The standings say Conceicao’s team can still believe in reaching fourth place, although the season’s trend does not induce optimism.
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Defeat, comeback and victory. After Lecce, Milan also defeated Como in the same manner. In Lecce they had even found themselves down by two goals and had to score three, while on Saturday at the San Siro the disadvantage was only one goal.
Sergio Conceicao’s team managed to overturn two somewhat complicated situations and this should give morale for the continuation of the season. As the Portuguese coach himself pointed out, the atmosphere around his players is not the best and affects them, although top professionals should always work at their best without being influenced by “external” factors. Having won two games in a row makes the group, now divided between who will stay in Milanello and who will go to the national team during this break, breathe.
Il Milan può qualificarsi alla prossima Champions League?
The 6 points won against Lecce and Como have given Milan back some hope of qualifying for the next Champions League. It still remains a difficult goal to achieve, however, the Serie A standings say that the Rossoneri are ninth with 6 points away from fourth place. There are 9 days left to play and, theoretically, anything is still possible.
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There are several teams ahead, so it almost needs a feat to get the upper hand. Moreover, Milan’s performance in this league does not exactly induce optimism. There have been ups and downs, there has never been the necessary continuity of positive results, and too many points have been thrown away. It was enough to do slightly better to be a little higher and have a better chance of achieving what was the minimum goal of the season, which was Champions League qualification. There is no shortage of regrets and they risk being really big if on the last day of Serie A the Rossoneri are out of UEFA’s most important club competition.
In the last nine days of the season, Conceicao’s group must do something it has so far failed to do: always take the field with the right approach, be a team for 90 minutes, be more solid defensively and concrete on the offensive end, and put together a string of wins. All these ingredients are needed, as well as some luck with rivals’ results, to climb back up the standings and take a place in the next Champions League.
On the next day of Serie A, the Rossoneri face Napoli at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, a match that is probably decisive for both teams. Conceicao’s must win to avoid seeing their chance of going to the Champions League fade away, while Antonio Conte’s wants to avoid “giving” the Scudetto to Simone Inzaghi’s Inter. Milan will have to put in a performance of great maturity: will it succeed?
MILAN’S OPPONENTS IN THE NEXT 9 DAYS OF SERIE A
Napoli (trasferta)
Fiorentina (in casa)
Udinese (trasferta)
Atalanta (in casa)
Venezia (trasferta)
Genoa (trasferta)
Bologna (in casa)
Roma (trasferta)
Monza (in casa)
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