Max Allegri explains his tactical selections with a Rafael Leao brace to go prime of the desk. ‘I wanted to have some choices off the bench.’
The Rossoneri knew this was an enormous alternative to go prime of the desk after defeats for Roma, Napoli and Juventus this weekend, so the stress was on.
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Nonetheless, he additionally needed to cope with a large harm disaster that dominated out Adrien Rabiot, Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Christopher Nkunku, Pervis Estupinan and Ardon Jashari.
Robin Gosens gave Fiorentina the stunning lead at San Siro with their first actual likelihood, however Rafael Leao turned it round for a 2-1 victory with a strike from distance and
Allegri had restricted AC Milan options
MILAN, ITALY – OCTOBER 19: A normal view as gamers of AC Milan have a good time victory in entrance of their followers after defeating Fiorentina in the course of the Serie A match between AC Milan and ACF Fiorentina at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on October 19, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
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“I can solely say that the workforce performed properly. Till their purpose, I don’t suppose Fiorentina had a single shot, whereas we had a few probabilities with Tomori and Pavlovic from set performs, plus a harmful Athekame cross,”
“We reacted properly to going behind and the workforce fought to the tip for the victory.”
Leao had been used as a centre-forward in pre-season with restricted success, and right here too he appeared to battle till the introduction of Santiago Gimenez.
“He had extra freedom to roam with Gimenez, however he can play as a centre-forward too, as Fofana was pushing ahead and that allowed us to fill the penalty space with gamers coming from deeper.
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“Apart from, I wanted to have some choices to return off the bench, in any other case I had no person else. After Athekame’s yellow card, I referred to as Gimenez, however Fiorentina scored earlier than I might make the change. When so many gamers are lacking in the identical space, I needed to consider the course of the 90 minutes, it was vital to maintain choices open,” continued Allegri.
MILAN, ITALY – OCTOBER 19: Rafael Leao of AC Milan scores his workforce’s second purpose from a penalty kick in the course of the Serie A match between AC Milan and ACF Fiorentina at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on October 19, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
Milan have had a disastrous file from penalties in current months, however with so many gamers out of motion, it was nonetheless stunning to see Leao convert the primary spot-kick he has ever taken in Serie A.
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“I advised Rafa to take the penalty, he had tried this morning in coaching and did it properly. Fofana is an efficient penalty taker too, we have to enhance our success charge. I not often watch when my groups take penalties, it introduced me luck in Turin, and once more this night,” defined Allegri.
That is the primary time Milan have been alone on the prime of the Serie A desk since Week 8 in 2023-24. Is Allegri sending a message to the remainder of the league concerning the Scudetto race?
“We aren’t sending any message. It was a victory, we’d like many extra factors to realize our goal for the season. We hope to get Loftus-Cheek or Nkunku again for the following recreation, if not then we’ll nonetheless be this group of gamers.
“We simply must hold going and never get too forward of ourselves.”