The defeat against Napoli to fall 11 points behind the Serie A leaders has brought further profound reflections regarding AC Milan, and Alvaro Morata is included.
Calciomercato.com write how Morata has shown plenty of positive signs since arriving but has also become a bit of a problem for Milan, because they need him to be more dangerous in the opponent’s area.
The Spaniard up to now has been exemplary in terms of his hard work, leadership and selflessness, qualities that have already earned him the respect and affection of the fans. However, he clearly is not the man to deliver a big return in terms of goals, as his two in 10 games shows.
Rewinding the tape, Morata’s performance against Napoli had some positive numbers: two successful tackles, six ground duels won, three tackles and one interception. However, they are met with one shot off target, zero on target, zero attempted dribbles and 19 successful passes out of 27.
At this stage, Milan are not only lacking goals from Rafael Leão but also from Morata. The 32-year-old was never going to be the striker who scored 30 goals a season but he can and must get at least half of that figure.
The work he does in terms of movement also serves to open up gaps for the wingers or midfielders but the risk concerns wasting a lot of energy outside the 18-yard box. Fonseca will certainly have to reflect on this aspect, and the management must too.
Morata was an opportunity seized by the directors, but what has been made even more evident by Olivier Giroud’s farewell is that the striker issue has not been resolved despite the long time available to plan.
Tammy Abraham, for example, has confirmed that he lacks a clinical nature in front of goal. Geoffrey Moncada and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will to think about how to undo the ‘summer mistake’.
This is hugely not about Morata but about the strategy been deployed by the management and Fonseca.
Dude needs to come deep into the midfield to get a ball and then pass the ball forward for something to happen..
Ofc he won’t score goals. He can’t pass to himself from the midfield and be in the final third a second later to receive said pass and score…
Morata is not the problem. Midfielders are. Or the lack of
Yesterday I saw him making a tackle near our 11box. How is he gonna score goals when he needs to play a DM?
agreed we lack a creative 10. now we are demanding all our attack to partake with defense. what happened when we win the ball and no one in the enemy box 18 to cos havoc cos our attackers are the new full backs. i can do a better job than this mgmt
yes exactly our midfielders and wingers rearly give him a good cross that he can finish at he needs to come to the midfield tackle or press pass to rlc or the winger and then they lose the ball we cant blame him
Morata is not a goalscorer. Never was, and obviously never will be, in this late stage of his career. And if he was signed to provide goals… WELL….
Morata is a good guy, great personality, hard working, generous but…I quote a good friend of mine : Morata is the type of striker who f**ks but doesn’t ejaculate 😆😆
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We should have bought Thiago Almada. Argentinian 10 with creativity and flair for days who also has an italian passport. Now he will go to Lyon.