Journalist Antonio Vitiello has aimed scrutiny right at the very top of AC Milan after what has been a very poor start to the league campaign.
It would be accurate to say that Milan and Juventus did not serve up a classic on Saturday night at San Siro as they played out a 0-0 draw with only three combined shots on target.
The Rossoneri really needed to win in order to relaunch themselves in the Scudetto discussions and instead they mustered just one shot on target which came in the 95th minute.
The boos at full-time said it all as the fans made it clear that they are not happy with being nine points away from the Champions League places.
Vitiello published his weekly column for MilanNews on the day of the game against Slovan Bratislava and he rewound to Saturday’s boring draw with Juventus.
“A few days ago, at the photobook unveiling celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Club, in the book’s preface we read a phrase from owner Gerry Cardinale that read: ‘We are committed to preserving Milan’s legacy, with the obsession for the Club’s return to the top of European football’.
“The term obsession has remained in our minds. The obsession for winning and for bringing Milan back to the top of football. The intentions are laudable, but then you take a look at the Serie A standings and the reality is completely different, and then a thousand doubts and perplexities begin.
“But is the owner Gerry Cardinale okay with this situation? Is he aware that by continuing like this he is also risking a Champions League place?
“Because the current Milan seems anything but a team with an obsession for winning, in fact, it has a win rate in the league that does not even reach 50%. Milan have won only 5 games out of 12 in Serie A, and has already accumulated a 10-point gap to first place, and 9 from fourth place.
“If you analyse the team’s path, you notice that Milan have never been in the running for the Scudetto, since August. In the first three matchdays, the Rossoneri drew with Torino, lost with Parma and drew with Lazio.
“Two points in 3 games and it was already clear. Forget the Scudetto, now you have to pay attention to the Champions League placement.
“The whole team, including the coach, must become aware of the difficult moment and show their claws, because at this rate there is a real risk. Milan have not yet found an identity and we are now in December.
“In the last league game they needed to win to relaunch themselves in the table, and instead Milan did not even try, not even a shot on goal in the 90 minutes against Juventus.
“Tonight there is the Champions League and winning would be the least, against a team that still have zero points in the European competition.”
Oh he has an obsession, it’s just not winning!
These vermin are destroying our club piece by piece.
They are not smart, not ambitious and not truthful.
A nutless monkey would do a better job than these clowns.
OUT OUT OUT, Leave, Go away, nobody wants you here!
“Oh he has an obsession, it’s just not winning!”
Winning more money is his obsession.
I think he thought it was easy to win the league. After all, a zero experience director did it, so it must be easy right? Ego and the need to be the one in the spotlight made him unable to stand the idea that this was becoming Maldini’s team and not his. Well, he’s in the spotlight now but for totally different reasons. I’d like to see him use his expertise and experience to transform the club because what’s there now isn’t working.
Well the stated minimal objective was fourth place, so winning the scudetto and going far in the UCL were always a bit of a bonus.
In case of Cardinale, I feel like he is in the peak of enthusiam of the Dunning Kruger effect, aka he knows very little but he has more confidence than an expert.
Now of course, had we had a decent sporting director instead of a clown show made of Ibra-Moncada and Furlani, we might still have done well.
Pero recordad que esta el “CAMPEÓN” de UCRANIA y puede revivir un muerto 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🇺🇲🇵🇹👍🏻
Just tell us what the F*cking plan is, FFS… That’s all I want to know. If it’s a long term plan, tell us why.
Are you banking on youth in2-3 years?
Are you waiting for stadium to be built before truly investing?
Is Fonseca a baby sitter? Until when? And why?
THere wouldn’t be as much animosity towards the leadership if we knew and understood the blueprint of what the *uck is going on.
Just some clarity.
You are right, good communication would help a lot.
Unfortunately it won’t help with the problems in recruitment, currently headed by Moncada. He is the “expert” our management is relying on and he does not have much Serie A experience.
Hence hiring a foreign coach in Italy, very rarely works, Mourinho was the last to win.
Not to mention player trading and expecting players from lesser leagues with no italian experience to suddenly be ready.
Finally, last summer we needed 2 players, a DM and a striket, as always we buy a bunch of cheap players instead of 1 or 2 good ones. This is very basic management mistakes
Vitiello: ““In the last league game they needed to win to relaunch themselves in the table, and instead Milan did not even try, not even a shot on goal in the 90 minutes against Juventus.”
Look at the picture, the 2 clown. They look seriously, what did they see, the see delusional of reality.
Look at the picture, the 2 clown. They look seriously, what did they see, they see delusional of reality.
If the clown of a coach is not sacked milan will hardly even qualify for Europa league ,fonseca till now do not
Know the strength and weakness of his team ,the coach is clueless and lack football sense ,I wonder y the patience with a coach who does
Not know what he is doing