Great, Ibra being an @sshole again and jeopardising our win.

What did he do?

Said nasty things to the ref. Out of nowhere. Because his ego is bigger than the team. Tw@t.

1-3 FT

3 vital points. Honestly thought we were going to waste this after that red card. Did well to defend the result.

Didn't watch today as I couldn't

What was the performance like? Any improvements?

As for Ibra, apparently he didn't say anything nasty to the ref. He just complained. Why do our players get sent off for this? We've even had our captain yellowed in the past for complaining, and he actually is allowed to do that

Anyway, we should have Mandzukic available i the next round.

X-off, what is up with you and Ibra. The man literally is 70% responsible for us being remotely competitive this season. He's not perfect, never was. But the man deserves respect

Nothing too flashy but we controlled the game in the first half and it looked like an easy win. In the second Parma seemed to push more and after Ibra's red card we parked the bus but still defended well.



I don't think he's reliable anymore. We should let him go, but that's just my personal opinion.

As for the red card, he should have kept his mouth shut. But if indeed he just complained then it's on the ref for being a pathetic loser. He's the same ref who Conte complained about a couple of months ago for wanting to be a "protagonist" on the pitch.

Apparently this is what he said

Ibrahimovic to Maresca: "So you don't give a damn about what I say? It looks strange to me eh."

BS red card, for no other reason to be as you said, the focus of the game



And I disagree about Ibra. Not about him being unreliable. I agree on that part in terms of what his body can still take. I think we made a huge mistake not bringing in someone who can at least take some of the burden off, especially when we knew that it would be a non-stop season with games practically every 3 days without rest.

The fact that we kept playing him in every game up to November until his body broke down speaks to the error we made in terms of managing Ibra. You don't play a 35 year old every 3 days, let alone a 40 year old

On the other hand, I personally think that he still a hugely important figure in this team. He is our talisman, and he's a huge reason for the amazing turn-around we made from where we were last season to now. You might say we f@cked up a huge chance to win the scudetto this season, but we had a lot of things going against us. It wasn't just Ibra who kept getting injured but practically the rest of the team. It is a fact that we have not had a full squad to choose from since that day in November against Napoli. We've had to play players out of position, have had to deal with players getting Covid in important moments, anf the league didn't help us out by postponing matches like they've done for Inter and Napoli, even when we had to play Calabria in midfield

We can b!tch and whine all we like, but Pioli has steered us through some tough times this season, and we're still hanging on

We have to be as perfect as possible from now to the end of the season. But all of Juve, Napoli and Atalanta have stumbled when it mattered as well. That's why we're still second even after the slight slump we've been going through

Anyway, watching the replay on Milan TV. Certainly much better than last week. Still too many loose passes in key areas imo, but much better than last week

We were good. Ofcourse, nothing flashy, but that's expected given that this team hasn't played with each other since a moment.

If we can keep consistently this team, we'll get the 4th place, that I think we deserve this season.

I'm going to be honest, players protesting to the ref can't be condoned. The ref is the law, whether we like it or not, and while some refs can take the lip, some can't.

The game is theirs to be officiated, as best they can, and while they'll make errors, players making snotty comments to them helps no one.

Red card a bit extreme, yes, but a ref's job is hard enough as it is without players trying to demean them.

But straight red??

Come on! Never acceptable. No matter how much authority you attribute to the ref. He can show a yellow if the protests are penetrating his thin skin. A straight red for simple protests is just unacceptable imo

Even referees have rules they should be following. And this one crossed the line imo

Every team fighting for Europe won today. Thank f*ck we didn't waste points yesterday.

I literally agreed 'red card extreme'. You'll even argue when someone agrees with you now Han!

You said, and I quote

"Red card a bit extreme, yes, but a ref's job is hard enough as it is without players trying to demean them."

That's hardly agreeing with me. I'm saying it's unacceptable, you're saying it's the ref's prerogative and the rest doesn't matter.

