It has not been the start to the season that Paulo Fonseca wanted as AC Milan head coach, and the three games that are immediately after the international break could determine his immediate future.
Milan drew 2-2 with Lazio away from home last night which is not a terrible result in isolation, but it followed a 2-1 defeat in Parma and a 2-2 draw against Torino, meaning two points from three games to begin the new era.
Sky report that Milan’s priority now is to use the break to calm things down, because when the games resume there will be a huge trio of games at San Siro with Venezia, Liverpool and Inter all within a week.
After those three games ‘Fonseca’s position will be evaluated’, even if at the moment there is ‘no desire or intention to change coach’. There will not be any knee-jerk reaction from the management after the difficult first 270 minutes, therefore.
There were parallels drawn between Fonseca’s start and that of Marco Giampaolo after the first game against Torino. The Portuguese will hope that that’s where the comparisons end, given that the Italian ended up lasting just 111 days in charge, which shows that results are the most important thing.