MN: A pre-Coronavirus stat – Milan fail to reach 60,000 spectators at San Siro | OneFootball

There has been a lot of talk about the negatives of AC Milan’s season so far, but perhaps the biggest worry was the attendance against Liverpool which presented a first in four years.

Ahead of the Champions League fixture this week, there was a lack of tickets being sold, and tickets were still being sold on Matchday – an unthinkable event considering the magnitude of the fixture. However, there more reasons for seats to be empty than them being filled.

Starting with the pricing, the Rossoneri heightened ticket prices with some prices being raised by €80 per ticket. Understandable, perhaps, if in the latter stages of the tournament and in the best seats. However, almost every ticket increased in price.

Considering the start that the Diavolo have had, it therefore makes sense why fans were not happy to pay the eye-watering prices being requested.

Given fans were already frustrated with the way things were, pricing fans out of tickets has only added to the frustrations, and this was before the game even began. As Milan News reports, the attendance for the game was 59,826, a four-year low.

In fact, it was February 2020 when the Rossoneri last saw an attendance that low when Ante Rebic scored the only goal in a 1-0 win against Torino in front of 46,114 fans.

Before the Champions League fixture against the Reds, Milan fans were already frustrated, and after it, that frustration has only grown, and there must be some changes quickly if the club are to reconnect with the fanbase.