“Six days ago – you will remember, it was Sunday – there was a lot of discussion about Fonseca’s replacement: who will AC Milan take in his place if they lose the derby tonight? Even the leaders of the Rossoneri club were experiencing similar thoughts, although now (as it is normal) guarantee that they have never been touched by doubt”. Thus begins the fund of Stefano Agrestifeatured this morning on La Gazzetta dello Sport.
“Today, six days and two matches later, the sky above Fonseca – he continues – has become bright, shining. And clean: if he raises his eyes, Paulo sees nothing and no one above him, not even an opponent. Only Torino is there, next to him; the other competitors (at least for now) are behind him”.
“It is impossible to say today whether Fonseca, having re-emerged from an almost announced dismissal, will be able to bring Milan back to success. What is certain is that, in six days,
he created a whole new Rossoneri world. The metamorphosis is almost incredible: the least reliable team in the championship, capable of throwing games against weaker opponents and of splitting on the pitch before the eyes of the world (no one has forgotten the rebellious cooling break of Leao and Theo), seems to have become mature, adult, compact. Derby power? Perhaps. But we have the feeling – concludes Agresti – that behind all this there is also the work of two players who weren’t there before and who weigh a lot: Fofana gave tactical balance, Morata mental balance”.