Following the loss against Parma, questions are rife about several areas for AC Milan, and an area in focus is the leaders of the team, after some poor performances from high-ranking members of the squad.
The weekend’s loss will reside in the memories of Milan’s fans for longer than they’d like for all the wrong reasons. Not only did it confirm fears about an awful start but the Rossoneri lost to a team who have been absent from Serie A in four years.
Since the sides last met in 2021, the Diavolo reached a Champions League semi-final and won the Scudetto. From that starting eleven in the 2020/21 season, two players remain in Rossoneri colours, Theo Hernandez and Fikayo Tomori. It is then fair to say that neither player performed well on Saturday, especially the Frenchman, who has been questioned heavily.
Speaking to Sky (via Radio Rossonera), Costacurta spoke about the leadership at the Diavolo, as well as speaking about how the club have operated in the Champions League previously.
A change in the leadership?
“In my opinion, those who were there did not have great personality, because Theo Hernandez – who is the vice-captain – does not have great leadership. He is a very good player. The choice Ibra and AC Milan have to make is to sign someone who has – not only in good times but especially in bad times – the strength to be able to drag the team along.”
Hypothesis of European Milan
“I had a teammate, ‘the panther Seedorf’, who showed himself in Europe more than in the league. There are players who manage to exalt themselves in Europe. Milan became European precisely because of that, because perhaps there are players who in the Italian league are not able to get involved in the right way.”
