Milan’s seasonal adventure in the Europa League also ended last night: the Rossoneri also lost in the return match against Rome who deservedly reached the semi-finals of the European competition (they will face Bayer Leverkusen, German champions who eliminated West Ham). Big disappointment for the Devil who at this end of the season will only be able to secure second place in the championship. But there isn’t even time to lick one’s wounds because the derby against Inter is scheduled for a few days: Milan have lost five in a row and for this reason yesterday at the end of the match the team had a discussion with the fans present at the Olimpico, who reminded the players of the importance of Monday’s match.
RUGS AT THE END OF THE LINE – With yesterday’s elimination, as reported this morning Tuttosportbarring sensational surprises, Stefano Pioli has risked his chance of having a future on the Milan bench. The coach still has one year left on his contract, but, writes the Turin newspaper, “lat a sidereal distance from Inter in the championship, the premature elimination from the Champions League and also the lesson suffered by De Rossi they are charges against which it is difficult to oppose sufficiently convincing reasons in favor of permanence”.
DISAPPOINTMENT MILAN – Those who expected an aggressive start to the match from the Devil immediately had to change their minds: after 22′, the AC Milan team was in fact already two goals down (goals by Left-handed And Dybala). It arrived in the 31st minute Celik’s expulsion which left Roma with ten men, but this did not change Milan’s game who never fully exploited their numerical superiority. A few minutes before the final whistle the goal arrived Cage but that didn’t change things. The elimination hurts a lot and seems to have put an end to Pioli’s adventure on the Rossoneri bench.
