AC Milan clinched their first win of the season as they found the back of the net four times against a struggling Venezia side. Several players did well and the fans got the response they wanted, so below are the player ratings for the Rossoneri.
If you haven’t already, make sure to check out how we decide the player ratings. From the scale to what affects the rating, we have compiled everything there.
Starting XI
Maignan (6): Venezia had just one shot on target so the goalkeeper wasn’t really tested that much. However, his positioning was always good and he was decent with his feet too, so a comfortable evening for him.
Emerson Royal (6): A solid display from the Brazilian and taking his previous appearances into consideration, this was very nice to see. He didn’t take many risks, especially not in attack, and focused on his positioning above all else. For a higher rating in upcoming games, he will need to show more when going forward.
Gabbia (6): Just like the right-back, the academy product did what he does best with solid defending and a strong aerial presence. He claimed the second goal of the game but in the end, he didn’t get it. Also picked up a rather unnecessary yellow card tonight.
Pavlovic (6.5): The Serbian was impressive in the 1v1s, as you almost expect now, and he linked up well with his teammates in the defensive movements. He wasn’t put to the test that much, though, and his passing can still be more incisive.
Hernandez (7.5): He was very diligent at the back, covering for his teammates on more than one occasion, and he was equally impressive when going forward. He got a bit lucky with the goal but it was a great run (and above all first touch) to start the whole thing. If effort was lacking in previous games, it was the complete opposite today.
Fofana (6.5): It was really nothing special from the Frenchman, struggling a bit with his passing especially at the start of the game. However, he grew into the game and found his position more and more. As we also found out towards the end of the game, he actually got his first goal too as Gabbia was deemed not to have touched the ball. And it was a nice flick, to be fair.
Loftus-Cheek (7): The Englishman was much better in the ‘new position’, playing closer to the defence and to the left. He used his size in the best way possible and wasn’t forced to be a creative outlet (which was good). In other words, we got what we needed from him.
Pulisic (7): He was always incredibly comfortable on the ball and thus helped Milan keep possession on numerous occasions. The penalty was very calm and the assist for Fofana’s header was perfect, with his corner delivery proving to be a real weapon for the Rossoneri.
Reijnders (7): Great on the ball as always and dangerous on the edge of the box. He also forced the goalkeeper to the save just before the first penalty was awarded. He perhaps faded a bit in the second half, but there’s no doubt that he is suitable for the more advanced role.
Leao (7.5 – MOTM): He had a smile on his face tonight, certainly waking up on the right side of the bed. Was a constant threat to the Venezia defence, won the second penalty and got the assist for Theo with a perfectly weighted pass. Exactly what Milan needed from him tonight.
Abraham (7.5): He was fantastic in the pressing, recovering the ball several times, and he was always on the move in attack. Not to mention that he won the first penalty and then converted the second. If he and Morata can stay fit, then Milan will have two very good strikers this season.
Substitutes
Morata (6): Worked hard from the second he set foot on the pitch but ultimately, Milan had slowed down significantly at this point. It was just nice to see him get some minutes ahead of the Liverpool and Inter games.
Okafor (6): He sort of picked up where Leao left off as Venezia continued to struggle when Milan attacked with pace on the left flank. Not much to show for it in the end, but still decent.
Musah (N/A): We didn’t see enough of him this evening to give a rating.
Chukwueze (N/A): We didn’t see enough of him this evening to give a rating.
Zeroli (N/A): We didn’t see enough of him this evening to give a rating.
Idk what you saw in Royal that made u give him that rating – the only thing he did right was the pass backwards. And MOTM should be Venezias goalkeeper – if it wasn’t for him idk if we would have scored more than one. The sad thing is that when Liverpool and Inter s*it on us , that Venezia game will keep Fonsis azz at Milan for a bit longer
The Liverpool and Inter games haven’t played and the team win 4-0. What were you doing when your first child born, throwing tantrums?
Nice
how dare Milan win, HasanAzis celebrates when Milan loses
Pulisic is our best player. Leao needs to play good every game. And Abraham can be our ace from space card.
God help us if this was to be true.
These ratings consistently display a bias against Puli. Why is that?
Hope this can give some confidence back. 3 things learned:
1) Reijnders is much better as an AM
2)Our defensive line still looks super easy to break
3)Theo is back
*cringe* when E Royal is in possession.
