Rafael Leao heads to his third bench in a row. On Thursday the technician Paulo Fonseca he had tried on the number 10 together with the starters, while in yesterday’s training the Portuguese did not wear the bib of the players who should start from the start against Monza. Should the choice be confirmed, it would be the third consecutive exclusion from the starting eleven for Leao. A strong and clear signal of what are the new hierarchies of the Rossoneri attack in the mind of Paulo Fonseca and which, inevitably, will lead to new discussions on the matter.
Fonseca’s words on the growth of the team.
On the eve of the match against Monza, the coach stated: “What is important is to look at how the team is playing. Not only the quality of the game, but also how they work together. I feel that the team is working as a team. With the ball, without the ball… We are progressing in many things. We don’t lose the ball as easily as before, the team understands the moment of the match. It’s true that we have to improve defensively ‘opportunity… I think defensively too the team is growing, short and compact. This is important to me. It is obvious that the most important thing for all of us are the results but when this type of form on the part of the team creates confidence for the future.”
Finally Fonseca also returned to the defeat against Napoli: “We are aware of what we did against Napoli. It’s true, we are not satisfied because we lost a match that we should have won. We played to win but we need to understand where we have progressed and what the team’s growth is. The team has confidence, it’s true that it’s better to work with positive results, but I think the boys are motivated and mentally strong at the moment. We’re ready for this difficult match against Monza.”