Paulo Fonseca spoke to the media after AC Milan’s 2-0 defeat to Napoli this evening. Despite the result, the manager was surprisingly optimistic and even said that he is ‘more confident than ever’.
Milan conceded early in the game and even though they managed to recover a bit, playing-wise that is, the away side were just too clinical and scored again before the break. From there on, it was uphill for Paulo Fonseca and his side.
After the game, Fonseca spoke to DAZN (via MilanNews) and shared his thoughts on what went wrong for the Rossoneri. Despite the situation in the standings, the manager stated that he is ‘more confident than ever’ that Milan are onto something.
On the match…
“If we look at the result, they scored two goals and we scored none despite the chances we had. We conceded a goal after 5 minutes, then we reacted well by playing quality football, they dropped back. It wasn’t easy to create so many chances against a team like Napoli. However, they scored two goals, unfortunately we didn’t.”
On absences…
“I don’t like to make excuses and talk about the absentees. It’s true that important players were missing, but those who played did so well. We are a united team. I’m sure that by playing like this we will have a positive future.”
On the standings…
“I’m more confident than ever because I see how the team is changing and growing. It’s true that the result wasn’t positive, but it’s still early, there are many games to play. I remain confident.”
On growth…
“I don’t like to talk about individuals, I prefer to talk about the team. We made mistakes in the two goals. We have to continue working because we can still improve a lot”.
Milan will take on Monza next, scheduled for this Saturday at 20:45 CET, and winning is the only option for the Rossoneri. Napoli already have a huge advantage and unfortunately, it looks rather unlikely that Fonseca’s men will be able to catch up (at least not anytime soon).
Go f…ng yourself, you are our ten hag
This is why we wont improve. We did not play anything close to quality football. How can our leader think this?
Maybe they will get it right in the end… say in February, and perhaps make a late run for the top four, but the question is more for Cardinale, Ibra and Co. Does Milan have the luxury of that time? Are we ready to sacrifice this season (Scudetto practically gone and we are just hanging on in the UCL), to continue with this Fonseca experiment?
Totally wrong. We would all be happy if all of this is a sacrifice that will pay out in the second half of season. However, ever since the first press conference, Foneca is benchmark for false authority. As I have sad many times this short season, the sooner we let go the better.
Surprising reaction. While the team did get into dangerous situations, there was no clear tactical route to goal. The positioning of Morata and the arriving 2nd man has to be more clearly defined. In Pioli’s scudetto run it was clear who was on the line and who was ready for the cutback option when the wingers made a run to the byline. Then, taking Musah of the midfield tandem to the right backfired, killing intensity in midfield totally. Basically it’s just a lot of trial and plenty of errors. Most critical though, either Fonseca can’t bring the best out of his players or they are all just not good enough for this level. Look at Lukaku and Krava’s goals. We did not have anything near that level in us. Not even with Leao.
Another masterclaas from conte. He pull out Osimhen and bringing lukaku for big difference. Instant effect and now look at the table, 7 points gap to inter in the 2nd place. Ibra wants him this summer but the management say NO ! Haha.. the management will pay this decision…
These comments!
I like this coach more and more and more.
His delusional level is so high, even the reality can override his thinking.
It fits perfectly with the current owner’s way of thinking.
No wonder he was chosen to coach the club.
Braaavo!
Yes. The coach delusional and cheap. Cardinale like both quality.
It’s giving “I’m taking the last 10 minutes wit me”😂 I won’t be delusional because the absentees definitely were a factor, but that just goes back to one thing. The same thing many of us have been complaining about… THE MANAGEMENT. If our team has Emmy, Teraciano, Pav, Musah and RLC as 10 because of some starters being out, then the fault is in the construction of the squad.
No LB replacement, subpar mid replacement, no 10 replacement, the biggest quality our striker has is “hard work” not mocking Morata, but without Puli, where are our goals gonna come from?
Poor planning on recruitment of players, the coach… just underwhelming af!
