We are again about Milan, which is in obvious crisis. The team was stuck in 12th place in the championship, and let the Rossoneri have one less match - the game is not at all happy. Milan gave way to the derby, and then to Betis’s house, after which talk of Gattuso’s resignation reached its maximum intensity..
Gattuso time to leave Reno already pleasantly surprised. His militant Milan sample January-February forced to reconsider the views on the Gattuso-trainer. Gennaro managed to breathe life into the hitherto amorphous team, the players fell in love with him, with his youth grew. Everything turned out to be not so bad as it looked in December, when the Rossoneri missed Benevento from the goalkeeper and lost 0: 3 to Verona.
Alas, this rise was based mainly on the emotions with which Gattuso "infected" his wards. Tactically, he essentially gave Milan nothing.. The same 4-3-3 scheme, which has long been studied by opponents. Problems with the ball in his own penalty - remember the exemplary "comeback" Napoli from 0: 2. Isolated from midfielders and therefore nervous Higuain. Finally, the main thing is the absence of a distinct picture of the game.. This is not to say that Milanese enter the field without desire. They have powerful segments (yes, at least the second half with Betis), but Gattuso did not create a basis, a working strategy that competitors have in the fight for the champions.. This led to the fact that against the Inter team the team played for 90 minutes sadly at 0: 0. The rival was not inferior in the mood, and the Rossoneri found no other trump cards.
A year ago, after eight matches, Milan had exactly the same 12 points.. We remember how it all ended for the head coach.. Gattuso is not as fiercely criticized as Montell, because he is in his board, he is violently experiencing every episode, pouring out his soul at press conferences (“I don’t worry about my ass” - a juicy phrase after the match with Betis), but the result is not different.
The club’s management didn’t dismiss Gattuso right after Betis, but his resignation seems to be a matter of time.. Leonardo looked very darkly decisive during the Thursday match.. Gennaro hardly has any credibility. On the contrary, the decision to leave it in the summer looks situational.. It was a period of change of ownership, and there was not enough time to invite a new eminent coach, although there were certainly such plans..
Milan's transfer campaign looks mysterious. It seems that none of the newbies (except, of course, Higuain) were originally needed by Gattuso. The squad seemed to be selected for a scheme with three defenders: Caldara and Lachalt, who played in Atalanta and Genoa, now do not fit in and are almost not involved in the championship.. Plus centerhav Bakayoko, who dropped out of Chelsea, but was in demand there under the former mentor. It's time to talk about candidates for the change of Gattuso, and you already understand who we will start.
Conte: perfect, but unlikely The best thing that can happen to Milan is Conte's appointment. Yes, you have to fork out. Of course, Antonio has a difficult character.. But this is a high-class specialist who practically guarantees the result.. It combines tactical knowledge, motivational abilities and a strategic vision of the process.. Milan, which is now approximately in the situation of Juventus in 2011, only dreams of repeating the rise of Turintsev, and who, if not Conte, can help them with this?.
The problem was the court of Antonio with the former club, Chelsea. At stake were 10 million euros, which the Italian demanded for too late (July 12) the dismissal, which prevented him from finding a suitable job in the summer.
Latest news: as reported by Mediaset, his contract with Chelsea is broken! We are not in a hurry to rejoice: Real Madrid is claiming to Conte, when Lopetegui has flown into a tough crisis. “Creamy” have the opportunity to compensate Conte's financial costs for the sake of early appointment. On the nose - El Clasico, which can be a turning point. According to Sky Sports, Antonio has already agreed to head Real, but there is no information about negotiations with Milan..
Donadoni: the most realistic option Here are those who will gladly accept the offer of Milan. Ex-player Rossoneri, almost three hundred matches for the club, six-time winner of the Scudetto, three-time - Champions Cup. Now out of work, take and assign.
Another question is that Roberto Donadoni’s coaching career is not so successful.. As a rule, he coached small clubs, where he sometimes achieved success (for example, a sensational sixth place with Parma in the 2013/14 season), but on the whole - nothing outstanding. Three previous seasons he headed Bologna, which consistently occupied 14-15 places. Donadoni’s high-level experience is all the more uncomfortable. It is ambiguous to evaluate his activities in the Italian national team, which in the Euro-2008 flew large in the Netherlands, but in 1/4 finals only in the 11-meter series gave way to future champions, the Spaniards. Explicit negative - work in Napoli: Donadoni in the fall of 2009 was fired after four defeats in seven games.
From a positive note, Donadoni’s lack of agility in one scheme: his Bologna played both 4-3-3 and 3-5-2. Milan will undoubtedly become more flexible with him.. Roberto also knows how to handle flank strikers - we recall how Simone Verdi opened up with him.. On the whole, however, Donadoni’s potential appointment does not cause optimism — not a specialist of that scale, but the Milanese heart is hard to call an argument in his favor..
Who else?.
"La Gazzetta dello Sport" believes that only the two options mentioned are real, but theoretically it is possible to suggest other candidates. For example, Massimo Carrera, a bright, charismatic specialist, who returned gold medals to Spartak Moscow after a 16-year hiatus, was recently released.. Before working in Moscow, he was an assistant to Conte in Juventus and the Italian national team.. Carrera, however, “Juventino” to the bone marrow, although born in a suburb of Milan. In addition, success in the championship of Russia is unlikely to become an argument for the leadership of the Rossoneri.
The most exotic candidate is Arsene Wenger.. The Frenchman does not intend to complete his coaching career, has high prestige and tremendous experience, knows how to work with young people. The spring battle of his Arsenal with Milan Gattuso resulted in a master class of Londoners. Wenger is really interested in working in Milan, all the more so since December the executive director of the club will be Ivan Gazidis, who previously worked just in Arsenal. The problem is that Arsen led the same club for 22 years.. He lived with the "Gunners" a whole epoch, and now it is the hardest task to change over to radically different conditions, being a man at the age of 69. Conditions in addition will not be resort, “Kurva Soud” knows expressions and is worse than “Wenger out”. However, if the option with Conte is finally dissolved, the idea of ??inviting Wenger is worth considering..