Theo Hernandez is facing a spell on the sidelines after he was shown a red card after the full-time whistle during tonight’s defeat against Fiorentina.
It was not Theo Hernandez’s best night, to put it mildly. He gave away a penalty for a foul on Dodo (admittedly it looked soft) which was then thankfully saved by Mike Maignan, then he missed a penalty himself after Tijjani Reijnders was fouled.
He did register an assist for Christian Pulisic’s goal but then at full-time in the 2-1 defeat he got a totally unnecessary red card after the final whistle. The full-back protested quite aggressively towards the referee Luca Pairetto, who sent off the captain.
It is questionable behaviour for someone who wears the armband without doubt, also because he will miss (at least) the next two games: the suspension for insulting or offensive expressions towards the referee is usually two matches.
Given that there is no other left-back in the squad, while Alessandro Florenzi and Davide Calabria (who can fill in) are currently out injured, it is an even more bizarre and disappointing rush of blood to the head from the Frenchman. We now await further news on the length of the ban that he will have to serve, after the international break.
Who is to play the LB
The management have been skipping the puzzle that needed to fix the LB for the past 4 season. No backup for Theo
They kept buying RB season in season out but always end up with trash like Terraciano Emerson. Which take us back to zero to fix the RB and LB back up for Theo
Theo really stole the spotlight tonight. Kudos.
For all his brilliance.
He consistently looses his head and does costly things like this.
Looks like we might finally get to see Terracciano do something.
Fonseca can spend the international break getting him ready.
Milan look good enough to win the Scudetto, finally, but behavior like this makes it more difficult. They most likely will still win it, though. I do hope they sell Theo and Leao after this season.
They will be lucky to make top 4
What’s your universe called and how do I get there?
I said it after the Lazio circus, that Theo should never be a captain ever again.
Don’t care how long he has been at Milan, he isn’t a captain material and never will be.
I don’t know how Milan decide capitancy. In the past, longest player served the club will be the captain.
With all due respect to Theo, we can’t have TikToker as a captain. He is talented yes, but for captain No
Not captain material.
This isn’t normal behavior for Theo. His moments of madness have been far and few in between, objectively.
In general he isn’t Captain material though.
Its look mentally fried. Glad the break is here.
He desperately wants to leave and it’s annoyingly obvious.
Give a chance to the youth for once