Milan defeat disaster against Fiorentina: Adli and Gudmundsson punish the Rossoneri. Pulisic is not enough
Milan loses 2-1 at Fiorentina (ex Adli scores in the 35th and Gudmundsson closes in the 73rd after Pulisic equalizes in the 60th) on a black and very bitter Sunday evening. A defeat that hurts on the eve of the Serie A break with the Rossoneri now finding themselves 5 points behind leaders Napoli and seeing Inter escape once again after catching them in the derby (Nerazzurri at +3), as well as being also behind Juventus-Lazio-Udinese trio (+2).
Milan knocked out against Fiorentina and penalty taker chaos. Fonseca: “Pissed off, the shooter is Pulisic”
The Devil misses two penalties (the Viola also miss one with Maignan who hypnotizes Kean): Theo Hernandez first and then Abraham one (super De Gea who saves Fiorentina). “The penalty taker is Pulisic, I don’t know why the players changed their minds. I spoke to him and said that it shouldn’t happen again”, says Paulo Fonseca after the match on Milan TV. He adds to the matter in the press conference: “It must never happen again, I told the players. I’m pissed, the shooter is Christian (Pulisic, ed.)”. The Rossoneri coach didn’t like the direction of the match in general: “I don’t like talking about refereeing, but this isn’t football. Football is made up of contacts and one touch cannot be enough to give a penalty. A simple touch is enough, we also saw it this weekend. And then we become everyone is nervous and it becomes a problem, this is football, not the circus. And I’m not just talking about the penalty given against us, but also those given to us… How many penalties do we see in Serie A?”.
Milan, Pulisic does not understand the substitution. Fonseca explains the change of Captain America and Leao
In the final minutes, after removing Rafael Leao (in the 73rd a few moments before Gudmundssonn’s goal), Fonseca takes away Pulisic – among the best, Chukwueze in his place – instead of Morata or Abraham (both below par). As Captain America exits, framed by Dazn’s cameras, he shakes everyone’s hands, but asks himself: “Why?”, “Why?”.
“Leao’s change was my choice. I wanted more depth with Okafor at that moment”, Fonseca’s words to DAZN. On replacing Pulisic: “I was scared because he had a flexor problem during the week and we managed it, I think Chukwueze came in well and created chances.”
Fioretnina-Milan, Adli goal: “A special match for me. I didn’t celebrate out of respect and for the brothers I have there”
“For me it was a special match. I gave a lot of love to this clubI wanted to do well as always, it was special. I’m happy for the team, we deserve the three points tonight.” the words of Yacine Adli at the end of Fiorentina-Milan. The Frenchman broke the deadlock with a nice goal, but didn’t celebrate: “It’s the respect I have for them, for how they treated me in these two years, for the brothers I have there, for the fans who have always loved me. But I’m happy to have scored.”
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