AC Milan exited the Champions League in mid-February after dropping to Feyenoord on combination, and quite a lot of fingers are pointed at Theo Hernandez.
La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen beneath) speak about a ‘gallery or errors’ and ‘seven minutes with out logic’ for Theo, which is the image of a reckless season. He bought his first yellow card on 44 minutes and the second on 51, placing his crew in a troublesome state of affairs they have been unable to prevail from.
Hernandez’s first yellow card meant would have missed the primary leg of the potential spherical of 16 tie anyway. When the referee confirmed him the purple card, he regarded stunned and threw up his arms. Solely after a number of seconds was he satisfied to depart the pitch.
Nobody approached him for a gesture of consolation. Theo went down the steps of the San Siro pitch and stayed within the dressing room, the reflection of a listless, absent-minded participant who’s missing in confidence and never channelling power in the best means.
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The record of errors
Past yesterday’s {photograph}, the gallery of horrors this season is lengthy, beginning with the errors within the first away match towards Parma, after having remained on the bench within the first sport of the marketing campaign.
Then there was the rebel in , one other sport he began on the bench after being so unhealthy in Parma. His first purple card of the season got here after the full-time whistle towards Fiorentina, when his protests as captain value him two rounds of suspension.
He was at fault within the away match towards Cagliari and Paulo Fonseca additionally excluded him towards Genoa and Verona on the finish of 2024. Solely a clarifying dialog offers him again a beginning place within the final match of the 12 months towards Roma, the one which led to the sacking of the coach.
Sergio Conceiçao took away the captain’s armband however not his beginning spot. Hernandez stays the primary alternative left-back with out elevating his efficiency ranges, and final evening was the newest adverse episode.
What the long run holds
The newest blunders have value Milan their place within the Champions League. The membership are contemplating a wonderful, a potential – if not possible – choice to punish the truth that he was despatched off in the end for a dive contained in the Feyenoord field.
The query now’s whether or not Theo will begin on Saturday towards Torino, however the difficulty is the shortage of options. Davide Bartesaghi is younger and inexperienced, whereas Alex Jimenez is a right-footer who can play on the left.
Surprisingly, nonetheless, : “I’ve recognized Theo for a very long time and I do know he can do rather more, and so does his coach. The face of this elimination is that of Conceiçao, mine, not that of Theo. He has given a lot to Milan.”
Right here the coach speaks in regards to the previous although, not the current and positively not sooner or later. It’s unlikely that he’ll stay subsequent season: Theo has a contract expiring in 2026 and negotiations for a renewal are underway however have by no means turn out to be that superior.
Additionally it is troublesome to draw golf equipment prepared to pay a excessive worth, as proven within the winter window when the one concrete supply got here from Como. Over €7m internet per season was supplied to the participant, about €50m to Milan, and the no was from Theo, not the membership.
Now the Rossoneri administrators are simply ready for brand spanking new gives, as a result of story between Hernandez and Milan could have successfully ended right here, on a chilly night in February.
