Author: Soccerhuz
The deadline for submitting squad lists for the Champions League is fast approaching, and AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca has some tough decisions to make. We did a deeper look into Milan’s draw after it was made, while the deadline for submitting the final squad list is tomorrow, with clubs having to send everything to UEFA by midnight on Tuesday. Calciomercato.com have provided a breakdown of Milan’s situation. The two lists As a reminder, the list is broken down into List A and List B. For the former, no team can have more than 25 players registered during the…
It took just a couple of minutes for Tammy Abraham to show what he can bring to AC Milan, and the management believe that they have taken a gamble with him that will pay off. As MilanNews recall, Abraham only arrived on Friday and was officially announced as a new signing late on deadline day, but 24 hours later he was immediately thrown into the fray – along with Rafael Leao, Theo Hernandez and Yunus Musah – to try salvage the game against Lazio. Not even two minutes later, the goal that made it 2-2 came from the feet of the three…
There isn’t a lot of positivity surrounding AC Milan at the moment, but one of the brighter recent notes has been Strahinja Pavlovic’s first couple of performances. The central defender arrived last month from Red Bull Salzburg and the hope of the management is that he will bring some much-needed physicality and some extra aggression to the back line, in addition to being left-footed and full of potential. This morning’s edition of Corriere della Sera (via MilanNews) has a segment titled: ‘Pavlovic a winning move. An 18 million coup’. They describe the Serbian as one of the very few positive notes…
As if the problems with Rafael Leao and Theo Hernandez were not enough, Paulo Fonseca’s Milan have another thing to deal with: the defensive disaster so far in 2024-25. As La Gazzetta dello Sport write, the two goals per game conceded in the first three league games is worrying in itself and absolutely not good enough for a team that considers themselves as competitors with Inter and Juventus for the Scudetto. Digging even deeper, the major issue with the Milan defence is that it always lets itself be penetrated in the same way: a cross from the left – be it high or on…
Friday revealed the Champions League opponents that AC Milan will have to face, and what it produced is a daunting 20-day stretch for a team that is currently lost at sea. La Gazzetta dello Sport write how Milan will return from the international break in just under two weeks and then they will face Venezia at San Siro in a game that is absolutely must-win given the fact that only two points have been amassed from a possible nine. Then, in the next 20 days, the road gets more bumpy: Liverpool, Inter, Bayer Leverkusen and Fiorentina are on the agenda, with…
As if the problems with Rafael Leao and Theo Hernandez were not enough, Paulo Fonseca’s Milan have another thing to deal with: the defensive disaster so far in 2024-25. As La Gazzetta dello Sport write, the two goals per game conceded in the first three league games is worrying in itself and absolutely not good enough for a team that considers themselves as competitors with Inter and Juventus for the Scudetto. Digging even deeper, the major issue with the Milan defence is that it always lets itself be penetrated in the same way: a cross from the left – be it high or on…
AC Milan are currently paying out a substantial monthly amount on coaches, which might well affect decisions they make in the future. Milan drew 2-2 with Lazio away from home on Saturday night which followed a 2-1 defeat in Parma and a 2-2 draw against Torino, meaning two points from three games to begin the new era under Paulo Fonseca. Having arrived to mixed opinions to begin with, the pressure is on the Portuguese coach to turn things around quickly, especially when looking at the importance of the games that will come after the international break. Sky even reported yesterday that…
Nico Rosberg has questioned whether age has caught up with Lewis Hamilton after the Briton decried his qualifying “weakness” at Monza. Hamilton will line up sixth on the Italian Grand Prix grid having made a few mistakes on his final hot lap that left him just under two-tenths down on Lando Norris’ pole position time. “Furious. Absolutely furious,” Hamilton told Sky F1 before going on to reveal the corners where he lost time. He added: “No one to blame but myself. Qualifying has been my weakness for a minute now, and I can’t figure it out… The team deserve better…
During the second half of Milan Futuro’s draw with Carpi last night, Silvano Vos stole the show and drew a lot of praise from fans and coaches. La Gazzetta dello Sport recall how after Francesco Camarda’s equaliser from the penalty spot he immediately went over to Vos to celebrate with him, a snapshot captured by photographers. Milan published the shot on social media: “Instant chemistry.” Rewind just a few days, and Vos was not even a Milan player. Eventually the management agreed a deal with Ajax worth €5m including bonuses, working the Dutch side down from an initial asking price of…
Arrigo Sacchi has taken aim at AC Milan after their poor start to the season, but he believes that the club need to give Paulo Fonseca time to get his methods across. Milan were involved in an entertaining encounter on Saturday night as they took the lead then came from behind to draw 2-2 against Lazio at the Stadio Olimpico, and yet the overall feeling is not positive because the winless start continues. A saga has developed because of what happened during the cooling break that followed the Rossoneri’s second goal with suggestions of a split dressing room and an already…