AC Milan are a work in progress under Paulo Fonseca, and a report has claimed that he wants to turn his side into one that emulates the Spain team which just won the European Championship.
Milan were held to a 2-2 draw by Torino in the first game of the season on Saturday night and they had to come from two goals down in order to get it, but the feeling is that the team that started that game could drastically change soon.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Fonseca’s ‘dream’ – one that is not so hidden – is to shape Milan based on the model seen from Spain at the European Championship, a tournament that they won and played by far the best football in doing so.
The insistence on Christian Pulisic as a trequartista also comes from this, because La Roja use either Pedri or Dani Olmo behind the striker, players who offer quality and creativity with goals and assists rather than worrying about defensive work.
These are strengths certainly more suited to the American and even to Mattia Liberali from Milan Futuro – who was used in the preseason tour of the USA – than to Ruben Loftus-Cheek, the playmaker from the Pioli era.
To turned into a well-oiled 4-2-3-1 machine like Spain showed in Germany it will take time, something the coach explained after the game against Torino: “I don’t expect to be perfect in August… We have to keep working, there is a lot to improve.”
