The Rossoneri have improved though, and with a win against the reigning champions they could go above them in the table. It\u2019s still early days, but there are six reasons why there is a good feeling around the club.<\/p>\n
Chemistry<\/p>\n
Teams sometimes have an incredible ability to take shape in a matter of days. Capello\u2019s Milan immediately looked different from Sacchi\u2019s. Mancini\u2019s national team, in its first outing, already had the form that would lead them to win a European Championship.<\/p>\n
This Milan has been Allegri\u2019s team from the start. The players work well together and have a clear point of reference: the coach. Allegri and Landucci, not coincidentally, have admitted more than once that they\u2019re happy with how the players follow them.<\/p>\n
Luka Modric tells friends he\u2019s surprised because Milan are giving him more than he expected, and expectations weren\u2019t low. While waiting for some tougher moments \u2013 and there will often be some disgruntled players on the bench, particularly in attack \u2013 the group is solid.<\/p>\n
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Photo by Claudio Villa\/AC Milan via Getty ImagesModric<\/p>\n
Modric, for a man with six Champions League titles on his CV, entered quietly. He arrived at Milan after the tour, skipping the first part of training. Many were talking about his age, about him being useful for 20 minutes per game.<\/p>\n
Instead, the Croatian has been starting regularly never comes off before the 75th minute. More than a few times, he shoots straight and goes to the shower when the referee blows his whistle. As for the pace isse, so far it\u2019s worked: he has the quality to dictate it, and the others follow.<\/p>\n
Against more intense, physical and quicker teams his impact will need to be monitored, but for now Milan have a regista, a silent leader and a role model.<\/p>\n
Discipline<\/p>\n
Alex Jimenez suffered a couple of unwelcome delays this summer and was asked to look for another solution, despite being a young player of obvious talent and personality. Theo Hernandez became one of the best in his role but was told to find another club too.<\/p>\n
Tare and Allegri are men of principle and have left their mark, despite having had different ideas at times. From day one, Tare has looked to the great Milan of the past as a reference, eager to rediscover the style and rules.<\/p>\n
Allegri often jokes with the players but isn\u2019t kind to those who set a bad example. He also has an expanded staff, with young collaborators like Magnanelli and Corradi, who help greatly with the day-to-day management. The result is that, for everyone, there are no excuses.<\/p>\n
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Photos by Francesco Pecoraro\/Getty Images and Marco Luzzani \/Getty Images)Cremonese<\/p>\n
Allegri is different from Conte, who puts more pressure on his directors than on his opponents and shows up at press conferences with poisoned arrows. Allegri is often calm, lets things work and then evaluates. Milan-Cremonese is an exception.<\/p>\n
After the 2-1 defeat in the opening match of the season, Allegri forcefully called for reinforcements. A coach is sometimes important also for how he protests. Milan, unlike Juventus when Max was there last, supported him.<\/p>\n
They gave him Rabiot with a financial effort, which in the end was even less than feared. Then they went to London to sign Nkunku, who at Milanello is spoken of only positively, and scored his first goal in his first start<\/a>. Moral of the story: in life, it\u2019s important to choose when to remain silent and when to make yourself heard.<\/p>\n Defence<\/p>\n Over the last two years, Milan have been a defensive disaster at times. Individual errors, misplaced marking and poorly managed transitions left opponents free and running into Mike Maignan\u2019s box. That doesn\u2019t happen anymore.<\/p>\n Milan are always very balanced and defensively compact. They defend tightly and with eleven players, because Pulisic and Gimenez \u2013 the starters these past few weeks \u2013 aren\u2019t afraid to make an extra run for their team-mates.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not so much the fact that Milan aren\u2019t conceding (it can happen with some luck), it\u2019s the fact that they\u2019re not conceding any chances. Maignan and Terracciano could almost always have taken to the pitch with a deckchair, while Allegri watches on and smiles.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Experience<\/p>\n Milan, as strong teams always have, have chosen experienced players in four or five key positions. 1) The sporting director. 2) The coach. 3) The goalkeeper, with Maignan invited to stay, even at the risk of losing him for free in a year. 4) The midfield leader. 5) The late-August signing.<\/p>\n