Yahoo Sports Vitiello: ‘Same problems as before’ – directors and ‘several players’ face fight to stay at Milan
Recent games have shown that Sergio Conceicao has not been able to wave a magic wand and fix AC Milan’s problems, according to Antonio Vitiello.
Milan’s results in the league under Conceicao so far tell their own story, starting with a disappointing 1-1 draw against Cagliari at San Siro in which the team missed a big chance to cut the gap to the sides above.
Then there was the 2-1 win over Como in which a second-half comeback was required to avoid defeat against relegation-battlers, which was followed by a 2-0 defeat away at Juventus in which they were deserved losers.
Sunday’s win over Parma might have been the most symbolic: a terrible performance for 90 minutes, trailing 2-1 and then a late frenzy of action saw Tijjani Reijnders and Samuel Chukwueze turn things around.
Vitiello published his weekly column for MilanNews and – in addition to speaking about the two signings needed before the January window closes – he touched on recent form in the league.
“Watching Milan-Parma (but the discussion can also be extended to the matches against Como and Cagliari) you can see how Milan with the coach has shown more or less the same problems as before,” he said.
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“The coaches change but the team always shows the same drops in tension, wrong approaches to the matches and that lack of competitive nastiness that Conceição brought out after not even ten days in office.
“The team has innate limitations, which will be difficult to resolve because they are characteristics inherent to some players. The feeling is that several players in the squad will play for their permanence at Milan by the end of the season.
“And not only that, even some directors are under observation, after all if the results don’t come it is right to change. The rule applies to everyone.”
