QUOTE (X-Offender @ Mar 4 2018, 04:03 PM)
I'm really sorry for Astori. It's terrible. But don't you think postponing all games is a tad excessive?
Well I'm conflicted about that one.
I understand why the league postponed the matches. It's a show of respect to his family and to Fiorentina. A lot of players are also his friends having played with him with the NT or at Cagliari. Most of them are in shock. I read somewhere that the players warming up for the early kick off in the Genoa-Cagliari game, went off in tears when they learned the news.
Looking at it from a purely selfish perspective, in terms of my Milan colours tinted glasses, the postponement of the game (in a vacuum) is both good and bad for us.
On the one hand we're on a great streak atm, so this would have been prime time to face Inter who have been terrible since December.
On the other hand though, you have to consider that this is a good thing for us in terms of having a rest after putting so much effort against both Roma and Lazio (which went to extra time). So this will give the players a breather and they'll be fresher for the Arsenal game.
And having watched Arsenal today against Brighton (lost 2-1), if we go in all fully fit, with fresher legs having a full week to prepare, I really think we can kill the tie at the San Siro.