Massimiliano Allegri delivered one among his most candid and sobering post-match assessments of the season after Milan had been admitting that their Champions League qualification is now genuinely beneath risk and that the supporters had been totally justified in voicing their frustration.
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The Milan head coach was in no temper to deflect accountability or discover excuses, addressing every troublesome query with attribute directness. On a formation change that some had pointed to as an element, he was emphatic.
“The change of system has completely nothing to do with it,” he advised DAZN, with .
“It is a troublesome second for the staff. We have now misplaced three of our final 4 and failed to attain in 4 video games in the course of the second half of the season. In case you are within the prime 4, going 4 video games with out scoring is just not adequate.”
Allegri was equally frank in regards to the defensive fragility that allowed Udinese to attain thrice, significantly on the second objective. “We had been defending in a disorganised approach as a result of we had been too hasty,” he stated.
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“On the second objective we had been three towards one. We have to return to being organised and clear-headed, as a result of we nonetheless have each risk of creating the Champions League.”
When pushed on whether or not the Champions League place was genuinely in danger, Allegri didn’t flinch.
“Soccer is gorgeous but additionally merciless,” he stated. “We should not be swept away by occasions. We have to restore order in how we handle matches.”
On the supporters’ response at full time, the Milan coach was disarmingly sincere.
“It’s a part of soccer,” he stated. “Whenever you win you’re good, once you lose you aren’t. It was proper that they booed us at present.”
MILAN, ITALY – APRIL 11: Massimiliano Allegri, Head Coach of AC Milan, appears to be like on from the sidelines in the course of the Serie A match between AC Milan and Udinese Calcio at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on April 11, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photograph by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
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Milan 0-3 Udinese – Allegri: ‘Champions League place in danger’
He was additionally keen to acknowledge what he believed lay behind the staff’s dip in kind, the psychological influence of dropping the title race.
“You’re completely proper,” he stated, when requested whether or not the squad had subconsciously relaxed after the Scudetto dream light.
“If you end up on the prime, within the last phases of the season, and also you lose that goal, there’s a second of leisure. However this defeat tells us clearly that our Champions League place is in danger.”
On hypothesis about Leão’s long-term future on the membership, Allegri was measured, noting the Portuguese winger had created two important probabilities within the first half.
“It isn’t a query of Rafa or anybody else individually, it’s about performing otherwise, with extra endurance within the defensive section.”