Put players in their proper positions like Reijnders further forward and RLC further back and this is what happens… Not exactly mind boggling stuff so no idea why it took Fonseca three games to figure it out. Overall, great win tonight, even if it’s “just” Venezia, we needed a statement performance and delivered it.
(Liverpool losing to Forest too was the icing on the cake.)
Ruben Loftus Cheek is the MOTM
I told you guys that Cheek this season will be great. The man is so dominant off position, what we need against big teams. He will be fundamental for Fonseca’s system. Continue making tackle’s boy and prove the haters wrong. Forza Milan!
As long as he plays on his natural position, he’ll do good things. He had his best season under Sarri, and Sarri clearly said that his best position is on mezzala.
@Ibrahim ba @Hlumelo – RLC has been fantastic for us in the past so not sure why he was getting so much hate when he was clearly being played out of position recently. Another head scratcher…
The main problem with RLC is he has 1 good game every 6 months, so can he back this up?
No he doesn’t – he was one of our best players the first 10 games of last season before he got injured.
Maybe you should apply for the job of Milan’s new coach
Who’s this new goofball getting triggered by everything I post? 😂
To be honest with you, I felt RLC was more involved with the drives out of midfield than Reijnders. They both looked a lot more comfortable in their positions. I felt like RLC affected the game more. Reijnders will have to grow into that spot more.
Yeh the thing is Reijnders can do both but RLC can’t. He played better for the Dutch up there apparently but I didn’t see the game. I’m just happy it looks like Fonseca’s blinking awake out of his sleep.
RLC was always a mezzala, so him going back to playing a bit deeper will be more natural for him.
Reijnders is “just” starting to adapt to play more upfront.
Milan was good but I am really DISGUSTED at Theo and Rafa. I mean, it was SO INCONSIDERATE of them to have played tonight like they did!!!
They were inconsiderate to Furlani (who said he’d personally pack Rafa’s bags), to Fonseca (who scapegoated them and threw them under the bus), to various pundits (ex-players, coaches, and journalists (who kept attacking them), and to a large segment of the fan base (who criticized them and called them lazy and disrespectful)!!!
I mean, how UTTERLY UNFAIR OF THEM, right? What were they thinking, by providing between them one goal, one assist, and one earned PK as well as several other good plays, defensively and offensively? It’s really TERRIBLE of them to dare to prevent the fan base from scapegoating them tonight!
I certainly hope that next time they shape up and play terribly so that these people here on SempreMilan and elsewhere can continue to comfortably bash and scapegoat them, and ask for them to be sold immediately. They owe it to the “fans”!!!
You’re so cringe
Or maybe they put in the good performance and proper effort because the coach had the balls to bench them when they didn’t put the proper effort in.
Nah. That’s not it. It’s not a question of effort. It’s a question of being tired after the Euro and the short pre-season for them, and still being off-form and uncalibrated. But give me Theo and Rafa like that rather than anybody else (like they showed by combining for a score 2 minutes after being reinstated last time, and today); even when off-form they are still (together with Puli) the best players, and they got unfairly over-criticized, because not doing so well at season start is not unheard of and not a big deal, and certainly did not warrant the huge amount of criticism they received.
But I understand that you will never acknowledge it. You will continue to do all you can to disparage them, especially Rafa. I mean, in the other thread you still managed to bash Rafa for not scoring that opportunity, when he had 2 goal participations (assist + earning a PK) and various other good plays.
You will NEVER be content with Rafa, regardless of what he does. Who do you think you’re fooling?
It seems you will not acknowledge that Fonseca dropping them stung them into action.
I do not believe that to be true. Theo has had other slow starts, then he recovers. Rafa has had quiet games and productive games (and he wasn’t that bad in the previous games, anyway).
I find it all normal, I find the criticism unwarranted, and I thought benching them was wrong and cost us points.
I agree with you that Leao criticism has been over blown for his performances.
But they had to expect a Tsunami after that stupid stunt during the cooling break.
It is true what you say, brotha. But our fans are crybabies, you have to give them that.
Lot of key players were playing in their respective national teams during Euro and late addition, so he didn’t get proper pre-season.
Fonseca hadn’t had the time to test the full package. That’s why in these first few games he fielded various different compositions of players.
