AC Milan off to a disastrous start under new coach Paulo Fonseca!

[@darkbismarckay8991]

It's sad that Pavlovic brilliance performance got out shadowed by the team's disastrous display

[@ubongekperikpe6647]

I agree! Pavlovic was really good.

[@abraham6407]

The amount of times I heard pavlovic won possession was amazing

[@Defensive_Dynamo]

Let's slow down with calling it brilliant. The 2nd goal was partially his fault. He wasn't aware of the player making the run behind his back shoulder. That's why players are taught to always scan the field.

[@djkidja]

I still think it was a mistake to get rid of Kalulu.. injuries hampered him last season but he’s experienced and could have gotten back on track

[@JituGamerPro]

Kalulu >>> Calabria >>> Emerson 😢

[@ajdas003]

It should have been Calabria that we loaned out or maybe shouldn't have signed Emerson(even though I'm saying this after only 1 match performance)

[@JituGamerPro]

@@ajdas003 you are right that we can't say anything only a match performances but I saw Emerson's play in tottenham, that's why I said it...Ok let's see from the next game... ❤️

[@filmedeleagrave]

@@JituGamerPro calabria should go for free he does nothing

[@tanf5]

Watching Milan today was so stressful. Only Tomori & Pavlovic were defending. So much of slow passing. So much slow transitions, So much slow build up, so much of bad decision making. I feel this is a team has individual talent that somehow doesnt glue the team together. For example RLC was like a ghost! He made wrong passes bad touches and made terrible choices of finding channels to pass the ball. Then comes Calabria! My goodness, its so hard to believe that he is a Milan academy player! That right back role of Calabria in the first half was just horrendous!! This Milan’s defence is so less synced!

[@anthonylafleur6549]

I absolutely agree with you Kush, the entire fanbase cannot hit the panic button after two games because that’s not enough of a sample size. Fonseca needs to be given time, which is why I need to see the team play the first 10 games of the season to get an honest assessment of the team and of Fonseca. I say for sure Pavlovic is the guy you have to partner with Tomori.

[@sixtoreyes93]

From my point of view both goals were Theos fault 100%. He missed the mark in the first and second goal. In the second goal he just stopped running in a lazy way and left the attacking player without making any effort to reach him. Check in both goals, Theos lackadaisical trajectory. He missed the player's mark twice like he didn't care, like it wasn't his responsibility to defend them.

[@ciaoatutti307]

In the second one he could have try to catch up the player but in the first one before arriving to Theo watch calabria, calabria did kinda predicted the pass but done nothing for intervene and still getting outpaced by a serie B player even if he predicted the pass, so why calabria is on the field and what is his contribute to the team if even when he know what to do he still not able to do it? Calabria should be sended in Milan futuro with the teenagers

[@Andergran]

@@ciaoatutti307you guys maintain such a laser focus on Calabria’s mistakes that you forget that football is a team game. If Calabria effs up, someone should step up to make amends. Hoping Theo should’ve caught up with the Parma attacker to prevent the second goal is a stretch in comparison with the first goal, when you consider that Theo was literally at pace (way closer) to Man to intercept the cross (for the first goal). Yes Calabria messed up, but Theo messed up way more for both goals.

[@Neoyorchese]

Also Leão messing around with his bad passess and shots ia unforgivable

[@Khatimil]

No one seeing how bad Leao and Theo are defending? absolutely disastrous work. Leao after losing the ball doesn't even try to track back, Theo absolutely horrendous. It's not even a coach problem. In modern football you can't have that kind of winger that does 0 work in defense. it's impossible to be successful like this. if I was the coach, I would bench Leao for next games until he doesn't change his shitty attitude, and warn Theo that yeah, he is important, but not irreplaceable. Pavlovic came to the team yesterday and you could see he is already the best there.

[@ludaglava_girouda]

But when we had defensive Winger he was called shit by fans and for him to be sold make your mind do you Want offensive or defensive wingerd😂😂😂

[@Neoyorchese]

They need bench time

[@DeepDiverRock]

For the first 30 minutes, rlc was literally blocking all of puli’s angles so I agree he was absent at the beginning but I think it was because rlc clogging his space for so much of the time.