Forza Milan
Is it just me who thinks it’s surreal for a Milan coach to come out after a 2-0 home defeat and say positive things?!?
Absolutely unreal. Imagine being a fan who paid A LOT to attend this game and it’s a complete sht show and at the end the coach is like “we did good, there is time, maybe next year or by 2048 we’ll win a few games”.
Pioli out
Delusional to think we controlled anything. We had possession, but were toothless in attack. Pavlovic being shoved aside by Lukaku sums up the club’s current standing in the league. We are the underdogs against teams like Napoli.
Folks were against Conte being our coach because of his style of play. At this point, I don’t care about the style of play.
He’s drunk
Are you Ten Hag in disguise~ Excuses after losses
F*cking incompatible
confident as ever?!?
What r u smoking???
So you’re confident, Paulo? Guess what, we’re not. And the one we really don’t trust, is yourself.
He is simple delusional
Hey, folks, let this sink in:
One fourth of the season is over, and we are in 8th place. Of the 7 teams ahead of us, we only have a game in hand regarding Napoli (they now have played 10 games; we have played 9, but today, all the other 6 teams ahead of us still have also played only 9, so we really ARE in 8th place; it’s not just an artifice of having one fewer game).
In 8th place we won’t even qualify for the Conference, let alone the UCL.
And we are tied in points with Torino who are 9th; we have the same number of wins, draws, and losses that they have, and we are only ahead of them in goal differential.
So, we are OFFICIALLY A MID-TABLE TEAM!!!
And this bum Paulo Fonseca is thumping his own chest, saying that he is full of confidence and we’re playing good football???
Good Lord. Other than Inter (a Derby has a different dynamic and when an underdog wins a Derby, it doesn’t mean that that team is actually better than the top dog), we only managed to beat two relegation-level team (Lecce and Venezia), Udinese, and a 10-men Brugge. In 12 games.
Great. Just great. And our “genius” named Fonseca thinks we’re doing just fine. Unbelievable.
Hire a mediocre coach, expect mediocre results. It’s not rocket science. it’s pretty simple.
Napoli instead hired Conte; they are sitting pretty at the top of the table.
Spot on
13 shots from which 5 on target and expected goals 0.6 – for sure we played our best football tonight!!
People saying Fonseca out and complaining about the fact we did not hire Conte I don’t get you…
– We lost lost, yes, but we were the one completely dominating.
– Goals conceded were mistakes from the players and a nice shot from the opponents.
– We played without Theo, Reijnders, Leao, Pulisic, Gabbia (Tomori) and manage to dominate them.
It’s clearly not the coach fault if we have lost but the players ! Chukwueze was outstanding, Emerson amazed me, Fofana was good despite some misplaced passes, etc.
We lost because of players mistake and lack of clinical touch in front of goals. The coach has done his job, we can clearly see his style of play ! Yes conte Napoli has won by being more clinical but do you seriously think that Conte style was better than Fonseca ? Our actual problem is linked to the players not the coach at the moment! We have played well in my point of view it’s a shame to have miss so many times during that game.
Problems are at the top – American ownership. Employing people who are not worthy to represent the club and its history.
This Fonseca character is clearly not right in the head.
Fonseca is pathetic and delusional. The players don’t respect him. If AC Milan does not fire Fonseca soon, it risks losing its best players. No good player wants to play for Fonseca. He is horrible.
How deluded can this clown get?? I’m sorry but anyone who didn’t see this coming is an utter moron. Can’t wait to see what the other 2 clowns say on the matter too. Conte craved Milan now be murders Milan, fairplay to him!!
Time for Moysey
I am also more confident than ever that under Fonseca we will have a miserable and lackluster season ahead.
😂😂😂
Ibra 433 or 4231 is destroying the team. Pls use twin strike force 442 4312. This is Milan DNA
Bastard! Even if they fire Fonseca I’m sure his replacement will be a clown coach too.
Just look at ROMA now. Damn it