GdS: ‘The worst since 2019-20’ – everything that is going wrong for Fonseca’s Milan | OneFootball

AC Milan have not had a good start to the 2024-25 season, and it is easier to pick out the things that have gone wrong rather than what has gone right.

As this morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) writes, Christian Pulisic, Matteo Gabbia and the victory in the derby against Inter are probably the only three things that can be classed as positive this season so far.

With the arrival of Paulo Fonseca as the head coach it was hoped that the situation could change compared to the second part of last season, but instead the team keep making the same mistakes, defensive and otherwise.

It is precisely the back line that is one of the problems of this Milan, given that the defence has proven to be (still) particularly unstable. The Portuguese coach has tried four different pairs of central defenders.

Not only that, we can also speak of a problem in attack given that Tammy Abraham and Alvaro Morata have scored only three goals combined. Pulisic had continued where he left off last season, but the rest of the forwards are struggling too.

Another situation to analyse is that of Theo Hernandez. The Frenchman is certainly not performing as well as he has accustomed us to in recent years, but it must be said that there is not even a suitable replacement. Filippo Terracciano has been taking his place, but he is not convincing.

This brings us to another problem, which is far from being underestimated, namely the lack of depth in the squad. In midfield Youssouf Fofana has practically never rested since he arrived and while Ismael Bennacer’s injury did not help, Yunus Musah and Ruben Loftus-Cheek do not appear to match the coach’s ideas.

Finally there is the ‘non saga’ connected to Leao, a vivid image of this disappointing start to the season for Milan. Since he has been at Milan (he joined in 2019) the Portuguese has never started a season so badly, and neither have the Rossoneri.