Europa League 2020-21

[Siregar]

I was critical of Pioli's decision to start Krunic, and I stand by that. He scored a goal. Great. Good late run into the box and a good header. The fact is, Krunic is a decent/good player. But he is a sub. He is the guy that should come in with 15 mins left and run his socks off defending...not Hauge.

I thought other then the goal, Krunic didn't get involved enough. I don't wanna be too hard on him. I'm glad we have him in the squad. He's proving to be useful. But again, I don't want him starting in most games.

On Hauge...the kid has stratospheric potential. It's the combination of hard work, pace, ability on the ball, edginess that he has, etc. I appreciate the gradual involvement from Pioli...but again, I think the subs were a bit late.
Samu had a decent 1st half. But he sruggled in the 2nd. He should have been off at 60 mins. Instead, he played 20 mins too long. We waited until we conceded to throw 2 wingers on...who now had to defend due to Celtic's momentum cuz of the goal. I know Hauge and Saele were on the line ready to come in before the goal...but exactly the point. That sub was 20 mins too late.

I think for the 2nd game running, we didn't utilze the ACM position in the later part of the game correctly. We needed someone that's able to "step" on the ball and keep it under pressure behind Celtic's midfield. For me, that player is Diaz. Instead, he came off and Krunic stayed on. I get that the idea is that Krunic dedends better...but sometimes it's better to have a player in there that aleviates the pressure by being able to hold the ball rather then have someone in there that'll just defend.

On Tonali....he needs to play at a shorter range. He tries mid-range and long passes a lot. It's great to do that, but he needs to settle in first. Do the simple things. Then, those longer passes wil come as well. He didn't have the best of games. But he was fine. Bennacer calmed things down when he came on. Inwas surprised he didn't start because Kessie looked like he was more in need of rest then Isma.

But...great win. I don't want it to seem like i'm complaining. To win 3-1 away to Celtic, no matter what, is not easy. Pioli has done a phenomenal job. The fact I feel Krunic shoulsn't start doesn't change that.

Come on bro, Pioli has beaten you , two goals with comfortable first half although without skills of CAM in the whole game.

Seriously, I think Diaz has not convinced Pioli to play the Spanish as CAM. From what I have seen his games with Milan, Diaz seems not able to fight in that position. Hakan is not a big player physically but it won't be easy for opponents to steal the ball from him even with body charge. Diaz still has not showed that he could defend the ball he has. Both have great technique and dribbling but you can see obvious difference when they have the ball with them. IMO right now Diaz is more suitable as wing or CAM who acts more as second striker (not playmaker) and playing him as CAM I mentioned would leave hole between our DMs and AMs.