Speaking to MilanTV after AC Milan’s convincing 3-0 win over Lecce, the pundit Luca Serafini reflected on the start of the season and how Paulo Fonseca went from zero to hero. Football is ‘really strange’, as he put it.
Milan managed to build on their 2-1 win in the derby against Inter, beating Lecce in front of a sold-out San Siro yesterday evening. Three goals were scored in just five minutes and there were several positive stats to take from the game.
After the game, speaking live on MilanTV (via MilanNews), the pundit Luca Serafini discussed the start of the season and the turnaround Milan have made. Football can be really strange sometimes, as he put it, which Fonseca certainly has proven.
“We got what were wanted, which was confirmation after the derby. Milan played patiently at the beginning, they started slowly. Then three goals arrived in five minutes. The most important thing is that we had confirmation of our attitude and way of playing. It’s a very demanding system, but I’m convinced that this team can do great things.
“First place in the standings? Football is really strange. Ten days ago the season was already over, far from the top, Inter could have run away and now, Milan are at the top of the standings instead. Maybe it will only be for one night, but the Rossoneri are still in the leading group,” he began.
However, Milan will be up against Bayer Leverkusen and since they have bounced back in the league, we now also need to see it in the Champions League. It will be far from an easy task, but there is light at the end of the tunnel as highlighted by Serafini.
“Now focus on Leverkusen, they are within reach of Milan. Then there will be Real Madrid, but after that the schedule will be downhill in the Champions League. The season has turned around,” he concluded.
The media hates this team, the amount of panicking and over analyzing is ridiculous
Season is never over 3-4 games into the season. That’s a handful of points.
Look 3 wins and we’re on top atm.
Most of football journalists nowadays lacks respect for Milan and they have nothing good to report about us. ( Not about this post but generally speaking)
They forgot Milan is the only club which has Italy recognized in Europe yet they are blind when it comes to recognizing that. If Milan had lost to inter the journalists would have been writing garbage stories about Milan but now that we beat them nothing is written about inter. All I know is that no matter what they write about Milan we are still th Pride of Italy in Europe and we still have some great records which no club has ever beaten. Forza Milan and garbage to journalists writing sh.t about us
Yes, the GdS is particularly nasty about Milan. They are a bunch of interisti and juventini and love to stir trouble especially before big games. They try to fabricate crises and sometimes (or rather, often) they clearly make up stories. Don’t listen to anything they say!
Not to forget, there are dozens of “journalists” who post or publish dramatic headlines and articles because they want online clicks and on-print sales. Think of it; these tabloids need to sell their online and print versions every single day and there aren’t enough eye-catching headlines based on reality, so they make up their own.
“The players and Fonseca seem to have reached peace and unity” doesn’t sell as much as “Fonseca has lost the locker room and is about to be sacked.”
That’s one of the reasons for the mercato frenzi, every signing window. The rumors go crazy. They daily produce ever-changing lists of “targets” and say such and such is hours from being announced as signed, when often there hasn’t even been the slightest contact between the club and that player’s entourage or current club.
And the funny thing is that fans in a forum like this one seem to buy these lies and start harshly criticizing the management for trying to sign such and such player, when management hasn’t been any close to that player.
In terms of mercato, remember to only pay attention to official announcements and/or statements by real selling/buying club officials. The rest is click bait.
Considering how other teams were stumbling this wasn’t over. We just got up and quickly recovered our form. And Fonseca showed he could operate under pressure.
Also as others have said. Some in the media have a particular slant deeply against Milan.