AC Milan claimed just one point from their away clash against Lecce yesterday, squandering a 2-0 lead, and the mood has once again dropped significantly. Next week, there will be a meeting between Stefano Pioli and Giorgio Furlani, a report claims.
Milan collapsed in the second half, saved by VAR as Lecce scored a winner in the dying minutes of injury time. After a check, the referee disallowed the goal for a foul on Malick Thiaw, but it goes to show that things could have been even worse for the Rossoneri.
As highlighted in today’s edition of Gazzetta dello Sport (see photo below), Pioli’s position is not at risk for the time being. Giorgio Furlani and Geoffrey Moncada were not present at Lecce yesterday but will return to Milan next week, where they will have a meeting with the manager.
The trio will discuss the situation as a whole and above all the injury struggles. The idea, therefore, is to use the international break to get to the bottom of the many injuries suffered this season. In total, there have been 24 in the last four months and that is beyond any acceptable level.
Milan believe that getting the injury situation under control is the main priority, as it’s clearly affecting the Rossoneri on the pitch. Pioli continues to enjoy the full faith of the management, having shown that the team can do well with the key players available, but it’s also true that something needs to change.
I really don’t understand the substitutes he made yesterday. What coach are you to loose a 2:0 lead against leece
Smart coach who can come from behind to win. Carlo Ancheloti methods and tactics should be taught to this idiot milan has now
Why not try Mauro Tassotti as a coach instead Pioli
Bonera’s services are all we need!
Ok, but if the theory that we can do good with key players but half of them are unavaliable then why the heck we invested more then 100mil in transfer market if not for squad depth. Pioli is hiding, once again, behind sketchy facts and living in a delusional world where he cant see his own fault and has succesfuly blinded upper managment so he saves his position as a head coach.
Sad
So last season Maldini and Massara spent 35 to get CdK who failed. All in all we still achieved the goals, maybe even surpass as we came to CL semis. But they had to pay and were sacked anyway.
Furlani and Moncada spent 110 with this team doing worse than last season.
Will the pay the same as M&M? Probably not, Pioli will be their scape goat although Scaroni said 4th is the goal this season.
Exactly so, and let’s hope F and M understands that Pioli has to go even though it looks bad on both of them. If we continue with Pioli we will not make champions league come end of season.
What exactly? He is saying that Furlani and Moncada should go, not what you’re saying.
we only achieved anything because juventus are dumb idiots who got points deducted and are underperforming because they are trapped with a bad manager in allegri who can’t make arguably the best team in serie a play consistently, this season we won’t have that luck
No we won’t. Even after spending 110 millions.
Scapegoat? Apparently you have no clue about how deep Pioli hiding behind some heroic players. Example? PGS latest game. Milam up 2- 1. Pulisic got injured. That dickhead instead reversing to 4-4- by having Rji behind oakfor& Giroud. Adding Adli beside Musha./Pobega. He put Krunic, again!! And Florenzi as RW? That was an armature game reading.
The biggest problem at the club, is the level of the reinforcements and bench players!
Competition on 2 fronts for a Man City or Bayern is no problem because they have players like Mueller even, on the bench!
Now Milan are re-entering the competition on 2 fronts, for the first time in a long time! The simple fact is that Milan don’t have enough real decisive quality in the roster top to bottom!
Pobega?
Florenzini?
Krunic?
Bertesagi?
And our starters are a combination of young players who haven’t made the leap to consistently performing top class in any club starters, too.
Musah, Reijnders, Adli, are not finished products, so expecting them to get the better of more seasoned and consistent midfielders (always) is just not realistic from the supporters!
We are going to lose some games vs anyone, while we transition into a perennial Champions League club again! The roster overall, just doesn’t have the talent to absorb the extra matches easily like a Bayern can do!
People can call for Pioli’s head, but no manager is taking this roster to #1 in both Champions League and Serie A, without a tonne of good luck! If we won either competition, it would be over achieving.
Milan should forget the Scuddetto and concentrate on the Champions League!
With the games being fewer, and our standout talents like Giroud and Leao, we have a chance on a good day, to beat anyone out there, and we wouldn’t need the depth of roster as much as for Serie A.
i want Abate for the next Milan coach..
And who’s going to look after the Primavera? Bonera’s services will be more than enough for us!
Hope the meeting is to fire pioli, please god. Get conte. Before Tottenham everywhere he went, he won
I’m surprised Gerry hadn’t brought along American Physio’s and trainers to Milanello yet. I figured that would be one of the first changes. Meanwhile injuries keep piling up.
Look it’s probably the overloaded fixture list and likely the high intensity training to be in shape for high intensity games. The bodies of the players just won’t hold up at this pace and frequency.
Pioli will need to switch to possession style tactics at some point to prevent further muscle injuries. Because at the rate we’re going at, most of the starters will keep getting reinjured.
I mean, look at Leao – it caught up to him too and he is never injured with all the speedy bursts he goes through…
I want Pioli gone but I am afraid they’ll get a bad replacement for him. Conte is truly NOT the answer for Milan as his style of play is way too conservative and not a good fit for what Milan wants to do. he is an Inter style coach and that’s okay. But there are bigger expectations to the way Milan plays football and that’s why we need a coach who can continue t develop the team in that Liverpool’esque style but with big-game experience and pragmatic enough to change to possession play when needed. Hansi Flick would be the obvious choice
Conte/mancini is better for now than anyone else.
He knows the league well, milan will adapt.
He is a proven coach.
Forget about lopetegui, flick, nagelsmann, potter idea as they will experience the difficulties like terim has had before.
We have been this low on morale, mentally suffer.
We need hard approach, a coach that is very demanding from his team.
Forget bonera, abate, as they have already used to our current situation and know they couldn’t ask for more.
Pioli has a small mind.
Lacks winning spirit.
His time is off in Milan.