[@lisenpasha8312]

What you said about Loftus Cheek and bringing the old Pioli system of playing was absolutely correct, very good job 👏

[@ubirov2928]

Kush it's about time you get a green box for your analytical prowess 😊

[@ChecKthe1sy]

Spot on. One thing u did not mention was the pressing of Milan/Leao and the midfield. Barca showed us how to press. We need 5 people up front pressing. Leao was not even helping he was just standing around and our midfield was not helping they had so many gaps. It all comes down to 5 of our player have to be pressing hard up front. If a single player is not pressing they will find the gap easy and it will be an easy attack for them every time like it has been. Leao must change or he will be a real problem for the team

[@ivanernestomujicarios8647]

3:05 I'm more worried about the team's motivation.. this was a nightmare all around.

[@melsihoxhallari7368]

Good job brother your content is amazing. Have been watching your videos since you started. Im from Albania and we are huge fan of Ac Milanl. Your content has reached the Ac Milan community as well. I hope in the future we can have the chance to share ideas about Ac Milan. Keep the good work brother. Looking forward for your next content. Forza Milan.

[@howdygamer9098]

I think the problem isn't Calabria being bad , but instead the fact that when the team attacks down the right side , both the fullbacks are pushed up, which makes us susceptible to counters

[@jamesarndt6059]

Calabria just had players running past him.

[@htxhallitronix1569]

​@@jamesarndt6059😂😅

[@smaleclineage2496]

Plus look where Tomori was and he left calabria with 2 players to cover. I dunno why every CD get shit but Tomori somehow dosnt even when he play like shit. I owuld rather see Gabbia+Pavlovic and drop the high line how many exposed backline goal we need to conced before they see you cant play like that without DM and ppl who want to run back. I honestly would try calabria as DM.

[@EROelnino7]

yes but they shouldn’t be pushing calabria up imo: Theo doesn’t know what planet he’s on when it comes to defending but he offers pace and technical offense. i wouldn’t have someone push on a flank if they have nothing to offer offensively. to me this is kind of the issue with calabria.

[@jamesarndt6059]

​​@@EROelnino7Agree in part. But how many times was Calabria 10 yards in the defensive half when a player who was 5 yards behind him just sprints past him. Pulisic beat him back to cover a free player on the right side probably preventing a goal. It was rare to see either Theo or Calabria in a full sprint to recover.

[@awabqaz8136]

I'm not very optimistic about Fonseca. Let's hope you're right. On the bright side, Pavlovic displayed his pure class from the first match.

[@rolandovivar6864]

Somewhat agree with you as far as the coach. In my opinion, he is still unproven with a top team. Pioli at least achieved 2nd place & a league trophy. Fonseca was brought in to improve on 2nd place & hopefully a strong effort in C.L. I thought the defense would be improved for this year to gel with the offense. Calabria is too slow & Theo seems want to place offense more so than defense.

[@garymathe9863]

I'm glad you're so optimistic, Kush. I'm much more worried. Parma should have won by 3-4 goals today. I've seen much better defending at high school level, and the attack was also pretty terrible. Never understood what the management saw in Fonseca and still don't. This looks a lot like Giampaolo so far, even though Fonseca has a better squad. Pavlovic and Fofana look promising, at least. Not sure why we sent Kalulu away though. TLDR: Congrats to Inter on their 21st Scudetto😢

[@stylianosornerakis5262]

I agree with you …and always watching your brilliant videos …if I have to blame someone is the Managment …especially after Maldini’s exit …Maldini didn’t have the support neither the funds to continue his fantastic job …now we see a NO PLAN situation…very slow negotiations and as a result the gathering of the team comes one week before the league starts …I think the team is unprepared and it’s very dangerous if we have two more bad results,it will be impossible to follow and overcome Inter and Juve …that’s the main problem in my opinion…and of course Milan needs a top level manager …too many years that the club becomes smaller and smaller…the decision to sign Fonseca was Ibra’s… we could have sign Conte or even better De Zerbi …we have to wait and see …

[@Andergran]

Gosh here we go again with the Maldini exit narrative. 🙄

[@paulkeller9552]

Nice review, but I don’t think Pulisic should’ve been on the thumbnail with ‘Disastrous’. Somebody in the defense would’ve been much more appropriate on that picture.

