CorSport: Milan’s improvement under Allegri highlighted in six-pointer games – the numbers

Massimiliano Allegri’s influence on this AC Milan team is increasingly evident, and he is looking more and more like the right choice.

As Corriere dello Sport (via MilanNews) report this morning, the Milan dressing room are looking to Allegri as their true leader, an ‘experienced and winning coach who knows how to strike the right chords to improve players and deliver results’.

Their words are confirmed by the facts, especially because the team on the pitch follows the coach’s every instruction, respecting his decisions. The victory against Roma is clear proof of this, in which the team had to suffer a lot.

Improvement in six-pointers

Allegri’s influence on Milan is particularly evident in the team’s current performance. The difference from last year is striking, especially when it comes to those games against teams that are around them at the top of the table.

After 10 games, the Rossoneri have seven more points than last year, thanks to six wins, three draws, and just one defeat. That loss came in the first match of the season against Cremonese, and it seems to have been a very early turning point.

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Milan have faced Napoli, Juventus, Atalanta and Roma already this season, taking two wins and two draws from those four matches. It becomes 11 points if we include the win against Bologna, six more than last season (vs. Lazio, Inter, Juventus, Napoli, and Atalanta).

In short, Milan are now going into every game feeling like they have a chance, and the coach deserves credit for the transformation over the summer. The derby after the break will tell us a lot about the true ambitions of this squad, however.