Paulo Fonseca has praised the way that the AC Milan squad have begun to put his ideas into action as his side won 3-2 against Manchester City at Yankee Stadium last night.
City struck first when Bobb found Haaland with a cut-back and he found the corner, but then the Chukwueze-Colombo began. In the 30th minute, Chukwueze crossed in and Colombo headed home then just four minutes later the striker finished with a volley.
The equaliser for City came from McAtee in the 55th minute but then Marco Nasti was the man who got the winner. In the 78th minute, Alexis Saelemaekers found some space to pull the ball back on the right side and it was met by a lovely first-time finish from Nasti, which proved to be the winner.
Fonseca spoke to Milan TV after the game to assess what was certainly an entertaining spectacle and also a positive result to start the USA tour.
“We have a good feeling. The most important thing is that we put into play what we worked on during the week,” he began.
“The players did what I asked of them: play with courage, keep the ball, find the spaces that are important. We have a lot to learn and I think that the match we played today was positive. It was important to win to gain confidence.
“We are starting to see our intentions. We need to improve the timing of things and I am active on this: getting the players to arrive at the right times and in the right positions.
“The players are coming back. We need to integrate them into our possession and continue learning: there is a lot to improve defensively and offensively.”
The tour will continue with training, events and work in the USA ahead of the next games against Real Madrid (July 31 at 02:30 CEST at Soldier Field in Chicago) and Barcelona (August 6 at 01:30 CEST at the M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore).