1-1 FT. After drawing 0-0 vs Genoa at home.

Here's to hoping for a win.

Yup. And all they get is 2 days in-between (so their players will be tired). It still is a tough game, but a win is possible.

Hoping to win against Atalanta... how the mighty have fallen. Come on, let's keep up the positive mentality. We are Milan. I think we can manage Atalanta.

Were we 'Milan' also when they crushed us 5-0 last season?

They're a tough opponent. Just like Juve, Inter, Napoli, Roma and Lazio. We may be first, but we're not that fearsome of a team to demand wins against these teams.

We have to approach the match carefully and take our chances, like we always do.

Still no news from Rebic. It's been two weeks already.

You're acting like a p*ssy tbh.

This Milan has been a different animal since last summer.

The only weakness, in my mind, is we're not as mentally strong as Juve when we face them. And even then we were lacking Ibra.

Am I? Let's see. We'll be missing Romagnoli, Theo, Bennacer, Hakan, Saelemaekers and Rebic (unless he turns Covid-free in these last couple of days). That's six starters against a tough opponent. Six!

And for the moment we don't even have a good backup in defense, so we're stuck with Kalulu (cos Pioli doesn't seem to consider Musacchio anymore). Not to mention Dalot and Castillejo who are just terrible. The only good news is that Leao will be back, but considering I can't stand Leao and for me this is a good news (cos the mediocre Hauge won't play), it really goes to show you in what dire situation we're currently in.

So, excuse me if I'm a little pragmatic. If we were with a full team I would have been sure we could win it, just as I was sure we could win against Juve.

No Ibra no party. Ibra? Party!

Party hard (IMG:style_emoticons/default/96.gif)

Rebic and Hernandez are back... Gonna be a long night for Atalanta (IMG:style_emoticons/default/devilsmiley.gif)

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Awesome news.

Agreed with the first part. I still believe the game with Juve would have been very different if we had all of our players (or at least most of them).

I think we have enough of a team to win this one. Of course, no Serie A games are easy, and Atalanta can be a tough opponent. FWIW, looks like they rested a couple of key players against Udinese, which probably cost them 2 points.

Why are we so quick to put a sticker on Tonali?

He's been steadily improving since that Benevento game imo. Had things gone as planned Tonali wouldn't be a starter, we'd be slowly integrating him into the system while rotating with Bennacer. Yes, he's coming into things rather slowly, and we would have liked for him to instantly challenge for the first 11. But not everyone can set that high a bar


Yes, but having all these absences makes these kind of fixtures exponentially more difficult than they need to be.


They rested a lot of their important players though...


This!


Now that we have Rebic and Theo back I'm very optimistic for this one

Steadily improving? Naah man.

I see you people lost that winner mentality. It figures... after years and years of mediocrity and defeat, tomorrow we face a big challenge. Yes, Atalanta defeated us 5-0. Any big team can slip up and get humiliated. But great teams remember, learn, adapt and strike back. Remember Milan against Liverpool. 10 out of 10 games we would have won that day in Athens I say. Why? We were ready and set to strike back.

If this Milan of Stefano Pioli is really good or dare I say big, then we most certainly will play a formidable game and win. Romagnoli and Bennacer included or excluded.