Paulo Fonseca is aiming to rectify his mistakes from the game against Torino, and to do so, he will start two of AC Milan’s new signings in the game against Parma.
The Serie A season started in a frustrating manner for Milan, and there must be some immediate rectification considering the Rossoneri left it very late to salvage a result.
As Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) recalls, the two goals scored by the Toro were consequences of ‘serious’ individual mistakes. Davide Calabria had a poor game and was booed off the field when the board showed his number, and Malick Thiaw had a game described as a ‘gallery of horrors’.
Therefore, it makes sense for a defensive restructuring to take place, and Gazzetta expects Fonseca to bring Emerson Royal and Strahinja Pavlovic into the defence.
Starting with the Brazilian, he has been training regularly and featured in Tottenham’s pre-season tour, so he is ready to be called up, and ‘should’ replace Calabria after the captain’s poor game. Pavlovic remained on the bench throughout the game against Torino, due to fitness reasons, but another week of training ‘could be enough’ to convince Fonseca to offer the new signing a starting place.
