Before yesterday’s challenge the fate of Paulo Fonseca it seemed sealed, the winning goal was signed Cage with which Milan won the derby against Inter changed the cards on the table. But even without the winning goal, the Rossoneri club, thanks to the Portuguese’s intuitions, showed that they are not the team that ended up at the mercy of Liverpool in the Champions League. The Sports Gazette the Milan coach deserves a 7.5 in the report card: “On the brink, he goes all out by inventing a hyper-offensive and risky 4-2-4 that puts Inter under pressure. Good and courageous”.
Same vote also from Sports Courier: “At the worst moment, he gets all the moves right. Milan deservedly wins. And he erases many doubts. We must start again from here”. Half a point less instead from Allsports: “Like an expert poker player, finding himself on the edge of a precipice, he decides to go all-in, bringing out all the heavy artillery. However, his courage pays off and in the derby a Milan emerges (finally) that can be credible even when compared to the other big teams”.
I also give it a 7 Evening Courier: “The do-or-die game (for his bench) is played in a more offensive way, but with judgment: it slows down Inter’s construction and takes away certainties in the heart of the game. It could be the start of something different, there is certainly no lack of time”.
For the specialized portal Milannews.it the Portuguese coach deserves an 8 in the report card: “Having hit rock bottom against Liverpool, all that was left was to invent something to change Milan’s course and save his adventure in red and black. A masterfully prepared match. The choice of the two strikers was intelligent, Milan up until the Nerazzurri’s equaliser also gave excellent impressions and showed courage even in the second half, as the minutes passed, believing in it and managing to score a historic victory, when almost no one believed in it the day before. He gave the Rossoneri a derby after the humiliating streak of 6 games without defeat. And that’s enough to deserve the trust”.
7.5 instead the grade in the report cards TMW: “He gambles his way to the bench by launching a team that is somewhere between courage and desperation. His intuition, however, is good: in the first twenty minutes his Milan surprises the opponent. In the second half, he even dominates them. Perhaps he is not, as he has been made out to be, the last of the fools”.
Paulo Fonseca’s report cards
TMW – 7.5
Sports Gazette – 7.5
Sports Courier – 7.5
Allsport – 7
The Corriere della Sera – 7
Milannews.it – 8