Milan coach Paulo Fonseca towards Fiorentina (Picture by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Photographs)
Paulo Fonseca referred to as the penalty selections a ‘circus,’ however admits Milan ‘weren’t aggressive’ sufficient of their 2-1 defeat to Fiorentina. ‘It’s not a tactical challenge.’
The Rossoneri had received three Serie A video games on the bounce, regardless of shedding each Champions League matches, however capitulated 2-1 on the Stadio Artemio Franchi.
It was a wild night in Florence, as Mike Maignan saved the early Moise Kean penalty and was overwhelmed by Milan-owned midfielder Yacine Adli.
David De Gea managed to parry spot-kicks from each Theo Hernandez and Tammy Abraham, however after Christian Pulisic’s acrobatic equaliser, Albert Gudmundsson grabbed the winner from an extended objective kick.
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“I who love soccer don’t need to contribute to this circus. Every thing is a penalty now, in our favour or towards, this isn’t soccer while you give a penalty for the slightest contact. I don’t need to get into it,” Fonseca instructed DAZN.
Did the dearth of squad rotation take quite a bit out of the Milan gamers in what’s successfully a 4-2-4 system?
“I believe we’d achieved effectively with this construction till now, it’s not that Fiorentina created that many alternatives. What we lacked was being aggressive. Within the first half, it was too simple to permit the objective on a throw-in and the second objective too with the lengthy ball. I instructed my gamers, it’s not a tactical challenge, it’s not being aggressive in defending and attacking.
“While you fail to transform two penalties, it’s robust to win a recreation, regardless of what number of probabilities you create. I felt just like the crosses into the field didn’t have sufficient high quality both.”
The Gudmundsson objective got here from an extended De Gea kick that Kean knocked down, as Fikayo Tomori missed it solely.
“It’s actually tough to clarify how they scored these targets. It was a scarcity of willpower, as we weren’t as aggressive closing down these areas as in latest video games, in order that allowed Fiorentina to play it lengthy and win the second ball,” confessed Fonseca.
There have been extra issues after the ultimate whistle, as Theo Hernandez was despatched off for insulting the referee, so he must sit out a ban.
A few of Fonseca’s selections additionally triggered controversy, comparable to taking a visibly irritated Pulisic and Rafael Leao off within the second half.
“Leao was my selection, as I wished extra depth with Okafor at that second. Pulisic had a flexor challenge through the week and I used to be frightened it might be aggravated. I assumed Chukwueze got here on effectively and created probabilities.
“I don’t know what occurred with Theo.”
