AC Milan and Paulo Fonseca are one again back in the firing line after losing another important game, their second in five days, and this time against Fiorentina in the league.
As Corriere della Sera (via MilanNews) report, there was an obligation to bounce back after the Champions League defeat at Bayer Leverkusen but instead there was a bitter taste in the mouth after Milan missed two penalties and fell to a 2-1 loss.
With these two defeats Milan have taken a significant step backwards, confirming once again their usual and worrying defensive limitations. Fonseca’s team fought, came back and even tried to win the match, but in the end Albert Gudmundsson goal punished an error from Fikayo Tomori.
Raffaele Palladino’s Viola played on Thursday night in Europe and yet they appeared more reactive and lively throughout the match, which is a real worrying sign. The defensive phase remains a problem for the Rossoneri, but we can also expect more from Milan’s attack too.
Christian Pulisic scored but played in fits and starts, Alvaro Morata was not the positive influence seen in Bayer Leverkusen and in the derby, while Rafael Leao tried a few plays but as usual he did not shine for consistency.
It will not be an easy international break for Milan and especially for Fonseca who from today and for two weeks will be back in the crosshairs of criticism over his choices and the perceived lack of cohesion in the side, as shown by the penalty taker confusion.
Back under pressure? 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses and clearly lost control of the dressing room with all the circus going on on the field.
Why are we still talking about him in present instead of past tense?
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Was he ever under pressure, though? Pretty sure it had more to do with media frenzy, rather than our ridiculous, apathetic management agreeing to pay three coaches in order to bring a more capable person for the job.
Interesting how this article still blames Leão (who had very little to do with this defeat) and says nothing about Theo, who had a big share of the blame for this defeat. Even Puli is being blamed here; nothing said about the disaster that Theo was.
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I completely lost all confidence in Fonseca. He should have addressed the PK-taking issue during halftime break (the first PK happened in first half). If he didn’t, then his post-game declaration to the press is self-serving and an attempt to shift blame to the players for something that was his duty to address. If he did, then the players disobeyed him again in second half, showing that they don’t respect him and he has lost control over his own players.
Those are the only two possibilities. Either one that happened is very bad. At this point, if we want to recover from this disaster, Fonseca needs to be fired.
“Interesting how this article still blames Leão (who had very little to do with this defeat)”
Not contributing to the attack in any meagningful way when you’re the highest paid player in the team has everything to do with any defeat. It’s literally his only job.
I thought he job was to stand close to opponents and absorb 3-4 of them there so Pulisic can find empty space as he is unable to do anything without Leao’s help.
At least that’s the impression you get when you read these forums.
*his job
From the high from Inter to this low in record time. That takes special skills.