[@matangolan1080]

The team played horribly today, they killed us on the counter attacks. We conceded early and they were playing very defensively and counterattacking with pretty good players. Hope we will do better soon. Emerson royal and football are very much far from each other. Pavlovic was great and TG was good. Our captain needs to go too tbh

[@al-hafizredzuan5783]

Why Calabria ??? I dont understand ✌

[@Schrisdontmiss]

@@al-hafizredzuan5783he’s buns bruv

[@pargatnagrasingh1378]

Problem is that formation we play 4-2-3-1 needs proper playmaker who can create , shoot and lay off through balls for attackers , Loftus cheek with all respect is not that player on that position of cam Plus we need someone like Hummels leader in defence who can kill with his long range passing

[@JerryFabio]

Sell Loftus cheek pls is too slow

[@JerryFabio]

Sell Loftus cheek pls is too slow

[@victorngwira3747]

That's where samardzic would have been perfect but the management were doddling and la dea snapped him up

[@htxhallitronix1569]

442 or 433

[@bryseisme2]

Rb is really looking like a disaster in the making.

[@VincenzoHauf-nq2ol]

Love the expertise and the qualities of your videos. Keep the great work up!!😀

[@jamesarndt6059]

On point for your analysis. I'm giving Theo a break on defense for the goals as he was pushed up so far most of the game there was no way he was getting back on the counterattacks. Calabria just let players run past him. He got lucky one time when Pulisic sprinted back to cover a player Calabria lost and made the shot more difficult. Leão, what was he thinking on the switch? Your outside back is pushed up the field and you try a switch of play. The whole right side was left open because he missed the pass. Too risky a pass. In terms of Leão, I would rather see Theo play as an inverted fullback so Leão can play wide. Let Theo make attacking runs off of Leão.

[@gypskicks6881]

Really enjoy your content, keep it up!

[@mattorlando415]

We have a few problem players that are getting in the way of Milan's growth. Two of em are RLC and Leao. RLC doesn't really start in my mind in any position and Leao is strangleholding us into certain formations. We really don't seem to have the team to play with two midfielders and 3 wide attackers. With the majority of players we have, we need to be more compact and have more options in formations, such as Xmas tree or 4312. Since leao can only play wing and Okafor is more of a 2nd striker, we can't really find spots for our best talents just so we can find spots for leao and RLC. I'd like to see a 4321 with Reijnders and Puli behind Morata. Then you have a much more solid group to help the defense. Bench leao and say, hey, convince us to play a 4312 with you as a 2nd striker cuz we aren't deopping the 3 man midfield and we aren't using a 433.

[@MdAbidHossainzim]

Completely agree with you on Pavlovic. Milan's defensive problem is not coming from defense. It comes from midfielders who are not working as a unit, especially during critical situations. Previously, Tonali, Kessie, Bennacear, Brahim, Alexis, and Hakan all understood that defense is more important and would rush to help without any delays. Now I see RLC, Musah, Reijnders etc, they start to run but then suddenly stop or slow down at critical moments which is very confusing for other defenders/ midfielders. Even with Fofana, Milan will suffer unless these players improve defensively in big matches. These players need to understand the art of defending as a unit. The defenders' mistakes are also a result of the poor backup they are receiving. They are committing to some high-risk, high-press, and high-line defending.

[@vittoriofioravanti2493]

Excellent vid accompanied by decent takes. Keep up the good work, and congrats on your new setup. It is impossible for a coach to implement his ideas with starting personnel who aren’t ready or willing on a technical, tactical and conditioning plan. Going back to my last comment about the spine of a team, every coach and sporting director will tell you that a solid no. 4, 6 and 9 are more than enough to win championships. I see a solid no. 4 in Pavlovic who will only get better, the no. 6 doesn’t exist at the moment, and the starting no. 9 who is fatigued. I would bet any vital part of my body that if Morata was available for at least 60 minutes of playtime, the outcome of this game would’ve been a lot different (see Torino game) One can certainly blame Calabria who isn’t physically or technically predisposed to be an above average RB, or Theo who was on a different planet altogether - but basic coaching principles dictate that the fish stinks from the head. In other words, WHERE WAS THE F***ING PRESS?!?!?! I mean, Fonseca’s entire tactical setup is predicated on stopping buildup and/or winning possession high up the pitch. So, if you wanna blame someone for the 1st goal, blame Leao for being 10 yards away from the player who made the initial progressive pass. Leao’s total lack of intelligence doesn’t cease to amaze on the second goal either. He made an unforced turnover in possession at the worst possible spot on the pitch resulting in a goal from transition on the far flank. So yes, you can blame anyone you like in the back four, but this is how the road was paved to conceding goals. Next is Lazio away and then the international break. Patience is needed but so are quick and effective solutions. The only solution I see is a 3-man D with 2 wingbacks, DM, box-to-box pivot and forwards up high. This team isn’t compact and stable enough otherwise. Forza Milan sempre

