‘Do it for the Diavolo’ – Milan relying on Gimenez in Feyenoord comeback mission

AC Milan get another shot at Feyenoord in tonight’s second leg at San Siro, and once again the focus is on Santiago Gimenez as he looks to hurt his former club.

As La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) write this morning, the coach Sergio Conceicao and the Milan fans want to see Gimenez celebrate like on Saturday, after he scored the winning goal against Hellas Verona.

Gimenez also scored in his first league appearance, netting the goal to make it 2-0 away against Empoli. Given that on his debut he got an assist for Joao Felix against Roma, the only game so far in which he failed to make an impact was the one against his former side Feyenoord.

Today he will have the chance to redeem himself even if the mission does not promise to be easy because Beelen and Hancko know how to make his life difficult: they know his characteristics and on the first leg they allowed him the misery of one shot, which was blocked.

They practically eliminated him from the field and despite the 1-0 scoreline, they ‘forced’ Conceiçao to replace him before the ninetieth minute. It matters little to Santi that when he left De Kuip his former fans showered him with applause in memory of the 65 goals he scored in his 105 Dutch appearances.

Now the Mexico international has turned the page and is thinking solely of Milan: he wants to reach the round of 16 for the first time, which he has only seen on TV until now. With the Rossoneri he has the chance to go further and he doesn’t intend to let it slip away.