This season will be remembered for several reasons, with very few being positive. Unfortunately, for AC Milan, the reason, or reasons, that top the list will be the consistent issues the side have when playing ‘big’ matches, a report has claimed.
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Milan have not delivered on the expectations of this season, and whilst they can still win the Europa League and look set to qualify for the Champions League, they have not won the Scudetto or even challenged for it, and they fell short in the Champions League.
Of course, if, and it is a big if considering Thursday night’s result against AS Roma, they win the Europa League, it will be celebrated, and Champions League qualification, through the Europa League or Serie A placement, will be welcomed, but there is a consistent issue with this Rossoneri side – the consistent inabilities to win in big games.
As MilanNews write, Milan have won seven of their 18 ‘big games’, drawn four and lost seven, and most of them have been by minimal margins, as can be seen below:
Serie A, 16 September, Inter – Milan 5-1
Serie A, 22 October, Milan – Juventus 0-1
Champions League, 25 October, Paris Saint-Germain – Milan 3-0
Champions League, 28 November, Milan – Borussia Dortmund 1-3
Serie A, 9 December, Atalanta – Milan 3-2
Coppa Italia, 10 Jan, Milan – Atalanta 1-2
Europa League, 11 Apr, Milan – Roma 0-1
Then, there are the humiliating losses to PSG and Inter, three and four-goal deficits. Regardless of the level of humility in the scorelines, there is a worryingly consistent issue that Milan have, and the fact that in 61% of these fixtures, they have not won shows why there have been disparities between what the squad have been able to deliver this season, and being able to go the length further.