[@dollardenis2089]

we need a tall striker asp, someone like Tammy or Calvert-Lewin

[@patrickmattes4935]

Dear KUSH, il mio amico de Rossoneri! You ARE my guy/absolutely love your channel!!! I have been following Serie A and AC MILAN since 2006/2007. I am confused/ concerned by our squad and tactics. 1st) why on Earth were we so aloof the 1st half? These are just questions for all Milianisti. Pavlovic was/is a SOLID defensive addition. 2nd) CBS commentators were dogging Strahinja and then gave him ridiiculous praise; what match were they watching? I'm just an American new Calcio/football fan, so what do I know...go check the tape?! He saved our back line with a WORLD class goal saving tackle. 3rd/Finally) Why is Fonseca being so timid in our attack; relying on a slow build-up and so many passes in the box or heading/crosses? (FORZA MILAN from CHICAGO)

[@Zephyr653]

Let’s determine the best starting XI quickly. I’d like to see Rafa, CP and Sam with Morata up top. Theo, Pav, Tomori and Emerson holding the back line with Fofana and Reijnders in front. Need to figure out quickly.

[@syanditbiswas4874]

lol.....u r Fonseca??!!! we can't play 4 upto with the personnel we have. Tiji amd Foffana not capable to play double pivot. Royale was a royale shite on the RB ..... isn't an upgrade on Cala..... Rafa and Theo look under motivated ....this team will find it difficult to finish top 4 this season

[@kudakwashe3660]

royal is shit

[@nozone4109]

Rlc???? He was your best player last season

[@kaneblood3531]

Emerson holding the back line??? 😂😂😂😂

[@Christian-rz9it]

People are panicking, we have PTSD we have been down bad for so long so it’s understandable but like you are saying Kush it is way to early to tell. Our squad is not even fully come together yet. We will look very good, sooner rather than mid season hopefully. The starting IX created a difficult game for subs. However, we still have not started our strongest XI. One big issue I am seeing is that we have no modric, Pirlo, Busquetes, Gerrard. Our midfield is the most important part of football. They set the tempo for the game plan and set the tempo for the team. If we cannot get our midfield together then we will be in trouble all season. Thankfully we have some good midfielders but Loftus Cheek like you are saying is not a #10. Im sorry but he has to be subbed. Our problem is our defense in the 2nd third, our transitionary defense is atrocious and that is because when we attack in the last third we rush our play. Our attack is always being pushed through the wing because Rafa is our main offensive player. Rafa is a one on one player and as such the build up is rarely ever there. When we attack quickly and make a mess of it, we give our midfield who is not that good already no time to actually reset. Then we don’t get back on defense and we leave our defenders with a mismatch. Positional play needs to improve, we need to stop ball watching, we need to improve our communication and we need to improve our aggression in the second third

[@philippeselvon892]

They should get chiesa and play pulisic at the number 10 position

[@Sandro_9]

unnecessary risk

[@MrDflego]

I'd rather have Adli instead of Loftas Cheek in that 10 position.

[@timothykayode8946]

Honestly you're right. Loftus does not contribute anything in defense and attack. The cover up last season was because of leao and pulisic creativity and goal scoring. Maybe Fonseca was not 💯 at fault, but removing pulisic in that game was totally wrong

[@tcjusttc5418]

True, at least Adli fights for the team

[@mapmyops]

completely agree with your assessment

[@Bryan-92]

On the positive side Pavlovic looks promising. I’m try to stay positive in the mean time, but I feel like half the teams motivation is down. Like no one cares.

