AC Milan still cannot get out of its crisis. The weeks follow one another and are similar, with a few moments of improvement, but too many irregularities. Arriving this summer to succeed Stefano Pioli after a season marked by ups and downs, Paulo Fonseca’s mission was to bring a breath of fresh air to the sporting project led by Gerry Cardinale and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Despite an ambitious transfer window, with the arrivals of Strahinja Pavlović, Youssouf Fofana, Alvaro Morata, Tammy Abraham, Emerson Royal and Álex Jiménez, the Rossoneri are struggling to find an effective formula. Currently 8th in Serie A at the end of the first 18 days of the championship, they are struggling to maintain their status as Scudetto contenders, while in the Champions League, the story is just as gloomy. They are currently in 12th place in the league phase of the European Cup.
This is how the management of the Rossoneri decided to bang their fist on the table, by dismissing Paulo Fonseca: “AC Milan announces that Paulo Fonseca has been relieved of his duties as head coach of the men’s first team. The Club expresses its gratitude to Paulo for his great professionalism and wishes him the best in his future projects», It is written in the official press release. This poor form is also the illustration of a general attitude and a game produced far from satisfying observers and fans. La Curva Sud had pointed out this bad passage with banners and letters: “ These are not our ambitions, nothing and no one can justify the embarrassing spectacle shown during the first three matches. There are no more extenuating circumstances or lightning rods for anyone, everyone must assume their responsibilities, without exception! », We could read in the press release from the Milanese ultras at the start of the season. Since then, nothing has really changed.
The draw against Rome was the last straw
“ Fonseca-Milan, here we are at the final credits. The draw against Roma, which ended under the boos of San Siro, could well be the last of the Portuguese coach (expelled in the first half for protest, Editor’s note) on the Rossoneri bench », writes thus La Gazzetta dello Sport in its evening edition. The match against Roma was supposed to be the test of truth for AC Milan, but the opportunity was missed. The Rossoneri now find themselves an abysmal distance from the top (-14) and are also 8 points from fourth place, the minimum objective of the season. Although they still need to make up ground in the match against Bologna, with just one win in their last four league matches it will be difficult to make up for it.
Unfortunately, Paulo Fonseca, who nevertheless showed a certain confidence about his continued position, was never able to correct his steps and find the right words for a group adrift which had also experienced some internal turmoil with this famous scene where Théo Hernandez and Rafael Leão decided to spend the refreshment break away from their coach and their teammates to show their dissatisfaction following their non-starting, particularly against Lazio. According to our information and as revealed exclusively this Sunday, the management of AC Milan has in mind the name of Sérgio Conceição, still without a bench since his departure from FC Porto, who is today at the top of the list of the Milanese management to succeed Paulo Fonseca. His arrival in the Lombard city is now only a matter of hours.
