Milan-Juventus Review

Just like every great derby, this one lived up to it's potential. Milan came out of the gates flying, playing their new, fast pace style of football, with quick passing and movement and counter attacking every chance they had. The game started off pretty even, with both teams getting some good looks as it was a fast pace, up and down game from box to box. As the game wore on, Milan took more and more control and were eventually dominating in every aspect. It seemed to be only a matter of time before they scored. Chances galore, including a goal-line clearance from a Kaka shot. It was pure chaos at some points, with Gigi Buffon bailing out Juventus' defense a few times.

Eventually, one of the most typical plays in football happened. Milan were dominating possession, creating loads of chances, but just couldn't finish. Juventus pounced on a turnover with a quick counter attack and right before halftime, Llorente gets an easy tap in and it's 1-0 Juventus just like that. These types of plays can really destroy a team's mentality and ruin their confidence. However, it didn't seem to do that for Milan as they came out in the 2nd half and continued to dominate. 

Milan may have a lot of problems to address, but a positive to take away from that is that their problems are consistent. They suffer from the same things every match and one of those problems is trailing off 2/3s of the way through a game. By around the 60th-70th minute Milan tailed off and gave Juventus control of the game. Inevitability, Juventus scored in the 68th minute on an absolute scorcher from outside the box by Carlos Tevez. This put the nail in the coffin for Milan and the match was over. 

Losing is always tough, especially to one of your biggest rivals and when you play so great, but Milan is looking like a completely different team under Seedorf than with Allegri. Fans need to be patient, it's only a matter of time before the results start coming in. He's only been in charge for about a month and Seedorf has completely changed the style, mentality and entire culture of this squad. If he can make this great of an impact in this amount of time, what can he do in 1 year? Or 4 years? Or 10 years? Even with key players missing such as Balotelli or De Sciglio, Milan doesn't let it phase them. They don't come out scared thinking, "Uh oh, we're missing Balotelli, now we're going to lose." No, they come out with confidence, believing in each other and are playing some of the most exciting attacking football we've seen in a while. As time goes on, this team is only going to get better. We will be rewarded for our patience and soon, Milan will be back at the top of Italy and Europe.