AC Milan should do extra soul-searching now one other worldwide break is upon us, with the inconsistency in outcomes persevering with.
Corriere dello Sport (by way of ) this morning describes Milan as a ‘two-faced workforce’, with out grit and coronary heart. The thrilling evenings such because the derby win over Inter and beating Actual Madrid on the Bernabeu are offset by irritating dropped factors in opposition to lower-ranking sides.
The numbers level in direction of Milan rightly being on the surface trying in on the subject of the Scudetto battle. The Rossoneri are final for fouls dedicated (117 in complete in 11 video games) and second-last for fouls per recreation (10.6, higher solely than Parma).
Not solely that, however Milan are additionally final in Serie A for balls recovered (435 in complete, Atalanta in first have 151 extra) and third-last for balls recovered per recreation (39.55, higher solely than Torino who’re in free fall and Genoa).
Paulo Fonseca’s facet are final in Serie A for duels gained (472 in complete) and third-last for duels gained per recreation (42.91, barely higher than Inter in second-last). To finish the rating, Milan as second-last within the league for aerial duels gained (420 in complete) and for aerial duels gained per recreation (10.91), higher solely than Juventus in each classes.
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Within the 3-3 draw with Cagliari on Saturday, Milan misplaced 69% of the aerial duels in opposition to Pavoletti and his team-mates. This allowed Davide Nicola’s facet to , and ultimately that’s how they received a late draw by way of Zappa’s aim.
As over the past break, , Milan are being requested to vary their mentality to keep away from the season being over earlier than the calendar 12 months ends. Fonseca and Alvaro Morata have on a number of events referred to as gamers and team-mates to be extra attentive, but it hasn’t labored for lengthy sufficient.
The paper provides: ‘Milan have continued its very fluctuating temper: if correctly motivated, if centered, the workforce performs and the outcomes come, in any other case it runs into unhealthy conditions’. The issue is that the leaders within the desk are pulling away, whereas Milan seek for consistency.