This morning, our colleagues at 'Il Giornale', in reporting on Milan’s 3-0 defeat against Bournemouth, speak of an "excessive rotation" by Ruben Amorim. Now, it is clear that, with such a packed schedule and as many as four injured players, some decisions were absolutely unavoidable for the Portuguese coach; it is also true, however, that, in an already emergency situation, the Diavolo’s coach has, in some respects, gone a little into a dead end.
Milan and the Gonçalo Ramos' backup...
The most debated issue before Bournemouth-Milan was certainly the choice of Ramos’ back-up, with the player having remained in Milan due to an injury that, fortunately, should not be particularly serious. Last week, to give the Portuguese player a rest, Amorim chose Francesco Camarda, who had been designated by the coach himself in the summer as Gonçalo’s first available replacement (and, as it later turned out, the only natural option in that role). The performance was rather colourless, which is absolutely understandable for an 18-year-old, and yesterday Amorim instead decided to field Alphadjo Cisse as centre-forward. Regardless of the type of match that unfolded, the newly turned 20-year-old seemed like a fish out of water: admirable for his good will and fighting spirit, but it is clear that his characteristics do not identify him as a lone striker. In one fell swoop, this creates a difficult atmosphere around Camarda and nullifies Cisse’s qualities.
The Estupinan-Loftus-Cheek duo
Yesterday, no Milan player performed above a passing grade: apart from Mike Maignan, who bears serious responsibility for the defeat, one cannot lash out at individual players. However, it must be said that the clear difficulties of Pervis Estupinan and Ruben Loftus-Cheek appeared once again. The former delivered a confused and technically inaccurate performance. In any case, rotation is understandable here, as there are two players on that side, even if Bartesaghi had remained on the bench for 90 minutes against Atalanta. For the Englishman, on the other hand, the role of attacking midfielder or second striker, as Amorim understands it, does not seem to suit him at all: another lacklustre approach. The spotlight is on these two players because they are becoming the embodiment of some of Amorim’s repeated decisions that are not working and for which a remedy will have to be found. And this certainly does not mean that Amorim is getting every decision wrong; quite the opposite... This was relayed via Milannews.it.
