Milan, Sergio Conceiçao has not solved Milan’s problems: they were also evident in Zagreb
Milan, la soluzione non era Conceiçao: i “problemi” che aveva Fonseca restano intatti – Serieanews
Milan was supposed to treat itself to a great night in the Champions League, with a real chance of being able to enter the top eight and give itself direct access to the round of 16 of Europe’s top competition. And instead in Zagreb it foundered sadly, like the worst of provincials, against a Dinamo that certainly cannot be a team capable of challenging the Diavolo.
And instead Fabio Cannavaro, coach for only a few weeks, caged the Rossoneri team and put all his eggs in one old acquaintance of Italian soccer, former Juve Pjaca, who put the Rossoneri defense to the sword. Horrors and disasters on the part of Gabbia and his teammates, in an evening completely to forget, like so many now this season in recent months.
The fact is that now the Rossoneri will have to go through the guillotine of the play offs, probably in an all-Italian challenge with Juventus to fly to the round of 16. And in the league, the situation is certainly no better, on the contrary: seventh place in the standings with 34 points, five points less than Lazio in fourth place (but the Rossoneri have a match to make up) and a performance that cannot be more erratic.
Da Fonseca a Conceiçao, i problemi restano
The late December exoneration of Paulo Fonseca with the hiring of Sergio Conceiçao seemed to have resolved the situation once and for all. Then again, the former Porto man’s impact had been devastating: immediately winning the Italian Super Cup, with two sensational comebacks against Juventus and Inter in the semifinals and final, respectively.
We had seen a whole different Milan, willing and aggressive, at times mean and ravenous. In short, the team that all fans dream of. And instead the spell immediately dissolved into nothingness. The draw with Cagliari, the comeback and suffering victories against Como and Parma and in between the defeat with Juve in the championship.
Da Fonseca a Conceiçao, i problemi restano (Ansa FOto) – Serieanews
All with one common denominator, the desire in some of the footballers that just does not emerge. Just think of Theo Hernandez and Rafa Leao, the players who on paper should be the leaders along with Maignan. But if the goalkeeper continues in his nonetheless standard performance, the full-back and the outside back have stumbled into a nightmarish season.
In the last league match against Parma even both substituted at 45′ after a performance that to call it horrible would even be reductive. A colorless performance that only added to those already offered with Fonseca on the bench, so much so that the former coach on more than one occasion had left them both on the bench.
Yesterday was no better either, on the contrary. Against Dinamo Zagreb, both Theo and Leao were among the worst on the field, with serious inadequacies in their report cards: the Portuguese was substituted in the final but both certainly did not offer the answers Conceiçao expected, one who has already shown he can make uncomfortable decisions. Patience at Milanello is beginning to run out.
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