Diaz Problem

 

Early into the season , Brahim Diaz started his Milan career on fire. In games against Empoli, Spezia he created goals whilst against Athletico Madrid at the San Siro he was the most offensive player in the Milan line up, constantly dribbling through multiple players and only a goal away from being the man of the match.

It was after his return from COVID-19 that he has slowly lost his good form and has been unable to recapture it. This includes when Pioli keeps faith with playing him on the field and unleashing him from the bench, Brahim has been unable to achieve his previous good form.

He has played only a handful of good games since his return and has not been in the best three for Milan in any match since.  He does have an amazing ability to dribble through players but it has been seen on to often an occasion that he gets out muscled or he is unable to connect with a team mate .

 

Pioli has done as much as he can to get Brahim back into form including playing him on the right wing which often results in Diaz becoming lost and having minimal time on the ball.

Brahim could be an excellent player but he requires extensive training on his final touch to help create more assists and goals for Milan whom are currently on a run of 4 games with only a maximum of 1 goal in any of them, not good enough for prospective title winners. The frustration is often exasperated  due to how easily he has been pushed off the ball at times and I do think people don't notice his tenacious pressing at times when he tries to win the ball back in Milan's forward half.

 

 

 

Though it has been disappointing to see his slump , he did show some quality characteristics early in the season and AC Milan should commit to him being in the squad as long as his not relied solely upon as the number 10.