What Ibra said is not even remotely on the scale of being demeaning... I don't get you Danny honestly...

Yes, very worrying. Next week is a must win game. I think there will be some other crucial ties going on so we must not drop points

Which is hugely worrying considering the fact we're playing at home and we've been unbelievably sh!tty in our home games this season, especially since the turn of the year

Man, Fiorentina nearly got the draw.

I just don't give a damn about anything you say. It must look strange huh?

Really? I stopped watching because Atalanta were dominating.

They equalised, but then Atalanta got a lucky penalty. Lucky because Ilicic simply shoved the ball onto the defender's arm, which wasn't even raised high, at a close distance. In my opinion it wasn't a penalty but the whole handball in the penalty area situation has gotten ridiculous at this point.

Anyway, Napoli-Inter and Atalanta-Juventus this weekend. Hopefully both Juve and Inter win so we can create as much distance from Napoli and Atalanta as possible.

Wow Rebic

Taking the ball from Calhanoglu is as easy as taking candy from a child.

And the marking on corner kicks bad as ever..

Yeah, but nevertheless we've just been bad. With Leao upfront we might as well play with 10 men. But mostly everyone has been sound asleep.

Such a f@cking drama queen man

Absolutely hate the noon kick-off.

We better get the win here or we're jeopardizing CL football if we don't

Mandzukic needs to replace Leao and I'd also replace Kalulu with Dalot. Kalulu is absolutely sh!t once he crosses the halfway line

NOOO

What a miss Rebic

Big miss

Yeah, I feel the other teams figured us out tactically.

Saelemaekers the only one playing some classy football today.

And of courser Pioli takes him off leaving Hakan's ghost on the pitch instead.

Wierd change man.

MANDZUUUUU

This Scamacca kid we've been interested into has been absolutely terrible today. Sometime I think youngsters are hyped up for no apparent reason.

Own goal actually.

I don't think he'll ever take off the more "senior" players in certain situations

Hakan is important for us not just in open play but also on set-pieces

Case in point just now and the Kjaer chance which he should have scored

It's the same thing with guys like Kessie, Ibra, Rebic, etc

They'll stay on unless they're having a truly terrible mare

Yeah, couldn't see properly when it went in

Yep

Only strikers I'd take from Serie A are Zapata, Belloti or Vlahovic

Tonali for Benna

Bennacer still doesn't look 100% to me. Just a bit hesitant at times, which I understand

We are so bad, we better spend big jg we get CL... because we're not getting it each year with this team...hate to be negative.

We get a counter, no one moves their ***... unacceptable.

Such a bad performance. No idea how we're getting the 3 points.

We've f@cked up so many counter attacks it's not even funny

Phew


Why do we have to make a meal out of such games FFS??

Having one week to prepare this game with nearly everyone available and putting such a disgraceful performance against a mediocre team when we're fighting desperately for a CL spot... I honestly don't know what to think.

I mean, we've been terrible at home since the turn of the year, (how many games have we won at home this year? 2?)

We're always f@king asleep during these noon kickoffs. So it was always going to be a perfect storm of absolute sh!t imo.

Let's just be happy we got the 3 points and move on to the next game.

Yeah, but why? It's unacceptable.

Who knows why...

We have the best record away from home if I'm not mistaken, had we been just as good at home, we'd have run away with the league by now

Sometimes, there's just no explanation for these things. It's probably more psychological than anything else.

So, once again, let's just happily accept the 3 points and move on.

Tomori beasting once again btw (aside from the little mishap on Destro's goal that is). We better make sure that we sign him this summer. I don't care about anyone else.

If we must sell Romagnoli then fine (and I've always liked him). But Tomori is on another level imo

Btw, what do you guys think about the other games today? I think Inter and Juve winning will most likely be more beneficial to us, but never comfortable with that either

Yes, we need them to win. Atalanta are more likely to slip up than Juve.