That bench was burning, and now instead Paulo Fonseca you will sit down quite comfortably. The Milan he had arrived at the derby as an announced loser, with the post-Liverpool protests still in his ears and Pioli’s six consecutive defeats against Inter in his memory. He comes out smiling and invigorated, San Siro is red and black and the Italian champions are tamed, especially in the game, but also in the 2-1 that is the final result of the 240th derby in official matches.
Cage the derby man. 7 in the report card for the central defender, preferred to Pavlovic and able to restore Fonseca’s respect with the winning goal. Also worthy of recognition is the performance of Reijnders, protagonist in front of what is often considered the best midfield in Europe.
Fonseca’s words. He only disappoints those who expected him to show up in the belly of the Meazza wearing the mask of Zorro. The Portuguese coach has taken Milan back and knows it very well: “Sometimes you forget, but we have only played five games in Serie A: I know that the results were not what we wanted, but today we continued to believe in our ideas. It is true that today was an emotional match: Milan have lost the last six derbies and it was really important to win today – he said in a press conference – social media? I haven’t opened them for ten months… I honestly don’t think we play with two forwards, Morata plays as an attacking midfielder when not in possession. When I started to think about it, it was because they, both Tammy and Alvaro, bring a different energy to the team. Then we have a role of attacking midfielder that I think Morata does very well: we tried it in training, I already liked it the other week and I think we did well today”.