The jewel in the crown of AC Milan is Rafael Leao; there is nothing to suggest otherwise. However, he needs to return to being that player.
Leao’s quality is known; on his day, he is one of the best wingers in the world. This is where the issue arises; his day is not regular, and this is where Massimiliano Allegri needs to get the best from the Portuguese.
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The current and ‘true’ Leao
Corriere dello Sport (via MilanNews) write that this is the ‘new mission’ for Allegri now. There is regret from this weekend’s game, and Leao, unfortunately, is at the heart of it for missing two chances in the game.
Of course, he is only just returning to action, and Milan did not lose against Juventus. However, it is a big chance missed to have picked up three points against another Scudetto rival. These are the games where Leao needs to show up the most.
Seeing him in a position to have great chances is promising; after all, he is not naturally a goalscorer. He was without action for 45 days, which is another factor in it. Importantly, Allegri continues to believe in him and the idea of a central role.
This is important, but now his belief must also help in finding the ‘true’ Leao, the MVP from the Scudetto season. It is possible, and it needs to be done soon.
The true Leao is a lazy player who drift in and out of the game. Big games he usually is tame. He excels in 433 or 4231 which Milan isnt good at.
Sell in Jan 26 is best option before he lefts on a free
Yes, Leao is lazy but in better shape he is lethal when chances present themselves.
As we saw against Juve the timing is not there yet.
Also don’t like how he always stops playing and want a free kick as soon as he is slightly pushed by defenders. Use your strength!!!
I still think that Allegri can make him better.
As a highly paid professional, there is no room for mediocre performance especially in big matches
The true Leao is this. From what people say it looks like he does not score 20 goals a season because of his attitude. Reality is that he does not score because his shooting is poor, his finishing is poor.
Oh gods, he missed a chance before an international break and now we have two weeks of this nonsense.
If he scored it, we’d have two weeks of “why making Leao a CF is inspired”.
There’s no escaping hyperbole in 2025 I guess.
We’ve done well even without him and will continue to do well with or without him. We have Pulisic and others. We’re DEFINITELY NOT depending on Leao in any way. Now we’re a team. For the first time since the scudetto season.
100%
This is what matters. Anyother player ould have missed those chances even pulisic and Leao is just returning from injury, when he out ran liverpool or madrid defence no one said anything. Pulisic missed a penalty we want to nail him. Many here can even survive 2 sec on the pitch. We are a team , we win or lose as a team. The most important thing is mentality and these attacks on the media does not help that. Nobody gave them a chance in the first place at the beginning of the season. Now we are all trying to pressure them to win the scudetto in 6 matches.
At his age,he needs to know the right thing to do as a professional football player,he has to take his game to the next level,I personally love Leao, but he’s just lazy and unserious player,he is the forward with the poorest shooting technique I have ever seen,I am so furious about this because he doesn’t work on his weaknesses, when you play in a team like Milan, you must be ready to give your very best and be consistent, otherwise critics will surely come..we cannot hide those weaknesses like attitude, poor decision, Laziness and poor shooting
I hope we have the best version of Leao we all wants.. Forza Milan