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I'm kind of glad I missed the match after finding out what happened. There's not much I can say on the match itself, though on a couple of the goals I do have a few comments:
goal 1) I think the defence was a little all over the place. As the man Thiago was covering (Eto'o I think) moved into the box, Thiago naturally followed him across into Nesta's natural position. As Nesta had pushed up to cover his man, the other defenders had a choice to either press up with him, or to try and cover at the back (obviously they tried the latter). The fault lies mainly with Janku imo, as although Flamini could and should have chased back, had Janku moved across to cover for Thiago as he should have then he would have been in position to stop Motta. Personally, I feel the team is lacking some leadership and organisation in defence. I can imagine had Baresi been in charge at that moment, the defence would have squeezed up to play offside and the LB and CB (in Thiago's) role would have been instructed to squeeze in and stay in position during the move, so the ball wouldn't have much chance of getting through to Motta.
goal 3) Janku made a mess in this one for definite. He recklessly tried to tackle Maicon and was easily beaten. The players actually almost covered for him, but it was asking too much. The only argument elsewhere is the player who dropped back from midfield (Flamini I think) into LB should have had a little more conviction when the final ball was played.
Ultimately, many of my fears that I mentioned during this summer came true tonight. We didn't have an adequate backup for Dinho(who's inconsistency is a huge problem) when needed and Seedorf already had to replace Rino. The fullbacks aren't looking good, with Janku's defensive liabilities showing as in every derby and Zambro (apparently) looking pretty weak still. My other fear of Rino not returning to the top after the long injury and Flamini still looming with the possibility of being forced to play fullback also seems relevant. Even my fears concerning Borriello's usefulness in this match also have appeared to come true.
That said, I gather the first period of the game was actually good for us and in reality this is what Milan's level in comparison to Inter should be. I doubt we need wholesale changes in the side, and it's especially important players are mentally able to cope with the problems faced in the match, something which clearly our players didn't do (I don't need to have seen the match to know this).
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