Milan suffered a 3-0 friendly defeat against Chelsea in the final match of their tour across Oceania and Asia. Peppe Di Stefano, who was also in Indonesia to closely follow the Rossoneri’s pre-season, gave his assessment of this afternoon’s match in Jakarta on Sky Sport.
“I think we need to separate a few things when assessing today’s match. A number of experiments were carried out. With the exception of Luka Modrić, all the players who needed to be tested were given an opportunity. There were a lot of young players, a huge number of them, between the first and second half."
“For Milan, regardless of being inferior to Chelsea in terms of overall quality, today’s performance needs to be assessed intelligently. Of course, it does raise some questions, and of course there are things that need to be reviewed. It is also clear that the team’s level needs to be raised. Amorim was clear when he said that decisions would be made next week. In other words, today was an exam, and some players passed it while others did not.
“Some players will be sent out on loan, some will be sold, while others will stay. During these first 15 days, I have seen Amorim working well and working with the team. Today, there are simply too many players: 33 in the squad, and Maignan and Rabiot still have to arrive."
“When such a young coach arrives after such a particular season, because Milan’s season was very good, but ended very badly, he needs to be given control of the squad as soon as possible, and the environment needs to be brought together."
“The players who are surplus to requirements need to be sold. That is the only way to allow the coach to work at his best.”
