessie is great and better than Bennacer. Let's remember that Kessie prefers to pass back. Alternatively, they can also build with Romagnoli. The pressing in the long run can tire us because they are very good at construction (especially with Kessie), so a good choice is to be humble and focus on the defensive phase and the counter attack.

The full backs. The weak point is Calabria, the right back. Spinazzola and Mkhi have to do the same job they did with Benevento. They attack mainly with left-back Theo Hernandez. We have to be good with our right back (I'm thinking of Santon) both at defending and attacking him.

The score of this match will tell us about our ambitions. Let's go and beat the strongest. Daje Roma!

Giordano Sepi