Ederson and Tijjani Reijnders are of big significance to their respective head coaches, and Atalanta vs. AC Milan may very well be determined within the midfield in consequence.
As La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen beneath) writes, Ederson is so essential to Atalanta that Gian Piero Gasperini used him as a metaphor a few months in the past, stating: “He’s proof that in soccer issues are always altering, there’s nothing static.
Atalanta’s motion man
When he arrived in Bergamo he was an attacking midfielder, now he sits in entrance of the defence and does plenty of the ‘soiled work’, recovering the ball and beginning assaults. He may also chip in with targets too, because the one towards Genoa reveals.
He has proven a capability to learn the evolution of the motion earlier than others, and his bodily qualities enable Atalanta to maintain their frenetic tempo for all the length of the match. The Brazilian has turn out to be ‘a formidable all-rounder’ underneath the Italian coach.
The eyes of the Premier League have been on him for a while, and Atalanta look to have received one other operation after signing him from Salernitana in 2022. Tomorrow night towards Milan he’ll as soon as once more be the ‘balancer’ along with Marten de Roon in midfield.
Reijnders on hearth
With six targets within the final eight video games, Reijnders is within the kind {that a} high striker would hope to be. The Dutchman is aware of methods to do every thing: he runs like a midfielder, creates like a playmaker, has the ball management of a winger and (now) shoots like a striker.
The 42 days of magic started on October twenty second towards Membership Brugge within the Champions League, continued with the winner towards Monza, one on the Bernabeu towards Actual Madrid, a brace towards Empoli after which a rocket towards Sassuolo.
When he scores his subsequent purpose, Reijnders may have already doubled final yr’s tally, which was 4 throughout all competitions. A part of the credit score for the latest acceleration naturally goes to Fonseca, who has made him the cornerstone of his Milan.
It additionally goes to Youssouf Fofana who’s the person who provides steadiness to the staff, permitting the previous AZ Alkmaar man to push up as a lot as he does. For the remainder, the credit score all goes to Tijj, with .
