AC Milan have been crushed 1-0 by Feyenoord away from house within the first leg of their Champions League play-off tie, complicating the trail to the final 16.
As Corriere dello Sport (through ) report this morning, Sergio Conceiçao stated that he had ready the crew for the match at De Kuip ‘as if it have been a remaining’, however apparently the Portuguese was unable to instil his want and dedication within the gamers.
It was those that have been most anticipated that allow the crew down, such because the ‘Improbable 4’ who have been to the sport. Amongst these after all is Rafael Leao, who between one ankle drawback and one other actually didn’t supply the efficiency worthy of his degree.
Certainly, the No.10 for the Rossoneri didn’t appear very switched on, as additionally confirmed by the reasonably banal error when one-on-one with the opposing goalkeeper through the first half. He may have achieved something with that probability: a chip, a dribble, and even handed it to Gimenez fully undisturbed.
As a substitute of doing something conclusive, he stumbled reasonably clumsily on the ball and was thwarted by a well-timed problem, then colliding with the goalkeeper. In some ways it was symbolic of Milan’s night, by no means managing to point out the mandatory ruthlessness.
Leao and his team-mates will nonetheless imagine that they will qualify given there are 90 minutes nonetheless to play, however they’ve the duty to take action. They should present the identical aggression that the Feyenoord aspect did, , this time profiting from an expectant San Siro crowd.