The French goalkeeper was a strong point for Milan throughout the season, but Arechi ran into a bad evening: he gave Salernitana a goal and risked … an encore
You often compare your arms to a pair of wings, Mike Maignan. This time maybe he got carried away a bit, he tried to fly too high. And he ended up like Icarus. It is so rare to see him make a mistake that a blunder like that of Salerno, the out-of-time exit that led to Bonazzoli’s equalizer, is necessarily news, without affecting in any way the merits acquired so far by the French goalkeeper. A mistake like this surprised everyone, he first, so much so that in the second half he risked creating another disaster, this time with his feet. Confusion. Even the best ones have a bad night: for “Magic Mike” it is probably the worst since he defends the Devil’s door.
Excesses
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Arechi’s evening had begun normally, for the goalkeeper of the world champions Bleus: Ranieri’s diagonal low shot and a sure dive to block the ball. The crime took place in the 29th minute: high exit to remove a cross from Djuric’s head, slight delay in the intervention and the ball that was accommodated for the splendid 1-1 overhead kick by Bonazzoli. Here the evaluations can differ: there are those who think that it is the “one-off” price to pay when you have a personality goalkeeper who loves going out, and there are those who instead see in that attempt an excess of confidence, in a situation game that didn’t make it necessary. Certainly out of place, however, the dribbling tried in the second half on Bonazzoli, a recurring nightmare of the night in Campania: good for Mike that the brace of the number 9 has not arrived, with the rabona in full competitive trance.
Reaction
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The first 4 in the report card in the Gazzetta however will not bring Maignan down, we can swear. The boy is used to reacting to difficulties: he left behind a difficult childhood, he made His Majesty Ibrahimovic take back some salacious comments at the time of the PSG, he returned in no time at all from an injury to his left wrist that risked keeping him out for a long time. And Pioli never misses an opportunity to define him as “enthusiastic, curious, always charged, with a strong personality”. It will not be a bad flight to land it. Also because, unlike the poor Icaro, football always offers new possibilities to fix the wings and try again.
February 19, 2022 (change February 19, 2022 | 23:48)
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