Fonseca insists Milan have improved ‘a lot’ in defence: “I will explain why” | OneFootball

When asked about AC Milan’s struggles in the defensive phase earlier today, Paulo Fonseca disagreed with the journalist and explained how the Rossoneri have improved. In his mind, there is only one thing left to figure out.

At the start of the season, Milan conceded far too many chances as the opponents were able to play through with ease. The situation has since improved and against Genoa tomorrow, they could record their third consecutive clean sheet at home.

During his pre-game presser earlier today, Fonseca was asked about defenders being too preoccupied with the ball, rather than following the man. The Portuguese clarified that the Rossoneri haven’t had these issues since the Cagliari game.

Modern defenders look at the ball a lot and not so much the man…

“I don’t agree and I’ll explain why. Up until Cagliari, we had this problem, of not defending crosses well and how we marked in the penalty box, between posture and other things. But after Cagliari, we no longer had this problem. We improved a lot, a lot. In Bergamo, we didn’t have this problem.

“We had a goal in which a player sat on Theo, which is a foul. And then we had a problem on a corner. I don’t think it’s a problem of defending the penalty box, but of corners. Against Red Star we defended well in the penalty box, Musah lost the ball and they scored from outside: it’s not a specific problem of defending in the penalty box. On this front, our defenders have made a lot of progress.”

Tomorrow’s clash is scheduled for 20:45 CET and Fonseca will make some bold changes to the XI, with both Alex Jimenez and Mattia Liberali starting for the team. Hopefully, the team will celebrate the 125th anniversary with an important win.