The knockout that came in Croatia against Dinamo Zagreb hit AC Milan, which plunged back into crisis and will now be forced to play in the Champions League play-offs.
It has been an up-and-down season, to say the least, for the Rossoneri, who have alternated good performances (see the league derby, the Madrid trip and the Super Cup) with bad results that have plunged the team down the rankings and into the Champions League playoffs.
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The management is hurriedly trying to fix a squad that does not seem to be up to scratch by going to work decisively in the market. However, there are many criticisms being levelled precisely at the Rossoneri management, which in just a few months has disavowed the entire project put in place during last summer. The captain’s armband has been assigned to Mike Maignan but it seems that a leader who can make a difference both on and off the field seems to be missing at the moment.
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Fabio Ravezzani, journalist and TV host on Telelombardia, took stock of the Rossoneri’s difficult moment, going on to identify the lack of a leader as one of Milan’s biggest problems.
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The journalist expressed himself on his X profile as follows, “Conceicao’s Milan has not improved either in terms of play or character. A team, indeed, often unnecessarily hysterical with long catatonic pauses. Pioli was not the problem and neither was Fonseca. It lacks an aggregator on and off the field. And it lacks quality in the center forward.” An analysis that sees the lack of a leader as the biggest problems in the Rossoneri’s house besides the center forward problem.
An issue, that concerning the central forward, which the club is trying to settle already in these hours. The agreement for the sale of Alvaro Morata to Galatasaray has now been found with the Rossoneri seeming to be getting closer and closer to the purchase of Santiago Gimenez. A Milan ready for a late winter market revolution to try to shuffle the cards and make an assault on one of the top four places in the league.
As far as leadership is concerned, Milan is trying to make use of more experienced players and did not miss the opportunity to bring a player like Kyle Walker to the Rossoneri. The English full-back’s career speaks for itself and the club expects a lot from him especially from the point of view of guidance on and off the field for younger teammates.
The article Milan on the ropes, dramatic announcement: double heavy absence was written and published in its original version on Milanlive.co.uk.