[@misschmassh]

Been waiting to hear this

[@Kyle-ox9wp]

Pavlovic looked really good IMO. Not perfect by any means, but I think he's the one to partner up with Tomori going forward. Fofana and Reijnders need to start. Build up the chemistry with these pairings. Really pathetic how they are getting clowned on the counter attacks, time to tweak the tactics!

[@marcotiero]

I agree with all of your points today, this start has been more of a disaster than I could have expected, but it's still only the second game & Fonseca needs time for the team to absorb his ideas and fit the new players to gel. To be honest, I think that at the end of the day, it's more a mentality problem, it's the attitude. Post match Fonseca said that the team did everything right in training yet failed to turn up on the day. I think this hits the nail on the head. The players think that they can just turn up and get the 3 points, instead as we saw last year, we get battered by the small teams. The players (especially Theo and Rafa who have the quality) need to be more humble, to roll up their sleeves and graft (which Morata said last week so he knows this is an issue). It's only when the players have the mindset that they need to dig in can we start to win games. I also think that formation wise, the 4-3-3 would be better just now, that extra body in the middle would help the defence, and if Reijnders is closer to Theo and Rafa, he can help them more, with Fofana and Musah or RLC completing the trio in the middle (though at the moment I think Musah would over more stability).

[@OCTAVIOthedweeb]

great vid! forza milan

[@Andergran]

Yeah, you are right, it’s too soon to judge the coach

[@misschmassh]

Leao will have a season like rashford this year

[@maudalmusicalmachines3541]

Pavlovic. Ok. Even so. Worst professional defense I've ever seen. Period. Pulisic could score 30 goals this season and Milan will *still* end up mid-table under this coach. I *told* the Pioli Out people... be careful what you wish for! Fonseca out 😒

[@syanditbiswas4874]

Emerson Royale was as expected...so is Fonseca Pavlovich and maybe Foffana are the only two decent signings we have had

[@ParentingTweens]

Pavlovic was the MOTM by far!! It will take time for the team to work this new system well (and understand each other). I am still astonished (as a person who saw Tomori at Chelsea) that Tomori continues to be a streaky player. Some great games and some ehh games.

[@martinrenzhofer8241]

Pulisic helped create the goal. Look at the replay and check out how he reads the play and rushes toward goal. He created the right time.

[@bencehalasz17]

If I was AC Milan I would hire you as an analyst for the team

[@abram2535]

Pavlovic was going to high sometimes and it leave lots of gap, also Musah never came down to get the three defenders with the centre back when team was getting countered. Beanccer did amazing job during the summer.

[@matthewferguson5464]

From what I saw from Pavlovic... Pros: Good through the air, good with the ball at his feet Cons: Lacks some pace I don't think we can play a high back line with Pavlovic, he doesn't have the pace to get back on the counter like Tomori does.

[@ParentingTweens]

My honest question to anyone here is - why don't we see the captain (even the co-captains), that see that the team isn't playing well, bring the players together and give them guidance or even just a pep talk? Isn't that the kind of leadership this team needs? I completely agree with you about RLC. He played like this at Chelsea as well... he hasn't improved or changed from this slow-moving, single-minded creator. I actually really like him, but he cannot be considered our "playmaker".

[@tonyr.5535]

Maybe too early to say but this team was put together for a counter attacking 4-3-3. We don’t have a natural 10, but a bunch of of 8s.

[@mattsmith1126]

Pulisic is a natural 10 but he played on the right. Ruben is good but not a natural 10

[@joeredsports]

Pavlovic should absolutley continue to start beside Fikayo. His postitioning was the only weak spot today, but that can be learnt with more minutes and training. You can't teach the furiosity and fearlessness and speed that he plays with.

[@arkansasceltic]

Man the back line is just horrific it’s the same as last year! It’s going to be hard to compete on 3 fronts & win a trophy with how bad the defense is smh I’m hoping it gets better tho🙏🏽

[@maotoledos]

Btw I love the setup

[@denxs.6]

Shout out to parma nr10 amazing player, very talented playmaker

[@matthewferguson5464]

Rafa was lively, he absolutely doesn't deserve a red box. He created that goal. Let's stop pretending he's supposed to win every game on his own.

