“For a while I have been watching my funeral live… that said, I know the club supports me, then we’ll see.” Vincenzo Montella tries to relax the environment. His Milan continues to not win and not score, but he is confident. “There is work to be done, yes,” he says, smiling at Sky Sport in the post-match press conference – but today we have fought, the team is in the right direction I am confident. “
NUMBERS AND WORDS – Montella looks at the group standings, where AC Milan are still in command, but the numbers speak of a team that has made a step backward considering the last games. Only against Sampdoria, in fact, Suso and his teammates had made less shots on goal this season than the match in Athens: not a single shot in Genoa while yesterday only two. Also only in the derby with Inter the rossoneri had conceded more shots on goal (15 vs 14 in Athens).
The away match in Greece also recorded the negative record of attempts in the first half this season: only one, Bonucci at 44′. Other negative seasonal record: no ball played in the opponent’s area in the first half. “The game set up is collective effort – says Montella – a few weeks ago we created a little more but we were conceding a lot too, lately we concede less and we create something less. Today’s was not a bad game: we played less well in the first half, then we tried to control the game, I saw positive things. If I see a crisis in attack? Numerically yes, but only from this point of view, because with Chievo we scored much more compared to the recent goal average… “.
