Paulo Fonseca’s outburst after Milan-Stella Rossa radically changed the evening of the press following Milan and, in general, of all the fans and enthusiasts of the Milan faith. The main question is: did he do well or did he do badly?
It’s not easy to answer, because there are so many things, so many parameters, so many opinions to put into it. So let’s try to analyze everything one thing at a time and see what comes out.
The main point is that Fonseca clearly, clearly and decisively blamed some players. He didn’t rightly mention the names, even if you can quite easily put your hand in the fire on two or three profiles. My personal feeling – and also that of some colleagues present at San Siro – is that this was not the manager’s first outburst towards and against the team; we remember, for example, the hour and a half pre-derby meetings in the locker room or other very long meetings to talk about the environmental situation rather than things on the pitch. I think, therefore, that Fonseca has attempted several times in recent months to make this type of speech to the team within the four walls of the locker room, but, not seeing the appropriate responses, he deemed it appropriate to wave everything from the rooftops through the press, in order to putting the culprits in front of the public, even with the ‘threat’ of letting the kids play in their place.
Fonseca certainly wins in sincerity, perhaps even in courage. Surely a large part of the fans, tired of seeing certain attitudes from some players, are with him.
But we also ask ourselves: did the Rossoneri coach do the best thing for the team? For the foreseeable future?
Here too the answer is not simple. After such declarations, the situation could even definitively explode with an even more harmful internal war. The management, this time, will absolutely have to be present to resolve the issue. Also because, otherwise, it is necessary that some drastic decision, in one sense or another, be taken.