MN: ‘Numbers associated with the banter era’ – Milan hit 10 league defeats vs. Atalanta | OneFootball

Against Atalanta last night, AC Milan recorded their 10th Serie A defeat of the season, and there are heaps of criticism towards this.

Throughout the year, Milan have always looked a level below their own expectations, and worse yet, below the level of others in the division. Of course, if you are not in the race for the Scudetto, this will be a given, but almost half of the division has been better than the Rossoneri.

It seems beyond probable that the side will finish in eighth or ninth this season, which would be the club’s lowest position in 10 seasons, and barring two wins in the Coppa Italia, this will mean the club will not play European football next season, which is a first in almost 10 years too.

There is one reason above all why this is the case. As Milan News writes, the club have lost 10 games this season (three at San Siro, seven away from home), with the latest coming against Atalanta.

This figure has not been reached since Stefano Pioli’s Diavolo side in the COVID-19 season, but before that, it is a number ‘associated with the banter era’. Maybe it is not to the same extreme, but there are certainly parallels (as we have covered on Substack), worrying indeed.