MN: Milan the worst defence in Europe in 2023 – a serious inquest is needed | OneFootball

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·29 January 2023

MN: Milan the worst defence in Europe in 2023 – a serious inquest is needed

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AC Milan’s soft underbelly was once again brutally exposed as Sassuolo put five goals past Ciprian Tatarusanu in a 5-2 win at San Siro today.

MilanNews focus on the horrendous defensive record that the team have had this year, which reads seven games played and 18 goals conceded across all competitions, including 12 in the last three matches alone.


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Milan’s defensive performance in 2023 has been the worst of any team in the top five European leagues according to Opta data with 14 goals conceded in five Serie A matches, to which the other four conceded in the Coppa Italia against Torino and the Supercoppa against Inter. must be added

Today ‘s match against Sassuolo only confirmed a flaw in the system that had been evident for weeks now and things seem to be getting worse. Today market the third time in history that the Rossoneri have conceded more than three goals in three consecutive official matches (the two previous streaks in the 1940s and 1950s).

The squad are suffering psychologically but this is just one factor that is only exacerbating a defensive problem that Milan have been carrying around since the beginning of the year.

Ciprian Tatarusanu is struggling, as Sassuolo had 7 shots on target and Milan conceded 5 goals, while against Lazio the Biancocelesti had had 5 shots on goal and 4 went in. In short, Tatarusanu is perhaps not being helped but he could have done better on three of the five goals today.

The charisma of Mike Maignan is missing but the defence deserve criticism too for their enormous concentration drops, a completely different story to what was shown in the past season. It seems a tactical change is needed to try and turn a corner.

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