However, what more people noticed was Robinho's wasteful shots in front of the goal. In this aspect, Robinho indeed had no excuse. In the first minute of stoppage time, Gattuso intercepted a pass through the opponent's legs and sent the ball into the penalty area. Facing the last defender, Robinho made two beautiful feints to bypass the opponent but fell down himself. At the 26th minute, Ambrosini made an interception in the frontcourt, and Seedorf delivered a through ball with his outside of the foot. However, when facing the onrushing Gillet, Robinho attempted a powerful shot, but such handling was too simplistic and crude. When he was still swinging his leg, the Belgian goalkeeper had already rushed to his face, and Robinho's shot was blocked tightly. Two minutes later, Flamini made a long pass, and Robinho successfully broke away from the offside trap. He faced the opposing goalkeeper one-on-one but did not choose to pass to Ibrahimovic running up in the middle. Instead, he directly attempted a small-angle volley, hitting the side netting.
Perhaps the loss of this opportunity made him feel somewhat humiliated, which led to the aforementioned large-scale pressing assistance to help Gattuso complete the interception and AC Milan's second goal. The away game where AC Milan defeated Bari 3-2 can be considered overall satisfactory. Vice President of the club, Galliani, also shared this view post-match, explaining Allegri's rotation choices and praising the team's performance. The only point of dissatisfaction that Galliani mentioned was the把握of scoring opportunities in the frontcourt. Compared to Allegri's vague comment after the match, "We didn't do well in把握opportunities," Galliani openly named Robinho.
If the misses of these two one-on-one chances are still within understandable limits, then the missed opportunity at the 55th minute is absolutely unacceptable. At that time, Ibrahimovic and Seedorf executed a brilliant give-and-go. The latter attracted the attention of the goalkeeper and defenders, and when passing the ball to the other side to Robinho, the Brazilian failed to control the ball properly. Although he quickly adjusted, turning a chance facing an open goal into a chip over the goalkeeper and defender, the ball still flew half a meter above the crossbar.
After the match, "TuttoMercatoWeb" gave Robinho a 5 out of 10, the lowest score in the entire team. Despite Robinho's decent performance in aspects other than shooting, it was indeed his recklessness in front of the goal that almost cost AC Milan dearly. Although Ibrahimovic also wasted one or two chances, in Flamini's goal, half the credit should go to the Swedish player for delivering an excellent assist. This was already Ibrahimovic's third assist in the league this season, while he also has four league goals and three Champions League goals. On the other hand, Robinho hasn't even recorded a single assist this season.
In fact, Robinho cannot be said to have not tried hard or been ineffective in this match. In reality, AC Milan obtaining so many opportunities was inseparable from the effects brought by his extensive crisscrossing runs in the frontcourt. AC Milan's second goal precisely came from his pursuit of the opposing right-back Parisi, forcing the latter to make a passing mistake, leading to Gattuso's interception in the frontcourt and subsequently Ibrahimovic's assist for Flamini's goal.
Later, losing patience, Allegri began preparing Pato for warm-up exercises and substituted Robinho off. It turned out to be a rational decision because it was precisely Pato who replaced him and scored AC Milan's third goal. Meanwhile, Bari responded with two goals in this match. It's hard to imagine whether Bari would have scored those two goals if Robinho had continued wasting opportunities on the field, and whether the final score would have been 2-2?
"If Robinho had把握those few opportunities, perhaps we could have worried less in the end, and maybe we could have led 3-0 in the first half." Galliani said. For the consistently harmonious AC Milan, this already counts as public naming and criticism.
Not lacking in technique or enthusiasm, Robinho urgently needs improvement in the last pass and last shot. Only by doing so can he become a star with practical value. Rivera once said: "Robinho is more proactive, but Ronaldinho's talent is unmatched." In fact, cycling, tricks, and dribbling, Robinho is no worse than Ronaldinho in any aspect, but the gap in talent that Rivera mentioned between Robinho and Ronaldinho probably manifests in that crucial moment.