AC Milan’s 5-1 derby defeat against Inter has understandably not gone down well, and now an instant response is needed from Stefano Pioli’s side to stop the latest tide of doubt.
La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) writes that Pioli is working at Milanello to reconnect the threads from the first three league games of the season that fell apart on Saturday evening at San Siro.
Christian Pulisic’s imagination and goals, Ruben Loftus-Cheek’s physicality and Tijjani Reijnders’ precision in passing were not evident against the Nerazzurri, and that was among the reasons Milan lost.
The thing that ruined the weekend for the fans was the heated discussions on the relationship between Pioli and the derby. Milan are used to lifting trophies and management the pre and post-derby events in a different way compared to othe rcities.
Losing 5 consecutive derbies, all in 2023, certified Inter’s technical superiority, but more than anything Pioli’s difficulty in dealing with this type of high-octane challenge, in which Inzaghi is a master.
After losing 4, it was expected that he would perhaps adopt more conservative, more prudent choices. Instead he continued with experimentation and it was brutally exposed.
Yesterday at Milanello, Geoffrey Moncada showed up and had a chat with Pioli. The coach’s position is not in question, despite it being realised that the derby loss was unacceptable and all the good work of the first three games was undone.
To find out if the match against Inter was just a bad evening, Milan must react against Newcastle in the Champions League, otherwise the quicksand could stand moving quickly.
Honestly, I hope with all my heart that Milan lose the game against Newcastle, if that will make it easier to sack Pioli. It’s better to lose now and rebuild straight away than to err on the side of ephemeral victories and lose the title later by missing out on qualification for the next Champions League. We wouldn’t be playing in the Champions League this year if Juve hadn’t been punished. We must never forget that.
I would wish the same, but I don’t want milan to loose out on the qualification to the next round..
Milan will lose
Milan will get relegated, i said that yesterday. Better turn your tv on, next year in Serie B!
Piolose or what is his name? Always get it wrong whenever we are playing against inter Milan, each time we play against inter we usually concede early two goal before we realize we are playing with our arch rival. Piolose usually respect inter and play against them with fear and poor tactical approach. More so, our defence always get it wrong against them and leave our defence porous. It’s disheartening to see Milan bashed that way in what will all called derby match. I pray they get it right against Newcastle.
Moncada was there to tell him that he’s making his algorithms look bad 🤭😂😂😂
Really though, why was he there?. He’s never been there for the last 3 seasons, even when Maldini was there. Oh wait a minute, he does have his job now though hmmm 🤔🤔🤔 just throwing a crazy theory out ..Maybe the disagreement was with Maldini and Moncada and the club chose Moncada
One bad loss and all the Negative Nancies claw back out from under the rocks… right on.