"Tired, disappointed and sick" Rome eats a Milan without personality | First page

Tired, disappointed and sick Rome we eat a bloodless Milan: And if the dish deserves it, it makes a good and right meal.How did it happen, why did it happen? The merit vote of the first dozen of those in the field of Rome sees a difference between the first and the last half point: all between six and a half and seven, or perhaps better between seven and seven and a half, you do. The graphic instead of the merit votes of those of Milan is a jumble line: it goes from almost four to almost seven. What does it mean? It means the Roma team won as well as individual merit duels.

Milan, on the other hand, is very thin. Not bad, maybe not even inferior to the Romaa in the game thought. But without nerve, pale, at times between the trembling and the absent-minded: rare to see many, many errors in dealing with the ball.

Tired, disappointed and sick Rome he had titled on the eve The Corriere della Sera. Tired from the battle in the rain of just Thursday. Disappointed by the snatching immediately in the Cup. Sick of accidents and availability through service, Pellegrini, Cristante, Under, Zappacosta, Diawara, Mkhitaryan are missing. Kluivert disqualified, Florenzi on the bench for honors. And even Kalinic out.

All true but, like Thursday in the Cup, Roma, this Rome knows how to react and fight, it fights, it believes in it, it believes in itself. They do not pull the leg behind, they do not catch their breath. Pastor is the Pastor who does not wait for youi: moves, contrasts, holds the ball, lance. Well, more than good. If it were not almost disrespectful it could be said of a resurrected Pastor.

Dzeko needless to say the best. But well Smalling and Sipnazzola and very well Veretout. To say it now, after he scored the goal of the Romanist victory, no one believes it, but it was Zaniolo the most in shadow for most of the first half.

The match? Three corners in a row for Milan, the ball that hits Dzeko strong in the lower parts, Donnarumma coming out empty and nothing happens, they all seemed to be clues to a game that was crumb after crumb, could become bread for Milan.

And instead Zaniolo for the first time really makes himself useful with a shot that Donnarumma throws in the corner. Corner of Veretout, tower of Mancini and Dzeko, the mask is lost, scoring one to zero for the Giallorossi. And then Donnarumma to keep the score on a single goal advantage for Roma at the end of the first half.

It starts again and Milan finally produces a goal with Hernandez. Now it should, as they say, come out of Milan: fresher, psychological advantage. And instead a sort of Milan comes out not reassured by the draw but so to speak … naturally. Milan who keeps the ball without knowing so much about it, Milan, who draws a game, but draws it as in an exercise and not in a real game, Milan who misses passages, supports and exits from the area wouldn't be able to explain so well why. There is no need for Pjatek instead of Paqueta, nothing is needed at all.
Dzeko makes another one of his beautiful and concrete, the ball to Zaniolo that not only marks but deceives Donnarumma (for this he scores). And then Roma with Mancini and Smalling and Zaniolo again and Pastore does not close the third goal by a hair or almost.

And the Roma that is playing the final match is, with all due respect, a Roma that ranks all three together Antonucci, Cetin, Santon. The first two do not disfigure or make mistakes.

They disfigure and not a little instead the Musacchio, the Biglia, the Suso, the Leao. Best of all among the Milanese Donnarumma and Calhanoglu and Romagnoli. But it is that thing that is called a team that does not exist, or better: the veins are there, the circulatory system is correct and assembled, everything is arranged in good order. But there is no blood in Milan's veins.

THE TABLE

Roma-Milan 2-1 (first half 1-0)

Markers: 38 ′ Dzeko, 10’st Hernandez, 14'st Zaniolo
Assist: 38 ’Mancini, 10th Calabria
Booked: Mancini, Antonucci, Cetin (R); Musacchio, Calhanoglu, Biglia (M)

Rome (4-2-3-1): Pau Lopez; Spinazzola (28’st ′ Cetin), Smalling, Fazio, Kolarov; Veretout, Mancini; Zaniolo (38′st Santon), Pastore, Perotti (8′st Antonucci); Dzeko. All: Fonseca.

Milan (4-3-3): Donnarumma; Conti (8th Calabria), Musacchio, Romagnoli, Hernandez; Kessie, Biglia (27′st Bennacer), Paqueta (18’st Piatek); Suso, Leao, Calhanoglu. Alloli Pioli.

Referee: Orsato