A reaction was expected from Milan, after the mocking equalizer in Cagliari before the international break. The camp instead suggested other ways, with the formation of Paulo Fonseca which didn’t go beyond a 0-0 draw at home against a Juventus team tied up due to the many absences. The coach is, as has often happened since the beginning of the season, in the crosshairs of criticism for what he saw in the 90 minutes and for the choices made both from the start and during the match.
Speaking of report cards, the most severe newspapers are La Gazzetta dello Sport and Tuttosport which give 5 to the Rossoneri coach. Below is the textual judgment provided by the Turin newspaper: “Milan too shy in the face of a Juventus with seven absences. Lack of an offensive proposal and choices to be corrected in the running which lacked the necessary sense of timing: see the change of interpreters of the right axis, who did not offer anything expendable by the attackers, who arrived with a guilty delay”.
TMW, on the other hand, is one of the publications that chooses 5.5: “Against a non-irresistible Juve, who were also missing their only centre-forward, we would have expected a little more from an apparently recovering Milan. Musah’s choice from 1 ‘It’s only partially convincing, in hindsight Pulisic should have been included first despite not being at the top, but instead he was 100% disappointing.’
Paulo Fonseca’s report cards
TMW: 5.5
La Gazzetta dello Sport: 5
Il Corriere dello Sport: 5.5
Tuttosport: 5
Il Corriere della Sera: 5.5
La Repubblica: 5.5