The journalist Andrea Longoni has delivered a clear verdict on AC Milan’s defeat against Torino, which has made the remainder of the season very difficult. In the summer, as he states, the Rossoneri will need to clean up completely.
Yesterday’s game was a chance for Milan to clinch some very important points, especially in light of Lazio and Bologna dropping points, but instead they lost. Individual mistakes were behind the misstep, once again, and where to go from here is a tough question to answer.
Longoni shared his thoughts on the disappointing defeat in his weekly column for MilanNews, highlighting that Milan outdid themselves with this one. In the summer, the Rossoneri will need to ‘clean house’ and bring in an Italian manager.
“You hit rock bottom and you always manage to dig down. Milan, this season, always manage to lower the level, week after week. It’s incredible what happens every time they take the field. And to think that yesterday there was also the added motivation of Bologna’s defeat and Lazio’s draw. By now it’s all a lost cause.
“The script has been the same for weeks. Wrong formation, individual mistakes, changes at half-time, and a final formation that is confusing to say the least. I have lost track of the individual mistakes at this point.
“Gabbia and Musah in Zagreb, Maignan in Rotterdam, Theo Hernandez mid-week and then yesterday, the festival of the error. Maignan again, Pulisic missing the penalty and the defenders sleeping on the quickly-taken free kick.
“The goalkeeper, in all of this, is a case without explanation. And then the enormous responsibilities of the coach. Fofana on the bench, starting immediately with four attacking players: why? Then with Milan behind, he takes off Leao and puts on a midfielder…
“Until May, it will be a slow agony for the Rossoneri fans. Then it will be necessary to clean house and change everything, without looking anyone in the face. Coach, without a doubt: after wrong choices, it will be necessary to go for a certainty coach. Italian, winner, with experience in top clubs. Identikit of Conte, Allegri or Sarri, each with their own pros and cons.
“And then, the most important thing, the management will have to be reset. Clearly visible already in the summer to many, but unfortunately not to those who own the club,” he wrote.
Bologna and Lazio are up next for the Rossoneri, meaning six points are needed from these games to keep the top-four hopes alive. It won’t be easy, however, especially if the mistakes are present once again.
