From this point of the season onwards, AC Milan are fighting for everything. The Champions League this season and next could be a dream over in the next month, and the Rossoneri cannot afford that.
After the result in Rotterdam, things have gone quite dark once again. Not only are questions about the manager and management once again rife, but players are also back in the firing line, and it is the stars who are getting the most attention.
Mike Maignan, understandably, has received his fair share of criticism, but Theo Hernandez, Rafael Leao and even the Fantastic Four have been poorly viewed after a terrible result in the Netherlands.
However, this weekend, they must start to build towards something better, and three points against Verona are an absolute must and it seems the pressure is on.
As Milan News relays from L’Arena di Verona, the report suggests that Milan have it all to do at San Siro, as the ‘Champions League alarm’ has begun to whirr. However, this presents an opportunity for the visitors.
The ‘attitude’ of the Rossoneri, referred to as ‘the Bigs’ is ‘worrying’, but this offers an opportunity that Verona can capitalise on, even if the manager is not the most confident about his team’s chances of a result.
Even though we played poorly in Rotterdam, the reaction is a bit exaggerated. It is always tough to play there, and we only conceded one goal out of a big howler by the goalkeeper. As poorly as the outfield players played, if not for the goalkeeper’s blunder they would have tied the game 0-0, and the result is feasible to reverse at San Siro.
This site engages in the most wildly optimistic assessments when we win which is not realistic, and the most catastrophic assessments when we lose, which is also not realistic.
Yes, we’ve been irregular and it doesn’t bode well for the objective of finishing top 4, but the sky is not falling yet. We’ll see how we do this Saturday and this Tuesday.
People need to calm down a bit.
Very well said. Also the reports of Milan sacking Conceicao already is nonsense. They have just given him new players and in between CL and Coppa’s he hasn’t even had one proper training session to implement his tactical views. Would be nice if this site would be a little more supportive of the process, and a little less susceptible to easy headlines.
Yes, exactly. Fire the guy that didn’t have a chance to even implement his tactics, and inherited the team from Fonseca. Who did really bad and left Milan in a bad position. Articles and comments like Conceicao took over the team in a good state and had 6 months as Fonseca. Also didn’t do pre season, that is a big part of implementing your tactics.
I mean, being ranked 7th and Italy being on the verge of missing the 5th CL place is not something SempreMilan has made up. And when the hell were they “engaged in the most wildly optimistic assessments”? They’re merely translating articles from the Italian media, with the occasional tactical analysis.
Besides, only caring about the result, not the fact that a bunch of kids jumped all over us and we didn’t create anything, is not a good approach to the subject matter, but hey, you do you.
Every game is a must when you take the club over in such a bad state. What I don’t understand is people attacking Conceicao. He inherited the team, didn’t go through preseason, didn’t have time to train, prepare tactics. Guy deserves 6 months, same as that squid Fonseca did. What, you liked the mute manager that didn’t say anything more? Of course.
Yes Igor.. The more you scream , the better the manager you are. Maybe in Portugal just screaming at the players to run more qualifies as tactics, but not here. This team looks worse now than it ever did under Fonseca. The team seems to be getting worse every match. With the exception of 1 match so far we have been outplayed by our opponent every single match. Only a few miraculous late comebacks have kept this from being a complete disaster.
I’m attacking Conceicao because he got his tactics wrong. First, having everything go up the left side. Look at the heat charts. Secondly, only having two players in the midfield. So, just saying they had to play harder when your setup left space in the midfield is ridiculous. Pulisic was basically sprinting back to help cover. So, his ablilty to push up was limited- not that it mattered as there were no runners on the right side and the ball was always on the left. He would have been much better playing with a 4-3-3 or at least switching to that at half time.
Pulisic rarely receives the ball quickly with space. The build-up out of the midfield is slow with 2 to 3 extra touches when his is open, and he finds himself double or triple covered because he tracks back to receive the ball. The quicker play goes over the top on the left to Leao. Pulisic is also covering for the overlapping midfield and defender on the right.
Pulisic rarely receives the ball quickly with space. The build-up out of the midfield is slow with 2 to 3 extra touches when he is open, and he finds himself double or triple covered because he tracks back to receive the ball. The quicker play goes over the top on the left to Leao. Pulisic is also covering for the overlapping midfield and defender on the right.