The words of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who returned to Milan in recent days, seem to reveal a creeping nervousness. “When the lion goes away, the kittens arrive; when the lion comes back, the kittens disappear. The level is very low, there is too much talk but I only think about working. I have been away for personal reasons, but I have been here since day one. My role? It’s simple: I’m in charge, I’m the boss and everyone else works for me.”
So, since he is the boss, he is responsible for the faults and mistakes. The Milan seen with Venezia may not necessarily be a false positive, but it must be said that last night’s challenge was unequal. Milan started like a rocket, finding the goal right away, only to then not shoot again on goal. There is certainly a handball by van Dijk that is questionable, as well as the subsequent knee-to-knee intervention, but it is a bit too little to hope to appeal to say that they played on equal terms. Milan does not seem to have very clear ideas, despite an attack worthy of a potential big European team. At the back they appear fragile, Liverpool arrived too many times with the possibility of placing it on goal, it did not happen due to errors of imprecision.
Ibrahimovic’s absence at a difficult time, given that he is the boss by his own admission, evidently leads to controversy. Maybe instrumental, but if you make certain comparisons with supernatural entities, you expect something more than a victory in the top five, moreover against a Venice that seemed like a sacrificial victim.