Look, we know how good Leao and Theo are.
But they need to perform like today in a more consistent manner.
The Parma game was bad, tonight was terrific.
Some people don’t scapegoat them, but as leaders and best players of the team, yes, they should be held to a higher standard.
This. Also agreed upon by a bunch of former professional managers and former players, like Capello, Sacchi and Billy. But I guess they’re also losers. I never once recall an accusation that players like Kaka, Maldini, Shevchenko, Baresi, Pirlo, Seedorf, Silva, Rijkaard, Gullit, etc., were lazy or inconsistent. Do they have bad games? Sure, but overall attitude was never questioned. They also played international tournaments. You want to be the star man, or wear that no. 10, or wear the armband? SHOW ME you deserve it. Respect is earned, not given.
Well said
F…off ass..whole
It was Scaroni who said he will pack Leao bag personally, not Furlani.
OK, my mistake, but it doesn’t change anything.
Theo and Rafa are not just our best players in the team but they are the leaders that other players look up so I see as disrespectful for the coach to bench his 2 best players and mediocre players just because he wants to prove a silly point, he is lucky he did the right thing if not by now he would be on his way back home without any job. He should thank his stars, also we have 2 big games coming up if the coach likes he shouldn’t start the right players in the right position and kiss his job goodbye.
I think you are claiming the Crybaby of the year award with these pathetic b’tchings. And that is a lot since there are plenty of good candidates here.
I am just waiting for the game against Inter 😁.
Do you support Inter?
There are a lot of sleeper Inter fans on this blog for some reason. One likes to hide in the shadows by calling himself “Inter Fan” but most use pseudonyms…
I’m more excited about the CL game vs Liverpool that’s where our DNA is
Satisfied with the result, not so much with the performance.
Even though Milan was scoring , they were very sloppy in passing and defensively in the first 25-30 minutes.
Hard game to judge because Milan scored early.
Good to see that Theo, Leao, and RLC actually showed up to play and give 100%. Especially Theo. I think he was engaged all game long offensively and defensively. He and Pulisic were the best players tonight. The benching vs Lazio and Belgium was probably the kick in the behind that he needed.
RLC looked much more involved playing deeper, but Reijnders wasn’t involved that much in the play.
Better game by Leao, but that 2nd half chance from a pass by RLC has to be a goal. Vs better teams that might be the only chance and difference between a win or lost points.
Tammy worked hard and if he gets the service he’ll score a lot of goals.
Defensively still sloppy. The one counter Venezia had they scored a goal. As bad Emerson clearance was, Maignan reaction was even worse. Luckily the goal was taken away. There was few misunderstandings between Gabbia and Pavlovic, but that’s normal with a new CB pairing.
Morsta pressing hard with sliding tackles at 4:0 is the exact mentality Milan needs from one of their leaders.
Let’s see how it looks vs a real team on Tuesday.
Emerson Royal was a 5 at best this evening. Tijjani just earned his new position tonight and RLC is better suited to his new position.
Good performance. Much needed. RLC was excellent today altho I’m sure his haters will find something to complain about. Not sure what Reijnders did up top that was any better but can’t really criticize anyone today. Maybe the chicken Littles will stop screaming that the sky is falling, for at least a couple days. By the way, the amazing Motta and Juventus dropped points to Empoli today.
We won so the whiners won’t bother comment… I didn’t know Juventus drew against Empoli – I want to be proven wrong with Motta > Fonseca so hope they keep it up!
Whenever Milan wins, the first thing comes to your mind is throwing jabs at critics lol.
You want soo bad that Fonsy will turn out to be better than Motta so that you can keep riding Furlani and Cardinale’s meat lol
Spotted the Juve fan. Let me ask you, What Milan fan wouldn’t be hoping that Fonseca turns out to be better than Motta?
Oh, that’s right, the “real Milan fans” are the ones hoping the coach and the team fail because they don’t like the ownership. Imagine coming in here angry because the team won and thinking you are a real supporter…
Haha, I don’t even bother reply to drivel like this. Imagine the mind that came up with that cr*p 🙂
RLC was so much better. It seemed obvious that he was in the wrong position as CAM.
Pioli and Fonseca seemed convinced to play him as a CAM because he does well at ghosting into the box and finishing chances.
