September 18th 2024.
On Tuesday night, Italian football team AC Milan faced a tough defeat at the hands of Liverpool in the Champions League. As the game unfolded, it was clear that manager Fabio Capello was not pleased with his team's performance. Despite scoring an early goal, AC Milan struggled to keep up with Liverpool, who ultimately won the match 3-1 thanks to goals from Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk, and Dominick Szoboszlai.
Capello, who is a legendary figure at Milan, having won four Serie A titles and a Champions League as their manager, was disappointed by his team's lack of leadership and courage on the field. In an interview with Sky Italia, he expressed his dismay, saying, "I feel sunk watching this Milan, without reaction, incapable of making three passes. We continue to play football attached to the goalkeeper, who has touched the ball more than [Alvaro] Morata. Without courage, you don't go anywhere. Then it is clear that everyone plays, but there is no leader. Do you know who was the leader tonight? [Tammy] Abraham."
Capello went on to criticize the team's reliance on goalkeeper play and their lack of utilizing the skills of player Rafael Leao. He also shared his doubts about Milan's future performance, stating, "All this makes me have little faith in this Milan."
Even Milan's boss, Paulo Fonseca, was not satisfied with his team's performance, saying they "stopped playing" after falling behind. He acknowledged Liverpool as a "huge team" and admitted that his team lacked confidence and mental balance, leading to mistakes on the field. Fonseca stressed the need for continuous improvement and playing their own style of football for the entirety of the game.
On the other hand, Liverpool manager Arne Slot was thrilled with his team's performance after a disappointing loss to Nottingham Forest over the weekend. Despite conceding an early goal, Slot believes that the team started the game well and took control of the game from the start. He said, "It sounds a bit weird if you play three, four, five minutes and we already conceded one chance, which was offside, and then afterwards you concede a goal [and] that I'm going to tell you now that we didn't even start bad. I think we took control of the game from the start. But in the first five minutes we also lost the ball from two choices that were not the best to make, and then they could counter-attack us."
Slot also praised his team's possession and dominant play, which prevented AC Milan from creating counter-attacks. Despite the early setback, Liverpool remained in control of the ball and created numerous chances throughout the game. Slot concluded, "Although it sounds weird to say that we started well if you concede two chances, but we took control of the ball from the start of the game. Except for the first five minutes where they had two counter-attacks, I think we dominated possession and created chances as well."
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