Two days after AC Milan’s defeat to Napoli, the Italian media are continuing to repeat the notion that not hiring Antonio Conte was a mistake.
This morning’s edition of Tuttosport (via MilanNews) writes that Conte was the coach that some Milan fans had been loudly calling for over the summer. He showed up at San Siro on Tuesday evening with his Napoli side, winning 2-0 and going 11 points ahead.
In doing so he effectively excluded Paulo Fonseca’s team from the race for the Scudetto, given that the gap in points would be eight even if we presume that Milan win their rescheduled game in hand against Bologna.
Of all the names linked to replace Stefano Pioli, Tuttosport state that Conte was the most convincing not only from the point of view of experience, but above all of character and discipline, something that seems to be a bit lacking at Milanello.
Milan decided to go for Fonseca which surprised and divided the fans, many of whom expected a more high profile name. However, RedBird Capital didn’t want an outspoken profile on the bench, but in the end what counts are the results.
Conte, unlike Fonseca, is bringing in wins consistently. That’s why the paper has the section headlined: ‘Antonio, the great Rossoneri regret’, referring to the fact that Milan could have had the Italian given he seemed up for the job.