Hence the 10 goals last season.
Which sounds great on paper but watching most of his performances in that position, he offered nothing in the buld up.
He looked so much more comfortable and able to contribute from the base of midfield.
And I’m sure he can still drift forward at times and finish moves. To a lesser extent.
Conversely Rjeinders does have the creativity for the CAM role and was good. Particularly in the first half.
RLC had his first good game in 2024.
Lets see if he can back it up, thats always been his issue.
1 swallow does not make a summer
I think Fofana is going to come up big in our midfield this season. Our new players need a bit of time for communication. Everyone was pretty good. Emerson Royal is probably a 5.5 in my book, but he didn’t do anything particularly wrong.
I agree – 5.5 for that disallowed goal where he was all at sea again.
No, but he’s not showing anything that implies he’s anything more than mediocre. Is he really an improvement over Calabria? We’ll be looking (should be) for another RB next summer when they release Calabria, because Royal is a backup.
It’s the Venezia GK who was MOTM for us. He basically scored 2 own goals and managed to make a stupid penalty + every corner was like the biggest threat in his life. Very good result but not a good test for the big games. On the bright side, Leao and Theo played very well and some of the important players managed to get some rest. On that note, can someone brighter explain what did Fonseca try with Okafor and Morata subs? Also, with 4-0 I would have done 4 subs in 50th min.
He was right when you take Emerson’s previous performances but yea it wasn’t that good, in my opinion tho Pulisic deserved the MOTM more than Leão, Leão played very good but not to that point 💀
This formation was spot on, and should be used for our next match against Liverpool, this squad shows promise, and the combination with the Futuro squad, things will be very ok…
I’m terrified to think of what Liverpool and Inter will do to Emerson Royal.
We have scored 9 goals in 4 games. Like last season, the offense is not the problem (99 serie A goals). The problem is how easily we leak goals. We played today against one of the worst offenses in the league. It won’t be like this against Liverpool and Inter.
I hope Fonseca understands that against Liverpool and Inter we need to defend solidly, have a low block, and hope for good counters. If we go all out against them, it will be suicide.
I agree Royal is weak defending as much as Calabria is bad he is entirely better than this dude maybe had we kept Kalulu who would’ve been better than both
Emerson is horrible, not worth 5m, let alone 15m
He will be slaughtered by Liverpool.
If only we had Kalulu for that game!!! Maddest decision ever!
I’d consider playing Tomori on the right of the defense v Liverpool
I think playing Tomori on the right is the best choice for the Liverpool match as well. Pavlo-Gabbia remain at the centre and Theo can roam with diligence knowing Tomori will not be as advanced.
Exactly.
This should have been Kalulu’s job
It’s hilarious that the players almost seem to be ignoring Fonsecas formations at this point, cuz reijnders was almost always moving further up then rlc, for good reason. Emerson certainly shouldn’t as high rated as Gabbia, cuz Gabbia never gave me a panic attack when the ball came near him. Leao needs to show up for every game this ready to work, especially with the confidence Okafor seems to have on beating his man. Pavlovic and Gambia definitely seem to be the pairing to go with for the next games, but again it was only venezia. We’ll see what happens against the big clubs…
That wasn’t really ignoring Fonseca, I think. From the first moment you could tell that RLC was told to stay back and Reijnders to be the CAM. I think it was intentional and out of Fonseca’s instruction. He FINALLY seems to have realized that RLC is not very suited to the CAM role.
I’m also encouraged that he finally seems to have told the four backs that they should be a bit lower than in the previous three games.
So, what we saw tonight was positive. It is true that it’s only Venezia, but given how poorly we did in the first 3 games including against newly promoted Parma, I will still call it positive. Of course, when Liverpool and Inter are next, it’s still not that encouraging. We’ll see.
When Leão doesn’t give the ball away, he can have MOTM. Until then, it’s Pulisic, who played with so much control it was amazing.
Abraham brought the toughness and passion this team was missing. He psychologically carried the team with some tough early defense.
If Abraham stays healthy, he’ll be a big asset for us. I just hope Roma doesn’t snatch him back from us after the loan because there is no option to buy.
Both Abraham and Morata have a lot of grinta and seem to care a lot for being helpful to the team. That is very encouraging.
Agree.
