Tomorrow we start again, without alibis and above all without distractions. It is true that fourth place was the main goal of the season, but when you reach the semifinals of the Italian Cup after having drew 0-0 away from the first leg, beating Lazio and reaching the final is no longer the best but the minimum. The occasion is too tempting to pass up, also because this year in the final there won't be the usual Juventus mankind, which among other things has already snatched the Italian Super Cup from Milan on 16 January. And then winning a trophy, against Atalanta or Fiorentina, would be the best way to resume the old and good habits of Milan in which Gattuso played, to prepare for next season by demonstrating to the Elliott fund that it is worth investing millions more to further strengthen the team . Head focused only on Lazio, then, among other things, in the lowering phase in the league, focusing on the return of Paquetà, stopped at the most important moment of the season by an injury but now again available. The Brazilian is the only midfielder able to unmark and launch Piatek, the other big hit of the winter market. As everyone is realizing, for the series "better late than never", Calhanoglu is an overrated player who tries in vain, and insistently, to find a personal solution with great selfishness and poor shooting accuracy. Paquetà, instead, if deployed in the middle and not confined on the left wing with median tasks, is the man of class and imagination that is missing in the midfield of Milan and has been missing in the last games, even in the only win 1-0, on rigor, just against Lazio. Never like this time, so even if a player alone is never enough, he can wake up Milan. And at that point if the qualification for the Italian Cup final really arrives, possibly without extra time so as not to poison the legs and the head too much, the match against Torino will be less scary in the race for fourth place.
Given that between the two litigants Turin and Milan, we must not forget the Rome that could be the classic third who enjoys, especially if it continues to play as in the first half against Inter, to go out with a draw or even better with a success on Sunday night would help find the winning sprint for the last four games. Four as the fourth place that should not escape, remembering that at a certain point Milan were even third and there were those who even dreamed of catching Napoli in second. Better to keep your feet on the ground and think about playing with personality, imposing your game from the beginning, without waiting for others to lower the pace, or for a lucky episode to help Gattuso's devils. The truth is that Piatek cannot score, if the team does not help him as he did not help Higuain, regardless of his character very different from that of the Pole. That is why, as now, to revive Milan you need the best Paquetà. Which is no coincidence with quality.
