It's not Milan for Conceição. A nightmare Euro away trip. "4-2 and fantasy" sinks: after Zagreb, the Rossoneri fall in Rotterdam too, writes Tuttosport in this morning's print edition.
Maignan’s blunder gifts Paixao the lead: Milan was practically never dangerous. A Rossoneri team that is too ugly to be true created its first real chance in the 87th minute with a shot from João Félix which, had Wellenreuther not held onto it, would have been pushed into the net by Abraham.
A flash in the vacuum of a horrendous performance, where everyone, Maignan first and foremost, guilty of a disastrous blunder on the Dutch goal, performed far below their standard.
Milan’s first half at De Kuip closely resembled the one in Zagreb, with only two differences:
Theo Hernández’s improbable hairstyle (a matter of taste, of course) but, above all, Maignan’s dreadful mistake on Paixao’s shot, which immediately turned the Rossoneri’s night into an uphill climb.
"4-2 and fantasy" is a catchy slogan, but to be effective on a football pitch, the wingers must apply themselves fiercely in the defensive phase.
That didn’t happen, and so Feyenoord, every time they managed to break forward, caused havoc in Milan’s defense, which lacked cover from midfield, where only Fofana was carrying the burden while the others merely jogged around him.
