Longo: Milan must be ‘rebuilt from the ground up’ – summer ‘revolution’ on the cards | OneFootball

Failure to reach the last 16 of the Champions League means another target has not been met for AC Milan, who are heading for a big summer shake-up.

Calciomercato.com‘s Daniele Longo begins a piece by remarking that ‘there is nothing rational about Milan’ and the proof came in the return match against Feyenoord. They were on top for 50 minutes and had some ‘beautiful’ moments, and then everything fell apart.

Theo Hernandez is the clearest example of everything that has not worked and continues not to work at Milan, given that he has the potential to be a top player and one of the best in the world in his role, but instead shows a mediocre attitude and performance levels.

In just 19 days, Milan went from the possibility of qualifying directly for the round of 16 to a shock elimination at the hands of the ‘kids from Feyenoord’, who are fourth in the Eredivisie and were battling an injury crisis.

Winning in Zagreb against Dinamo would have been enough, but instead the Rossoneri suffered two defeats and a draw in the three games they had to make sure they made it through. They threw away another chance after taking the lead just 36 seconds in with a goal from Santiago Gimenez, too.

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It was another evening that went against logic, a short circuit that ‘must lead to deep reflections and decisive choices’ because this is a team that ‘needs to be rebuilt from the ground up’, Longo adds in his article.

In the press conference, Conceicao tried to cling to the average points per game he has obtained so far in the league and to the success of the Supercoppa Italiana. There is some merit there, yet also the risk of suffering a ‘psychological backlash’.

Now the team must somehow put it behind them and move on to the Torino game on Saturday. Milan can no longer drop points, they must look forward and not to what could have been and was not, before the ‘revolution in the summer’.