Moncada: ‘Milan merely should end in high 4’ and do higher

Milan director Geoffrey Moncada insists they ‘did badly and should do higher’ towards Torino and Bologna after Champions League elimination. ‘We merely need to get into the highest 4.’

It kicks off on the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino at 17.00 GMT.

The Rossoneri’s marketing campaign suffered a devastating blow midweek with , a sport dominated by the Theo Hernandez purple card.

It had been prompt he could be dropped for this match as punishment, however as Kyle Walker, Emerson Royal and Alessandro Florenzi are all injured, Alex Jimenez is required at right-back.

“After a sport like that, it is extremely tough to get again on monitor, however we returned to the coaching floor, spoke to the gamers and coach as a gaggle and individually. We’re with them and spoke once more within the resort at present,”

“We did badly and should do higher, each at present and on Thursday.”

Milan will face Bologna on the Stadio Dall’Ara on Thursday night within the rescheduled Serie A match that was referred to as off in October 2024 as a consequence of flood warnings.

Milan attempting to rescue disappointing season

The experiment of utilizing the Fab 4 collectively of Santiago Gimenez, Joao Felix, Rafael Leao and Christian Pulisic has largely failed to this point, however Sergio Conceicao tries once more this night.

Youssouf Fofana can also be on the bench for the second consecutive sport, regardless of having been virtually ever-present till this week. How a lot was Conceicao concerned in selecting the January arrivals?

“We work to seek out options, however we’ve got to do it with the coach and his workers. We watched a whole lot of movies, we had confrontations, mentioned what he wished, identical to we did with Paulo Fonseca earlier than. We do all of it collectively.”

Zlatan Ibrahimovic prompt that the present Milan squad is twice as robust because the one which gained the Scudetto, so does Moncada agree?

“I don’t know if it’s twice as robust, however we’ve got modified loads. I do suppose we’ve got extra choices off the bench, it’s an fascinating squad. We began engaged on the Scudetto workforce a 12 months or two earlier, so these items do take time, although hopefully not that lengthy.”

If Milan miss out on the highest 4 and subsequently fail to qualify for the Champions League, will there be a radically totally different switch technique for subsequent season?

“We aren’t eager about that, we merely need to get into the highest 4. We dropped factors towards Bologna earlier than and we’ve got an opportunity on Thursday, we’re motivated and need to get proper again on monitor,” concluded Moncada.