In football, it is very complicated, if not impossible, to achieve unanimity. Arriving at AC Milan in 2019 from LOSC, Rafael Leão can attest to this. Now considered one of the best strikers in Europe after several stunning seasons, the 24-year-old is one of the darlings of the San Siro. However, some assiduous observers of the Rossoneri do not hesitate to praise the Milanese number 10. And when legends get involved, it gets even more complicated. Coach and head of great Milan between 1987 and 1991 then during the 1996-1997 season, Arrigo Sacchi has a voice that carries through Lombardy. And obviously, when he criticizes the system around the player trained at Sporting CP, it is not a criticism like any other.
“Leão scored a good goal, but today Milan exists above all for the Portuguese and that is a limitationdeclared the 77-year-old former coach and double winner of the Champion Clubs’ Cup with Milan. Leão, with his way of being on the ground, with his missed feedback, with his lack of participation in the work of the group, is the one who does not allow him to become a collective. If we want to make a qualitative leap, towards a more European football, it is essential that everyone is functional to the project and that everyone knows how to sacrifice themselves in the name of the team.» It remains to be seen whether this statement will harm the rest of the Portuguese striker’s transalpine career.
