AC Milan once again dropped valuable points and further complicated the top four race for themselves with the 1-1 draw against Cremonese last night.
This morning’s edition of Corriere della Sera (via MilanNews) writes how every team that are competing for the top four with the exception of Roma won yesterday while Stefano Pioli’s side were held by a team in 19th place.
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Milan seemed to have underestimated the game and the opponent as they have been guilty of before. Cremonese played in a way that frustrated and almost brought home the three points through Okereke, but the Rossoneri managed to grab a draw in added time with a free kick from Junior Messias.
However, the late goal does not change the negative opinion regarding the performance. Now the quest to secure a spot in the next edition of the Champions League is very difficult, and even in the semi-finals of the Champions League it seems they have a slim chance with Inter hitting stride.
Pioli opted to rotate and try keep the likes of Theo Hernandez, Tonali, Leao and Giroud, but once again the reserve options were not convincing. This strategy did not pay off and it once again confirmed that he can only rely on 13-14 players, no more.
Lazio arrive at San Siro on Saturday afternoon, a match that the Diavolo must win at all costs otherwise the Champions League risks getting even more complicated.
So, Red Bird and Elliott managed to shadow Atalanta.
Leao would be stupid boy to pen new contract with this Milan.
We are risking not only UCL but being out of ANY european cup competition. This could mean losing our star players like Leao, Theo, Mike, and Tomori to name a few. This could create a downward spiral and back to a banter era.
Yes, some blame can be placed on Pioli for questionable rotations but tbh if even our bench player and players that were brought in the summer can’t compete with mid to low table teams, thats a failure on Maldini and Massara.
Id say if we lose out of UCL and don’t reach the UCL final sack Maldini, Massara, and Pioli.
We can lose “only” Leao cause he didn’t pen the contract. But others don’t need to be sold if Milan sell Origi, Rebic, Balo Toure and Adli for combined 40 million.
Just in case without Europe, they can spend 0 for new arrivals.