Spalletti believes in it: "We'll play it". He's a national Gigio, applause at San Siro

"At times we were not in the rhythm of the game, while they were consistent. Then they made a couple of choices that we paid too dearly for how the game developed. We know that they are very tall, there is a bit of a difference in height. They are good at doing this, we tell them good and we try to improve. The goals from set pieces? We need to move beyond that, otherwise it becomes a psychosis. On Sunday we will go there to play the game, I am absolutely convinced of that". So Luciano Spalletti (in the photo) to the Rai microphones after the defeat of Italy. In a Meazza almost full which amplifies regrets.

We had hated each other so much. And we had loved each other so much. Time for amarcord for Gianluigi Donnarumma (first love, then something else), Sandro Tonali (here, basically just a lot of heart) and the Milan: still lights at San Siro for them. “Gigio” had returned under the Sud a few months ago, still in blue, against France: "Here it is always special", he had said. Last night, a few timid whistles from the second green when his name was announced. At the entrance for the warm-up instead, done in the Curva Inter area, he received some applause and greeted the fans. If we want to look far and dare, maybe a sort of signal. We'll see: future. In the past, the wounds of the Devil had filled the air especially in 2021, when he returned with the PSG shirt to face his Rossoneri yesterday: very different whistles and fake banknotes (the "Dollarumma"). The farewell to zero still in his eyes, after 251 games with Milan, launched not yet 17 years old by Mihajlovic. Now that boy taken from Castellammare for 250 thousand euros is the captain of the national team. Who applauded during the whistles at the German anthem. Who “pierced” Goretzka’s header. Who surpassed a legend like Mazzola: 71 appearances. A good 50 less for Tonali. His was a very different farewell, worth more than 60 million: “Come back? Maybe one day”. In the meantime, he has recovered the blue: a year of forced absence, until last September. In a few months, 2 assists and 2 goals. The last one yesterday evening, a few meters from a sector that is crazy about the Santangiolino who has returned to fly on the Milanese soil. Return to the past. And, who knows, to the future.