MILAN (ITALPRESS) – A centerpiece for Milan, but a “real” centring, a number 9 from a penalty area. That’s what was needed, it’s what everyone had been missing since this summer, since Gimenez had other features. Tare has identified in Niclas Fullkrug the right profile, now Allegri knows he can count on kilos and centimeters in the penalty area, fundamental especially in certain matches: “They are different from the other attackers present in pink – explained German in the press conference presentation -. The quality is huge in our offensive department with Leao, Pulisic and Nkunku. I think I can bring physical presence, possibility to occupy the area: I will help the team in these situations. In these two first games I realized that I will have to defy with the defenders, I am ready to sacrifice myself for the team even with uncomfortable duels.”.
To tell him the secrets of the Serie A we thought of a great former centerpieces of the red area like Bierhoff (“He told me that I will succeed here, he told me about Milan, the city, the team and the magic of playing for Milan, the constant will to play San Siro to make the fans proud”), but the German seems already very well dropped in the new reality: “I think the team I found is a team that has already enormous quality. A healthy, united group, energy at very high levels. It almost frightened me how strong this energy is after we won in Cagliari: it is very indicative”. “With my character I think I can fit very well and contribute to this positivity and help the team to the best of my possibilities. It’s an ideal time for my arrival at Milan,” said the new red-black player.
But it is also an opportunity to turn on and answer the many doubts that accompanied his arrival, in light of the zero goals scored with the West Ham jersey and poor minutage in the last period in London. A negative parenthesis that made someone twist their noses: “With the Werder, Dortmund and the national team in those three or four years, things went great. I used to play regularly, score and do assist. That’s the level I want to go back to. West Ham wasn’t an easy place. It was a huge change, behind me I had a very long season: 57 games. In the pre season I could not prepare well for Europeans. In England things didn’t work, now I hope to move on. I feel fresh, fit. The sensations are great, I hope they continue on this false line because so I will have the certainty of doing goals. How many, I don’t know.”.
The number of goals are the cross and delight of those who carry a heavy number on their shoulders like the 9, he chose without fear (“The 9 for me is synonymous with goals. I have not chosen it often in the past, I have used it only with the German national team. I don’t have a particular idol, but I know what the 9th past is at Milan. I hope I’m up to the weight of this shirt”), hoping to make a difference soon. The anticipated debut in San Siro was exciting but not as lucky, another braking in the house for a team that struggles against the little ones, and that thanks to one like him in some games will have an extra offensive solution: “I think it’s fair to expose myself to the fourth place goal, last year it was missed. Milan for its history must be in Champions – it has emphasized Fullkrug -. Yesterday there were a couple of difficult situations for the referee, without wanting to accuse him the decisions went a bit to our disadvantage. I felt the opponent’s foot on my foot, I was sure there was a penalty for us or at least that the referee went to the VAR. To win, we need the attackers’ goals, we all have to do more goals. Playing in three fronts? It can be an option. Sunday we want a positive result to stay up”.
What if “high” means squashed? A journalist asks if in that case he would be willing to cover the hole near the incisors with a golden tooth: “No (laughs, ed). It’s part of me. I have this hole. It’s part of my identity, it doesn’t make me any trouble. This hole will remain regardless of how the season ends.”.
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