GdS: Why Milan have ‘total confidence’ in Fonseca and will remain patient | OneFootball

The defeat before the break against Fiorentina may have reopened a crisis at AC Milan in the eyes of the media, but internally there are no doubts regarding Paulo Fonseca.

La Gazzetta dello Sport report that the loss in Florence has not changed the scenario and this week of break has not led to reflections: Fonseca continues to enjoy the full confidence from the club’ s hierarchy.

There is the conviction to move forward with the Portuguese coach who in the first part of the season has alternated positive results with disappointing performances. Milan are not yet the team that Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Giorgio Furlani and Geoffrey Moncada had in mind, but they believe in their choice.

They are convinced that the Portuguese is the right man for the project and that he only needs a little more time for his Milan to find the consistency of performance necessary not only to achieve the minimum objective (fourth place and qualification for the next Champions League), but also to fight for the Scudetto.

According to the directors, the season is still long and there is plenty of time to fix things, provided that the last two defeats against Bayer Leverkusen and Fiorentina have taught Theo Hernandez and his team-mates something in terms of attitude.

Despite the incidents that ended up resulting in the loss at the Stadio Artemio Franchi, the management believe that the performance from the team was actually positive and should have led to three points but for failing to convert two penalties and Fikayo Tomori’s error.

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The belief is that with forwards of the caliber of Rafael Leao, Alvaro Morata, Tammy Abraham and Christian Pulisic the scoring frequency will increase and cover some defensive flaws that for the moment have not yet been eliminated.

More work on the pitch and more concentration from everyone will be needed, while Gerry Cardinale and his men knew that focusing on Fonseca and his idea of ​​proactive football would require a change in the squad construction which was only partially completed in the summer.

It was taken into account that there would be some difficulty in the first matches, even if the hope was that after the big win in the derby there would not be the slowdown of the last two defeats. Fonseca was and is considered the right man for Milan.