GdS: ‘Leaders flop’ – Pioli let down by stars again as Milan crash out vs. Roma | OneFootball

While many are pointing the finger at Stefano Pioli for his management of the Europa League tie against AS Roma, a report has pointed out that he was let down by his leaders again.

As La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) writes this morning, after the disappointing performance in the first leg there was a great desire for revenge in yesterday’s second leg of the Europa League quarter-finals against Roma.

In particular, there were great expectations around the big names who had failed a week ago at San Siro. Unfortunately, however, the hoped-for answers did not arrive and once again Milan’s leaders disappointed.

The big names flop

The paper focuses first and foremost on Rafael Leao. On the eve of the match, the Portuguese had guaranteed a different performance compared to the first leg and yet this time too he was not as decisive and crucial as all the Milan fans hoped.

Theo Hernandez and Olivier Giroud also performed poorly. The former never showed his usual acceleration on the left wing barring one run, while the latter never even threatened Svilar and continued his bad period.

If there was a match in which Milan needed to demonstrate that they were more united than ever it was yesterday’s, but unfortunately none of this was evident at the Olimpico. In his moment of need,

Pioli remained alone and in the post-match he expressed all his disappointment with the performance of his players: “There were two games that were not up to par on our part, we needed more quality. I thought the team could play better and win, I’m not satisfied.”