[@mattsmith1126]

To be fair he was the third best player on the team last year. He has capable partners.

[@rawmic7]

Keep going Rossoneri ❤️🖤

[@abdel4953]

9:24 you gonna regret not selling that *****

[@josephtomaselli9181]

It’s only been two matches but something has been seriously off with this squad tactically. The entire back line was usually too far forward and defenders would have to scramble desperately to reach whoever got away from them and Maignan was left at times to fend for himself. Maignan and Tomori did well and Milan should have given up even more goals. I was glad Parma won . They were far better overall.

[@kaneblood3531]

It hurts to be AC Milan fan today... I cant watch a single game without having a heart attack.

[@almogivanov440]

Pavlovic was insane yesterday & made great and important tackles. Don't want to talk about everything else

[@peterasfaha2772]

No excuses or explanations needed. The tactical display is non-existent; it’s basically handball. Parma played intelligently, with all 11 players around the 30-meter mark, maintaining their positions and using quick counterattacks. When facing a team that plays Catenaccio, you need to be strategic-fake runs, quick one-touch passes with a pivot. Holding onto the ball too long kills the momentum and eliminates the surprise factor that can catch the opponents off guard. Milan players are just waiting for the ball and holding it until they feel pressure, then passing it back. Yes, mastering a football tactical display takes time, but you should still see some foundational elements when it’s being implemented. What frustrates me is that teams managed by De Zerbi and even Thiago Motta are clearly demonstrating their signature tactical approaches, while we are not.

[@anthonylafleur6549]

In my opinion, if Fonseca sticks with the 4-2-3-1, then Pulisic should play as the 10 with Chukuweze on the right. However, in the back of my mind I’m thinking the 4-3-3 might be the best formation for the players that we have, because we may need three midfielders to help protect this backline but I’m not at Milanello.

[@cobra8888]

I don't mind losing this early. I am disappointed yes, but rather have these mess ups in the beginning than sometimes during a crucial time later on . Comparing to some years during Pioli (last year included) in which Milan starts great only to suffer afterwards, I would rather have it in reverse. Suffer first, win later.

[@christianlarsen8665]

Parma looked really good. Two of the new players not named Emerson Royal looked great. Otherwise, it looks like they have never played together at times.

[@josephtomaselli9181]

To be fair to Calabria, it wasn’t just him being out of position and chasing backwards, it was the entire defense. The squad wasn’t in good position tactically and couldn’t defend as a team. Calabria wasn’t great, but a little better than prior week. He might be better suited as a DM if he’s such a liability at RB. I think Fonseca’s system right now isn’t working and is more to blame than the performance of individual defenders. Calabria got caught on that first goal but who backed him up and was there behind him to disrupt the cross?

[@ari197]

have to keep in mind also that the 2 teams that we up againts had more preparation time .. their player were already up to par ..

[@arrijalrifai2197]

I believe Fonseca has learn that he need to have some good defense structure back in his Lille days. I think he is too confidence about this Milan squad based from pre season performance, playing too aggressive style in Serie A match. But he forgot that your team with the same squad last season conceded almost 70 goals across all competition, and not even the best attacking side team. So the balance play should be played. Not too agressive style like he displayed in these 2 match. On attacking side, this team still looks confused about how to play the coach wants to do. On defensive side, the defensive organization looks worse than last season. More space for opponents, more exposed, and then, all teams has know how to get easy goal from us: Just put more player on calabria side and waiting for counter attack. :D Hopefully he put more balance and reinforce on how we play defensively.

[@94jmbottaro]

Saelemakers was essential in winning the scudetto. He brought defensive balance to the right flank, making Calabria breath more. With the ball Calabria isnt bad at all, but defensive wise he needs someone like saelemakers as a winger

[@thejcpworld]

Pulisic already does that

[@loganhill6601]

At this point Saelemakers might be the best person to play at RB at the moment

[@ludaglava_girouda]

​@thejcpworld yea but much worse

[@hevanli13]

Tijjani and Theo are my favorites but the last 2 games from Theo were horrible. Against Parma, I thought he was more at fault than on the second one. But looking at the last 3 goals Theo is just not tracking back. I love Theo but he needs to find that aggression again.

[@thehombreman]

Pav and Tomori are a great duo, we need our RB to get locked down. Theo needs to find that rhythm with Leao so I am not too worried there.

