In the last few league games, Milan have certainly fixed their defensive phase: zero goals conceded against Venezia, one in the derby against Inter, zero against Lecce. These matches were all characterized by the same defensive unit: Emerson Royal on the right, Matteo Gabbia and Fikayo Tomori in the center, Theo Hernandez on the left.
Two changes
To continue on the path of the last three successes, Paulo Fonseca will propose the same module again, however, changing a couple of men in the aforementioned rearguard. In fact, both Emerson Royal and Tomori could take their breath to make room for Davide Calabria and Strahinja Pavlovic respectively. The Serbian himself, among the best of the Rossoneri in the first three days of the championship, ended up on the bench with the ownership of Gabbia, but now he will be able to try to recover ranks in the hierarchy with the possibility of Florence.
I change my way of defending
Meanwhile, Fonseca is trying to gradually change the Rossoneri’s way of defending. The players’ reference, in fact, has gone from being the opponent to the ball and to the teammate. Great importance has once again been given to the line, which must try to move in unison and understand what is the right moment to move up to leave the opponent offside: in Tuesday’s match, for example, the Bayer Leverkusen players are ended up offside several times thanks to this mechanism, which certainly still needs to be run in.