Among the few positive notes that Milan can take away from their Europa League night is Andre Silva. He had a beautiful night, in all his technical elegance and its coolness under in front of goal. There were first class stats from the Portuguese: 5 shots on goal, 4 goals in two group matches in the group stage, not to mention the double in the challenge against the Shkendija,  valid for the preliminaries.

NOW THE SERIE A - If in Europe Silva is finding space and continuity of performance, the same can not be said for the championship. Montella had put in an estimate a period of settling in, to make him understand that the treatment reserved by the Italian defenders is diametrically opposed to his Portuguese counterparts. In fact, he only has 118 minutes in total, playing in only two matches against Crotone and Spal. This is too little for a striker that cost the bounty of 40 million EUR, and he has proved to have the fabric to become a great striker. And he knows how to play with his back to the goal, he has good technique and scores goals. He needs to improve his interaction with his teammates and play outside the area more, but he has shown against Vienna and Rijeka that he is improving in these areas. Moreover, he has the discourse of the affection towards the club and Montella, that must be valued and not ignored.

DIFFICULATIVE CHOICES - It is a quite a choice, a bit out of necessity Montella has decided not to have a regular starting 11. Rather, to make all his players feel at the center of the project, not marginalized, the Rossoneri tactician uses turnover. It seems fair to share space in a team under construction but not for a company that has invested 230 million EUR in a single market window. This Milan needs to find an identity, the certainty that it should not be overwhelmed by qualitatively inferior but more organized teams. The choice from time to time to have exclusions among Bonaventura, Calhanoglu, Suso, Kalinic and Andrè Silva is a tough exercise but all the coaches would like to have this problem. It is a strong, ambitious team. A tough but necessary decision would be to use the former Porto striker more often. For a striker to feel confidence is fundamental, Silva was not only brought in to help progress in the Europa League. And with his goals he has, how could he be kept out, starting with Sunday's race against Roma.