{"id":257695,"date":"2025-10-29T01:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/257695\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T01:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T01:19:10","slug":"allegri-positive-after-atalanta-draw-despite-possible-injuries-for-leao-and-gimenez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/257695\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegri positive after Atalanta draw despite possible injuries for Leao and Gimenez"},"content":{"rendered":"

Massimiliano Allegri has confirmed a couple more potential injury worries for AC Milan, praising the team for their performance against Atalanta.<\/p>\n

For the second game in a row Milan took the lead after just a few minutes, and for the second game in a row they were unable to turn it into three points<\/a>. This time Samuele Ricci got the opener, and it was Ademola Lookman who drew the home side level in the first half, deservedly so it must be said.<\/p>\n

The stats tell the story a bit as Atalanta had 17 total shots to Milan\u2019s six, while the Rossoneri managed just one shot on target to the three that the home side had. Not only that, but La Dea racked up nine corners to four, and had 1.31 Expected Goals as opposed to 0.33 for Allegri\u2019s men.<\/p>\n

Allegri\u2019s post-Atalanta reaction<\/p>\n

After the final whistle, the Milan coach spoke to DAZN to offer his assessments following a tough fight for his side over the 90 minutes. His comments are via MilanNews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Was it the most complicated night of the season so far?<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re having a few injuries at this point, but the team is responding well. In the first half, we were forced to defend because we made a lot of technical mistakes on exit balls. We had a chance to play, I don\u2019t know if it was due to fatigue or not, but certainly due to Atalanta.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second half was a good one, where we had chances to score. We made some poor decisions in the final 20 meters, where we absolutely need to improve. This team needs to be more confident than they are.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the first half, we conceded an avoidable goal \u2013 we were in a well-organised position. The lads should be happy with their performance in Bergamo, we\u2019re extending our positive streak, and now on Sunday we have a good match against Roma.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MilanPhoto by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The second half was better\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely, we played better. We knew they would struggle in the second half. We need to improve our scoring percentage and our passing choices in the final 20 metres.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why did Leao come off?<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had a hip problem, he trained\u2026 Then at the end of the first half he wasn\u2019t feeling great, I preferred to take him off anyway because the team needed fresh players. Rafa wasn\u2019t getting going, so I preferred to take him off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Will he make it for Sunday? How\u2019s Gimenez?<\/p>\n

\u201cGimenez got a bit of a knock, we\u2019ll see about Leao, but it shouldn\u2019t be anything special. We should also have Estupinan against Roma. These are ten days where we need to grit our teeth a bit, and then after the break we\u2019ll start again with all the players.\u201d<\/p>\n

Did the team do better with Loftus-Cheek? How did Gimenez play in your eyes?<\/p>\n

\u201cNkunku played very well as a striker. Atalanta dropped back, and we found some geometry\u2026 Loftus-Cheek in that position when he breaks away\u2026 He played 20 extraordinary minutes. In those minutes, however, we had to score.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a situation where Nkunku cut inside, but instead he should have opened up, and instead he cut inside the other way. Then Fofana\u2019s shot, Saelemaekers\u2019 shot blocked by Pavlovic\u2026 We had favourable situations in the second half and only conceded one shot after a bad turnover in the build-up.<\/p>\n

\u201cGimenez worked hard, he needs to stay calm and relaxed because the goals will come. He\u2019s a guy who gives his all, he works hard for the team. I\u2019m very happy, and he needs to work calmly.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Massimiliano Allegri has confirmed a couple more potential injury worries for AC Milan, praising the team for their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-257695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}