It’s exciting to actually have 2 decent CFs who can rotate again.
I’m not anti Jovic and Okafor but they don’t seem to have the right skill set to play in the CF role.
We badly needed Abraham in the squad.
Ok, it was an overall good, solid squad performance against a, let’s be honest and say the truth, considerably weake side.
That said, and without going into details about who played ‘better’ or ‘worse’ – I would just like to highlight Abrahams’ great performance, I’m starting to think that he was perhaps our best signing of this last transfer window – what I really hope, with all my heart, is that both Fonseca and the board don’t start to think that ‘everything is fine’, ‘everything is set’, and that even if we lost ‘honorably’ to Shinter and Liverpool, no changes need to be made. It would be a very mediocre narrative, and unfortunately also very convenient one for them.
But anyway… good win and FORZA MILAN.
Much needed win. Reinders much better in a more advance role. Even cheek played better in a more defensive role. To be honest we played against a very weak team. Midfield still looks fragile. Lets see how they hold up after liverpool and shinter games. Hope this team gels. Still not a lot of creativity there from the midfield.
I think Rejndiers did good but Leao was holding the ball too much sometimes and he didnt pass to Rejndiers when he was in good position for a double pass etc. Which made Rejndiers creativity suffer.
Who would have thought RLC and Reinjders play better in these positions…
Two big games coming up, they need to be on-point.
Wow. Tough crowd.
Midfield was sooooo much better with RLC and Rjeinders swapping places.
Defence was solid.
They didn’t get exposed on the wings.
Forwards combined well.
I think all the ratings are far.
2 hours after the game.
Only 32 comments
We must have won.
I wonder if there is a site out there for supporters of Milan rather than amateur critics?
SMH.
😂
Isn’t that funny. They are so dissappinted that the team looked good. Why comment if you can’t complain. That Tammy signing is going to end up looking brilliant, and that will really bother them. That and the fact that RLC looked great, they are probably pulling their hair out.
Have B, Ted and Drew checked in yet?
Haha Saturday night is not for football games, my bad. I’m quite upset that I missed the only win of the season though. Wake me up when Milan wins Serie A and UCL, when Fonseca is named best coach alive and when Reijnders or Emerson Royal gets the Ballon d’Or. Still it’s heartwarming to see all these smiles here, Milan delivered at home against the worse team in Serie A and I guess that’s something to be proud of.
All or nothing kind of guy, huh B?
When you can’t even break out of your passive aggressive sarcastic blathering for our first win of the season – 4-0 no less – I really don’t know why you’re even here.
There’s the negativity we were looking for. He really is upset that the team won. These guys hoping for the team to fail and consider themselves the real fans. Not to mention, doesn’t even watch the games but comes in here after a win just to write negative comments about the club and players. Get lost.
That’s what you get when the platform comes from England. All doom and gloom with a spot of tea.
😀 hey hey, some of us had to make a bunch of spliffs after the match and got a bit sidetracked afterwards 😛
We played great in a big parts of the game and to be fair we should probably have scored a few more goals considering we was leading 4-0 in the 28th. minute but whos to complain when we get a big win and hopefully overall start to get up in gears.
Lots of great details in the passing and movement but for me the best was that we showed will and intent and got the win.
When that is said losing will always get the most loud mouthed and trolls coming out their creaks.. We still nevertheless need to show this type of game and approach more consistently than just one game after 3 dismal performances but things take time.
“Spliff” – tell me more.
And to be clear my sarcasm was in no way aimed at you Martin.
😀 haha i didn’t really take it as that either I was just messing around a bit 🙂
Ha ha.
Just managed to watch it on catch.
A nice relaxing game.
But if RedBird didn’t take over and Maldini was still here I doubt we’d see as much emotional wailing. Oops that must mean I LOVE RedBird and HATE Maldini… my bad I forgot we live in black and white land.
Well, people get angry when their team looses, so “amateur critics” rant. It’s a perfectly normal response and it happens with every team out there and just Milan. At the same time, we didn’t beat City. It was a Seria B material team.
Forza Fonseca
Good performance. I am eager to see how we match up against quicker, more fluid, stronger and talented teams. We have quite the fixtures ahead to get insight.
Abraham’s pressing and the pressure from our midfield helped keep this defense pinned. We also physically dominated to maintain and get back possession. I am not sure this will translate to Inter or Liverpool.
