GdS: From #PioliOut to Pioli is on fire – how he revolutionised Milan over three years | OneFootball

It is three years since Stefano Pioli became the new head coach of AC Milan and it has certainly been a journey with an upward trajectory.

La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanNews) reports how it was exactly three years ago – on 10 October 2019 – that Pioli entered Milanello for the first time as Milan coach after taking the place of Marco Giampaolo after his sacking.

A whole 1096 days have passed since that day and it would be fair to describe the period as a revolution, with the ‘#PioliOut’ campaign upon his announcement now being replaced by the song ‘Pioli is on fire’.

His first match was a 2-2 home draw against Lecce and his last game was the 2-0 victory on Saturday against Juventus, in which he thoroughly outcoached Max Allegri with some brilliant tactical moves. Pioli has built a fortress, which is based on a united group full of young talent.

Pioli is also rightly recognised for having helped many individuals grow from Theo Hernandez and Pierre Kalulu in the back four to Sandro Tonali and Ismael Bennacer in the midfield, without forgetting Rafael Leao in attack.

However, his job is not over yet as the next talents to be improved are in fact Charles De Ketelaere and Yacine Adli, both of whom arrived this summer. There is another job too: to go further in the Champions League.

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