Castillejo's “difficult moment”

Samu Castillejo has been a key player in a Milan that was reborn as of last January. The Rossoneri experienced a turnaround with the beginning of 2020, in which the Spaniard was the protagonist, becoming the holder of the right wing of the 4-2-3-1 that Pioli began to use. The extreme, From January to March 2020, he was the player with the most key passes in Europe's top leagues (31), and also after confinement he maintained his high level, even a hamstring injury that knocked him out for six days. In this course he is having a hard time getting back into a good rhythm and, above all, his best form.

In the six Europa League games (between qualifying and group stage) was always the titler, but in the seven rounds of Serie A it only started once, adding up to now less than 120 minutes. At the beginning of November he again suffered muscular discomfort and Stefano Pioli confirmed on Saturday that much more is expected of him. “He had a difficult summer, he is working to return to his level,” said the coach, “he has the skills and qualities to do much better.”

Instead, for now, young Alexis Saelemaekers is having a good season (21 years old), but in the Rossonera entity they continue to trust Castillejo and the player, for their part, wants to be the protagonist again with that shirt as soon as possible. “I want to stay in this club for a long time”, affirmed AS in May and yesterday, on his social networks, he acknowledged that he was living through a complicated phase, but without losing the illusion: “Do not fear difficult moments, the best comes from there“Time already proved him right once, when many imagined him outside Milan and, instead, he ended up being untouchable.