AC Milan is under pressure. Beaten in the first leg by Le Feyenoord (0-1), the Lombard club has an appointment this Tuesday, in San Siro, for the return match of the Champions League dam, against the Dutch (6:45 p.m.). While under the threat of elimination, Zlatan Ibrahimović had spoke: “I want an approach as if it were a final. Each match is different. We have to focus on ourselves and do what we can do. These moments are beautiful. When there is a lot to play, it's always beautiful for a footballer ”.
And if the Rossonero attack is pointed out, Rafael Leao (25) is heavily criticized his last days. The Portuguese is taken to task because of its lack of regularity over the matches and for its lack of efficiency in front of the goal. This season, he has scored 9 goals in 34 games played, all competitions combined, figures well below his expected performance. “The name Leao is always on everyone's lips, for better and for worse”titled the CORRIERE DELLO SPORT.
Rafael Leao expected at the turn
The Transalpine media explains that the patience of AC Milan towards the player begins to run out. The Italian club asks more from its number 10 on the field. Recently, the Gazzetta dello Sport Already explained that Milan was ready to separate from Rafael Leao this summer to bring in cash and lift the purchase option of João Félix. “First of all, he must find continuity: it is a challenge to be met with himself. Then, as the coach says, he must support the defensive phase ”explains Mark Van Bommel in the edition of the Pink Journal Day.
“Everyone talks about Leao, everyone means how to play. For us, he is one of the strongest in the world: how to explain to him how he must play? You know him, that's why he is one of the strongest in the world. So you can direct him tactically, but you do not explain to him how he must play ”explained on Monday Zlatan Ibrahimović, who supports him. But the 25 -year -old winger will have to show another face and be decisive to allow Milan to overthrow the Feyenoord this Tuesday evening.
