Alfredo Pedullà, a journalist, made the following comments on his YouTube channel while discussing Milan's defeat against Ferencváros:
"Milan's performance was embarrassing. And it is difficult to lie down on the couch, even on the psychoanalyst's couch, to understand such a clear, sharp and evident transformation between the Milan of the derby and the Milan that played an absurd match against Ferencváros, especially in the first half. There could be an explanation, as Amorim said, visibly disappointed: the team is not ready to play matches so close together, within three days. But I could also add that Milan's problem was somewhat the same one highlighted against Benfica: the match had similarities with the defeat against Benfica."
Pedullà added:
"Milan cannot afford to play without Pulisic, without Moreira and without Gila. Rabiot played poorly; and when you leave out some regular starters and disrupt a team whose starting eleven is fairly well established, even those who, like Rabiot, one of the worst players on the pitch, have always been major protagonists are affected."
"The assessment," Pedullà continued, "is a harsh one, because I start from the same premise: either you approach this competition in a certain way, with the aim of going all the way and fielding your best players, or you now risk having to chase points because of matches you have lost. One win, a meagre tally of three points: you have certainly compromised your chances, but you have not definitively ruled out the possibility of reaching the Europa League play-offs. However, the difference between a sparkling performance like the one in the derby and a match played in an absurd manner in the first half is far too clear and evident."
