AC Milan’s elimination from the Champions League at the group stage will not go down well with the management, and Stefano Pioli must now fight to save his job.
This morning’s edition of Tuttosport (via PianetaMilan) talks about Milan and in particular Pioli’s future. They write that after being eliminated in the Champions League, he has ‘one foot out of Milanello’ but he could still save his job.
If the Rossoneri were to go on a great run in the Europa League and finish among the top four in the league again, that could end up being enough to convince Gerry Cardinale to keep him beyond the end of the season.
The primary objective is to find consistency in the league again while waiting for European football to come around in mid-February. The trend of the season, the paper points out, remains heavily negative for Pioli.
After just 15 league games, Milan are nine points behind leaders Inter but still maintain a four-point advantage over fourth, while they missed out on qualifying for the Champions League round of 16.
Not the ideal scenario for Cardinale, who after the dismissals of Ricky Massara and Paolo Maldini opted to give Pioli the keys to the team. Pioli must regain the trust of the owners and, with it, the possibility of continuing his story with Milan.
