New Scudetto AC Milan
After 11 years in Italy, became Scudetto AC Milan again. 11 years later, Milan’s red side won the trophy and made their fans happy. Milan won the championship with a less qualified squad compared to its rivals under the leadership of Zlatan. Zlatan, who was also in the last championship squad, led Milan on the way to the championship. Zlatan’s statement at the championship celebrations actually sums up a lot of things: “Milan is not just Milan, Italy is a Milan.
We wouldn’t be wrong if we say that Milan became the champion with a really limited squad. Despite not having a clear star player, they showed a great fight throughout the season. The separation of two star players (Donna and Hakan) at the beginning of the season made the beginning of the season difficult for Milan, but the Milan representative did not feel the absence of these separations. Milan team, which was defeated only 4 times in 38 matches, played a stable football throughout the season. Goodbye early in the Champions League was actually a good development for the team because they were able to concentrate fully on the league. After being eliminated by Inter in the Italian Cup, they focused only on the league and managed to stay fully concentrated until the end of the league. In general, there are many turning points for Milan, but the most important ones are definitely Inter and Napoli matches. First, in the 24th week of the league, Milan defeated Inter 2–1 away and won a very critical victory on the way to the championship and was ahead of Inter psychologically. Because Milan were 4 points behind Inter and the match was played at Inter’s court, so the match was a 6-point match. Milan won this match and equalized the situation in every sense. The other critical match was the Napoli match, the match was important because if Milan lost, Napoli and Inter would have an advantage. Milan achieved a very critical win and moved up to the first place, and managed to maintain its place in the first place until the end of the league. The other thing we need to talk about here is the matches that Inter lost, because if Inter had not lost, Milan would not have had the opportunity to use this advantage. Inter’s loss to Sassuolo in the 26th week and the Torino and Fiorentina draws in the 29th and 30th weeks completely prevented the championship. In those weeks, Inter lost points and Milan made good use of the advantage.
“It’s not the one who spends the most, but the best player wins”
This was a result that surprised everyone this year, as no one thought that Milan would beat Inter and Juventus. In fact, Milan did not have such a claim at the beginning of the season because the budgets, transfers and expectations were clear. Inter started the season as last year’s champion. Juventus was naturally one of the biggest favourites, a team that has won 8 championships in the last 10 seasons is the natural favourite of that league. In addition, Roma with Jose Mourinho and Lazio with Sarri wanted to enter the league assertively. There were also teams like Atalanta, Fiorentina and Napoli. According to many Milan fans, this year’s championship is the most special in the history of the club because being a champion with this squad has more challenging processes than other championships. Overall, I think they’re absolutely right because Milan did a really hard job.
