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November 5, 2024 (changed November 6, 2024 | 00:03) – MILANO
Paulo Fonseca is serene, not radiant. It's different. He knows that his work has been seen at the Bernabeu like never before but he continues on his path. And one sentence is more striking than the others. “Outside Italy they don't understand how difficult it is to play in Serie A. Monza plays man for man, it's more difficult to play those matches than this one. Real Madrid are the strongest in the world but they are very different matches and it's difficult to play against who makes man upon man.” A paradox: Monza for Fonseca (and for Milan) was more difficult than Madrid.
milan without fear
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Cardinale went down to the locker room to congratulate him and who knows how much he may have talked about the feat with his coach. In any case, Fonseca's analysis of the match is interesting: “We won because the players had the courage to play our game, without fear. We prepared the match to have the ball, in the first half we did really important things. In the second half we suffered together and deserved this victory, not only for the goals but because we played with great quality.” Milan suffered a bit at the end, when Fonseca took off Morata but… everything was absolutely acceptable, considering the context. Indeed, with Loftus-Cheek he came close to scoring the fourth goal. Fonseca, in a dialogue with Capello on Sky, reasoned as follows: “Abraham has other characteristics compared to Morata. Alvaro can make the connection in the game, while Abraham does not have these qualities, he does not provide support, he plays more forward. However, Alvaro was tired , we needed to change. We tried to defend better and lost control of the game, we lost quality when coming out.”
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change of mentality
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The last thought is… expanded. To Italy, to his style of play, to the moment of his career. “Have I managed to change the mentality of Italians on football? Yes – replies Fonseca -. We explained that an Italian knows how to play with the ball, positionally we have done great things. We looked for the right moment to attack. Now, however, we must continue to grow “. And so be it: at the weekend, we go to Cagliari.
