Milan and Italy legend Roberto Donadoni feels Tuesday’s Champions League sport towards Feyenoord is ‘extraordinarily delicate’ and a ‘crossroads’ for the Rossoneri’s season.
Milan will host Feyenoord within the second leg of the Champions League knockout playoff after dropping 1-0 within the Netherlands final week.
The Serie A giants had been anticipated to get a outcome away final week, as highlighted by . Nonetheless, a slender defeat on the De Kuip means Sergio Conceiçao’s males should beat Feyenoord on Tuesday to qualify for the Spherical of 16.
Milan host Feyenoord on the again of a .
“They gained at residence with a slender outcome towards a workforce preventing relegation, with a big technical hole between them. That being mentioned, after the defeat in Rotterdam, securing three factors was essential to ship a message,” Donadoni informed Gazzetta
Former Italy star and coach warns Milan: ‘Crossroads for the season’
“Tuesday’s match is extraordinarily delicate, a crossroads for the season. I hope Milan can overcome this hurdle.”
Is Donadoni assured about Milan’s possibilities to qualify?
“I’m, however provided that there’s a change of tempo; in any other case, in a number of days, we’ll discover ourselves having the identical discussions as at the beginning of the season,” the ex-winger replied.
January has had a substantial impression at San Siro, scoring two objectives in two Serie A appearances.
“He’s a striker who has given me good impressions as a result of he’s technically expert and has a pure intuition for aim,” mentioned Donadoni.
“He was an necessary addition, a No.9 who has made a promising begin. His two Serie A objectives are an ideal introduction.”
Gimenez didn’t rating in his current assembly along with his former workforce, Feyenoord, however the Rossoneri will want his objectives on Tuesday to progress to the following part.
Joao Felix has additionally impressed at San Siro since becoming a member of the workforce on mortgage from Chelsea within the winter switch window.
“I like gamers like him as a result of he has high quality, he’s fast, sharp-minded, and good at creating numerical superiority,” mentioned Donadoni.
“The secret is to search out the proper context to combine him, however his early performances have been encouraging.”
Milan are at the moment outdoors the highest 4 in Serie A as they sit eighth within the standings with 41 factors in 24 rounds. They’re 5 factors under a Champions League spot with a sport in hand to be performed towards direct rivals Bologna subsequent week.
Milan’s subsequent league sport is away at Torino on February 22, however their focus is all on the upcoming Champions League sport towards Feyenoord at San Siro.