Arrigo Sacchi believes that Inter are the favourites to defend their Scudetto crown, and revealed some of the doubts he has about AC Milan under Paulo Fonseca.
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After the last friendly played at San Siro against Monza in the Silvio Berlusconi trophy, Milan are getting ready to begin their 2024-25 campaign for real with a game against Torino at the same stadium on Saturday night.
The results from preseason are encouraging as the Rossoneri came out on top against Manchester City, Real Madrid and Barcelona out in the United States, while there were many positives in terms of the style of play but also some issues that Fonseca admitted that he wants to work on.
Sacchi spoke during an interview with Il Giornale ahead of the start of the Serie A season and he offered his thoughts on the campaign ahead, with his comments relayed by Radio Rossonera.
Who are the favourites in your eyes?
“I’m not playing the fortune teller but I’ll just say that Inter is definitely the favourite team for next season because they are the most structured. They will have to be very humble to be able to repeat the brilliant results.”
How will Milan do under Fonseca?
“If instead of announcing his [plan to achieve] dominance of the game he had prepared and executed it, it would have been better. To achieve it, the start will be complicated because Milan fans know how to recognise quality football.”
Is it comparable to your start at Milan?
“We started well in Pisa, then the following week we took a beating from Fiorentina at San Siro. There were no whistles and President Berlusconi asked me: what do we do? I replied: let’s continue on this path, when we last 90 minutes instead of 60 the results will also come.”
How did you view the Silvio Berlusconi Trophy?
“I saw a defense that wasn’t always covered and this means that there is still valuable work to be done to gain compactness and the right distances. The goal must be to make the opponent not the protagonist even when they are in possession of the ball.”