We will have less of the ball so we won’t control the game as much. Their defense and midfielders will be much stronger and atheltic accross the entire board. I hope the time in training helps us build much needed chemistry and certainty in the assignments for each player. We look more mobile upfront and better insulated in the middle tonight.
Hakan, Bastoni, Barella, Dumphries, Lautaro and Thuram will be much more difficult to press and regain the ball from. They move the ball quicker, more precisely and are overall more talented, stronger, faster, they also been as a unit for several seasons. It will be a completely different task at hand reaction wise and the amount of space with time we will have to execute our plays. Pulisic wont have this kind of space to operate, nor will Leao or Theo. It will be a battle by committee.
You all know we only played against a relegated team right?!
promoted…
I know what i said..they are already relegated but they don’t know yet
Oh ok, well probably still likely then.
You know we barely drew with a newly promoted team two games ago right?! Parma?
C’mon say something positive. I on now you have it in you somewhere.
I mean the Tammy signing looks pretty good right?
Fofana wasn’t what we needed yet but he was better than two weeks ago.
Puli first touch was sublime.
Zeroli got some minutes.
…
You know …. Be a fan. Cheer a little more, jeer a little less?
Parma and venezia are night and day. If those 2 play right now parma destroys them. Probably more than 4-0 amd no penalties
“Shut up you’re not my real dad “😋
LOL
Spare me of your pro jerry lecture yankee…we are people with different perspectives,many of us want to share…who the fudge are you to tell others how should they see the things?!All day long you’re here “correcting” people after your perspectives…are you Mafalda or the supreme law of this univers?!Stfu and stop being so condescending for a sec…You only think you’re right,that’s all!
Pretty sure “Jerry” was mentiined zero times
Tammy, Puli, Fof and Zeroli all mentioned once.
Thank you for telling me how to think … And to not tell people how to think. I’ll take it under.advisement.
Most probably u discovered you’re a milan fan since your dada jerry showed up here…growing up with Sacchi’s dream team and being a fan that feels every loss deep in my heart since a little boy ,all I can say this is not the Milan I want to see and until they are showing real improvement I will say my words no matter that u like it or not…
5 years ago I watched Milan and thought Pioli was a classy guy. I liked the way he aeem s to get more from the players and how the players always put out the effort.
I guess new fans aren’t welcome?
I’ll pay rent for living in your head if you give me an address.
Apparently every 4-0 win bothers you too. Maybe you just like to complain. There’s a whole lot on here that really believes that the more you complain, the more pessimistic you are about everything, the bigger fan you are. The same people that were screaming that the Scudetto was out of reach 3 games into the season. Meanwhile ,inter just dropped points to Monza and Juve dropped points to Empoli. Bunch of Drama Queens.
SAME PREJUDICE RATINGS PULISIC IS MOM !!! MOLLER GET A NEW JOB !
Why complain that we beat Venezia and they didn’t play well? That’s not within our control. You want we should have won 8-0? They had a bad game, we capitalized and won. That’s all we ever need to do. Hope it continues.
It’s not complaining. It’s stating a fact. People tend to go over the moon when we win a game like this, then fall into mariana trench when reality comes . And it’s coming next week. Reality
You must win these games against these teams. We did so, decisively. You cannot sat conclusions from in game to another. A too e who had watched more than one game of any sport can tell you that.
Two penalties, one own goal from VEN, really just one actual goal, nothing to get excited about. What we do have is several tall players that can be very dangerous in set pieces near goal. There’s still a lot of work to do to be convincing.
Defensively there are still a lot of kinks to work out. Against a better team I felt there were opportunities to concede. I really hope Fonseca and the players are growing into the system and assignments.
This result is a confidence booster for sure, especially after our slow start. But Liverpool and Inter are tougher tests. Hopefully the team goes into those ties with more confidence.
We almost didn’t concede. The red card was a rough call and that call should have probably stood. But just shows you there’s more work to be done.