[@svgftw351]

I was saying in the mercato we should’ve tried to move rlc get a true 10 or a true 6 to me he’s a box to box midfielder which we kind of have a surplus in and doesn’t work well enough in offense or defense for us

[@Zappy-c3m]

No Milanista is happy with this start But it’s very early to predict. possibly this could be good as in he sees the horrific build up/defending now versus later in the season All in all Parma played and Milan was trying to keep up

[@karew4eva]

The coaching search was very short sighted. But since you think it's too early despite the same dumb problems and decisions leaving the team looking same, I will be back after about ten games and how we fair around teams like Parma.

[@Funboihahaha]

Simply, we cannot be playing with two center backs while both wingbacks bomb upfield. If we continue to play this way we must have a player drop back and turn the back two into a back three when in possession

[@amine475]

I actually don't understand the fans that are saying let's sell Bennacer, yesterday's game we literally can see that our midfield without him is nothing, Loftus-cheek was not himself yesterday at all, Reijnders too probably his worst performance with Milan, and Fofana is still new so let's not blame him or anything, i believe that Bennacer is a player who can provide goals specially if he play as CDM, and about the defensive line, seeing last season imma say that Pavlović and Gabbia/Tomori is best option for me with Theo which yesterday he wasn't really good and Emerson Royal because we have to give him time to adapt Also let's not put all the blame on Calabria every single game he isn't that bad like you all describe him, yes he is bad but he still sometimes play good

[@abdullahalakouri5961]

👍👍👍👍

[@sunnyd6291]

Theo was slow in attack and defending......rafa was horrible come on dig in mate have some heart....pre season was great wth happening carry that momentum..great video kush

[@svgftw351]

Watching this team if we want to run that 4-2-3-1 double pivot then we need a true destroyer 6 to play along side an 8 like fofana or reijnders and if you have to substitute him move to a 4-3-3 we can’t double pivot with these profile of midfielders

[@joeyrossi3594]

This year I think we are better off playing 3 at the back and get rid of the RB position move Theo LM and Rafa like LW/LF . The centre backs we have are strong enough for it to work

[@maotoledos]

5:51 the problem here is that Emerson Royal and Theo Hernández have no defense commitments

[@victorngwira3747]

The team still needs reinforcements,especially in the ST role,Morata is injured and we have Jovic and Okafor and are bang average at best? The management should have pressed harder and the RB position is in shambles with Calabria and Emerson

[@michelangelomarco]

I'll give you my take. Both goals are Theo's fault, he never was a good defender, and never will. The only blame Fonseca have is not being able to reinforce Theo and Leao's mentality/characters, because they are supposed to be milan's leader, but they are very far from acting like that. In order to defends properly, Fonseca has 2 solutions: 1) Keep 4-2-3-1, but advancing Tijani in the 3, and having 2 total defensive midfield (e.g Amrabat, Kessie) that can cover rest of the offensive squad lack of defense; 2) moving to a 3-4-3, so that Theo and leao have less difensive responsibility. Milan wont be able to defende as a collective (as asked by Fonseca), because some of the offensive players are not good or dont ever care to defend. If we are to blame someone, that would be the directors, because they failed to understand that.

[@Riderbrudda]

What worries me about this slow start is we go up against inter after lazio and venezia game. I do not wanna see another derby della mole.

[@7403151]

i think on that 2nd goal emerson should have been in a way better position

[@al-hafizredzuan5783]

Milan still conceded even after Calabria subbed..Calabria was not the problem

[@fiyan6368]

😂😂😂 bruhhh Calabria is the problem

[@filipglisevic2179]

Calabria is a problem, but the guy we replaced him with is no better than him.

[@victorngwira3747]

That's because the replacement is FAR WORSE! No wonder Tottenham fans were happy to see him leave

[@Azyzzdan]

i agree on most things you said, BUT: indeed pavlovic wast brilliant, with the first and second goal his positioning was excellent, it was theo's man that scored twice... Eventhough he is to blame or even the midfield for not covering our flank or leao that not fell back.......Secondly for me okafor is not a striker, his positioning was awful and he was constantly hidden. Pulisic for me must always play as a number 10 and let chuku or saele play winger. Yes puli scored the goal but that normally is where you will find a good striker.. if morata would play he would be on that spot to score the goal... and we need to sell calabria quick :D

[@gigatom1108]

even after filling those "holes" the team doesnt look like it has changed much

[@rolandovivar6864]

Defense, this was to be improved for the new season. This is no better than last year. The book was out on Calabria long ago.

