"The fans no longer forgive anything to Pioli", writes Corriere dello Sport this morning, returning to the criticisms that bluntly target the Rossoneri head coach, after Thursday's defeat against Roma.
An experienced coach defeated by a "beginner", the defeat was also seen from a tactical point of view.
Shifting attention to the realm of big matches, Milan is leaking from all sides. The same newspaper reports, among all competitions, only 7 victories against the big teams, out of 18 overall played. A rather alarming statistic. The derby was the first big match, and after conceding 5 goals, one should have guessed how the season would go.
Sure, a single-goal difference with Roma is a margin more than recoverable, but the match must be well prepared, and the players on the field must be the first to believe in it, otherwise there will be very little to do.