Yes, a decent team scores at least 3 times given the chances they created against us but awful finishing, they never really believed. I like that Milan showed the mental strength to do what they did and Fonseca deserves credit for finally doing what Pioli never did. You’re playing a bad team, so field a strong lineup and put the game to bed in the first half THEN rotate the squad. That was also a great positive. It gives your starters confidence and gives your backups a chance to play without pressure and really try to improve. However, if we are exposed like this against Liverpool or inter, we’ll concede at least 3. But hey, if we score 4 again it won’t matter! Lol
“Fonseca deserves credit for finally doing what Pioli never did. You’re playing a bad team, so field a strong lineup and put the game to bed in the first half THEN rotate the squad. That was also a great positive. It gives your starters confidence and gives your backups a chance to play without pressure and really try to improve.”
I think this decision had more to do with us needing a statment win rather than anything else.
But I hope to see this more often (starting with a strong lineup and rotating midway through the game to give players rest).
The ball just sticks to Pulisic’s foot. He has amazing control, always w the right idea. Proud of the clean sheet. Great to see the lads playing together.
Much improved performance and a good win that was needed. I hope it can be a turning point , the top players all worked and ran and that makes the difference, RLC stood out with his involvement.
Fonseca himself admitted there is still much to improve , but a good win nonetheless.
I hope they can continue this against Liverpool, Forza Milan !
RLC did not give birth to me so there is absolutely no such thing as unconditional support for him. One good game against Venezia and his fans are already wagging the d? Biotch please. He has to be played as a mezzala and not an AM ever again. RLC did well as a mezzala and is garbage as an AM.
RLC and Fofana in our midfield are like two physical monsters once they link up well our midfield will be one of the best in whole Europe with Reijnders already there.
I’m not convinced. The defensive phase is still really poor. I have rarely seen a team defending in a pure zone defense with a 4-2-4 and a high line. When you cut the first line of 4 the team is wide open. Liverpool and Inter will cut us open.
Both Theo and Leao played well. I can already approximate when they will play the next match well. Over another 5-6 matches. In their tradition, I think 5-6 mediocre matches are coming for them. I hope they both contradict me and prove me wrong in what I said about them. I liked Loftus-Cheek, he was present and dominant in the middle of the field. Let’s see when he plays the next good game also. I liked Abraham physical presence and mobility in attack. It was seen what it means to have a strong striker there.
I think (I hope) that Theo and Leao know they have to prove themselves against the top dogs in order for whatever happened before the break to be forgiven. They’re generally motivated in big games, although inter doesn’t suit them well and they tend to fade when the opposition closes the midfield and defense pretty well. But I hope this time they will be more consistent.
Loftus-Cheek looked well and Fofana strated to get into his groove around the second half. Let’s hope he can make that whole saga during the summer worth it.
Good win. Hope they can build up from this and be ready for the two monstrous matches coming up.
And some certain fans should also be curtailed by reality and calm down. It was a good match, but it was Venezia. We should temper excitement with a healthy dose of reality and not get carried away.
Same happened with old guard Pioli last season. All in all
FORZA DIAVOLO
FORZA ROSSONERI
Although against one of the weakest teams this season, a win is a win and 3 points collected is all that matters.
Finally players in their more natural positions, Gabbia-Pavlovic pairing made me feel more comfortable and I like what I saw from Abraham – he was everywhere, helping in defense and linked well up front.
Emerson is just Emerson, he did better but nothing worth pointing up. I’d rather see Calabria against Liverpool and Inter. He’s more used to games of such magnitude and usually delivers.
Still, the real test is yet to come and result aside, I just hope for a positive performance and attitude from the lads. Defensively we’re still weak.
Will Calabria miss this weekes games? not sure what his injury is
I’d put Tomori on the right v Liverpool
Theo – Pavlo – Gabbia – Tomo
At least it should be solid.
If we play Emerson on the right, we will be massacred! This is not an opinion, it’s reality, I hope Fonseca comes up with a plan
It’s so unfortunate and vision less that we sold Kalulu for royale ,royale is wasteful .loftus is a complete waste .I don’t see any milan striker having double figures of goals ,there is no system ,no formation and no defined position ,everybody just playing anyhow they want ,pioli is a far better coach ,fonseca is clueless
A much needed win.
Let’s enjoy it, and hope it builds confidence for the next few crucial games.
Fofana has simply been the worst player on the field (for both clubs) by a large margin again.
At this point, it’s obvious the people complaining about Royal are those who want him to be bad, as there is silence on Fofana again—the more expensive player who was worse in every department than Royal.