VERO, FIFI & YUI: IMMENSE QUALITY
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One Spanish, one South African and one Japanese. The universal language of football is such that it unites people in spite of nationality and mother tongue. This AC Milan midfield is truly global but held together by one very important common factor: quality. This was particularly evident in the matches against Empoli and Inter.
Vero, Refiloe Jane and Yui Hasegawa started together as a trio in the centre of the park in the last two games and, when they chose to kick up a gear, the team started to fly once more. Last week, during AC Milan v Empoli, they served up a sort of antipasto of what they can do: ball flicked on in midfield by Hasegawa, then by Jane, Vero's through ball for Dowie and goal.
During Sunday's Derby, after a tougher start than imagined, Vero, Fifi and Yui were, once again, on top form and help AC Milan - and Valentina Giacinti - to complete the comeback in a delicate and decisive game. After the break, with the spaces opening up, we saw flashes of brilliant football, such as for the goal that made it 4-1 as well as the two chances prior to that finish, which were spurned by Dowie and Giacinti herself.
AC Milan's engine room is running smoothly because there is abundant quality in each of the three principal parts, even if they suffer a slight inevitable loss in terms of physicality. In this season, however, Coach Ganz is not lacking for options as he can always call upon the energy of Grimshaw, Čonč, Mauri and Rask, not forgetting Simic's vast wealth of experience.
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