[@Andergran]

Theo totally deserved the red box. Guilty of the exact same thing as the last match - letting his man go, especially for the first Parma goal. It’s not like Theo is slow. He could’ve kept up pace with Man and intercepted that cross.

[@LaVerdad2]

Theos Defending and lack of effort was insulting to the club and us fans. Things seem very disjointed and similar to Pioli. One missed pass and the teams are off to the races against us. We have to be more pragmatic. Us fans need to calm down with the crying over every bad day. Stop trying to blow up the system and burn down Red Bird. They deserve the credit for building this club back up but they can improve as well.

[@dapojoseph3133]

We should be worried about Theo it was clear to see he couldn’t be bothered

[@MarCel32mr]

Pavlovic was the only good thing about this game, I m worried about Theo, since Euros he doesn’t seem to have the same motivation like last season when he was doing sprints in 88 min, I hope is just a lack of form and not a lack of motivation because he wanted to go to Bayern… our defence is just horrible, Fonseca tactics doesn’t help either he is asking the fullbacks to stay high on the field and leave the CB completely exposed and of course there is the RB problem… personally I don’t think Emerson is gonna be the solution for that. Fofana seems like a good player, he covers the field much better than Loftus and Musah, we need our midfielders to drop and cover the spaces and Tijjani and Musah don’t do it

[@kevin4648185]

As I said before I'll wait till the fifth game to see where this is going

[@alangrg4491]

1:04 Comparing Fonseca with Pioli shows how naive Fans are. One took over a Banter era team while another took over a team who finished 2nd in Serie A.

[@94jmbottaro]

Pioli gets alot of undeserved shit from Milan fans. He was the coach to secure for as long as possible. He made crappy players play like top serie A. Pioli forever, i hope they sign him back

[@alangrg4491]

@94jmbottaro maybe not sign him back, but at least get an improvement, not someone as average as Fonseca.

[@ludaglava_girouda]

Cardinale lovers bro😂😂😂

[@Neoyorchese]

PABLOVIC! We have hope. Without him the score would have been 8-1

[@gtaliente]

It’s Tijjani’s new stache!!

[@winstonjordan1172]

Loftus-cheek doesn't help the team enough lazy Our Dutchman is our most creative midfielder ATM he should be our #10

[@murmor6890]

It is time to give Pioli credit as a man manager, all the great ideas regarding individual coaching of the players have pretty much fallen trough in 2 games. Especially when it comes to Leao, he cannot be changed at this point imo. Give him a simple LW role and accept it like Pioli did, what Fonseca is doing just brings out the worst in Leao.

[@Khatimil]

Leao has a shitty character, he doesn't want to do the dirty work. you can't be successful in modern football with a winger like this, who doesn't even try to counter press after losing the ball. I would have sold him without even hesitating a second.

[@ludaglava_girouda]

And who would you plqy chuk or okafor😂😂

[@PapiBarrios30]

I still hope they can turn it, and I believe we can as a fan, but realistically this team is poorly built and we can’t win the title or any trophy like this. Main problem for me is the squad being built ideally for a 4-3-3 but the coaches trying to impose their 4-3-2-1 tactics in the past 2 seasons with Pioli and now this season with Fonseca

[@fitcommedia1563]

Comparing Coaches when Serie A was a more difficult league is a cute narrative. People who never played the game were gargling over Fonseca's Masterclass video. We know Fonseca, he was at Roma and always lost when they needed to win the most, at Lille he was a draw king only winning 14 games out of 34 got 4th because Ligue 1 is weaker than what people think. After watching the masterclass I could see the goals we would give up. Saying its early does not mean anything, we are still seeing the same mistakes from last year.

[@tahabadar1359]

Fonseca does not have a plan, we deserve a great manager like ancelotti, we need a plan of action but we are not getting someone like de ligt or calafiori sticking with tomori or thiaw or kalulu will not work