Sixth consecutive derby lost and Inter celebrating their second star at Milan. This would be enough to describe the nightmare moment experienced in the Rossoneri universe. What is certain is that yesterday evening, with the Nerazzurri winning yet another derbies with a result of 2-1, it marked the end of Stefano Pioli’s cycle on the Rossoneri benchas suggested this morning Gazzetta dello Sport during match commentary.
Debacle
Yesterday’s was a performance that established a terrifying April for the Devil and a season very disappointing, especially when the real big matches arose in which the Rossoneri failed. The 17 point gap in the standings we saw everything and so did I tactical and technical limits of a team, Milan, who arrived frustrated at yesterday’s match. Pioli tried again to give some certainties but also the Yesterday’s choices turned out to be wrong: as with Roma, the Rossoneri suddenly lost all certainties and not even the most representative players were able to reverse the trend. And in the end the Rossoneri, nervous with two expulsions, had to witness the cousins’ party at home. Now the Rossoneri club he will have to start again but he won’t do it with Stefano Pioliwhose cycle has come to an end. The coach, who will be left to work until the end of the season also out of respect and gratitude for what has been done at Milanello in recent years, has however once again postponed the questions about his future at the end of the match: “Cycle over? I honestly don’t know. I’m fine here, I’m working well, I think this team has room for improvement. Now let’s finish the season and then we’ll make all the possible evaluations.”
Ball to Cardinal
Now the the ball passes to Gerry Cardinale’s feet. As mentioned, Pioli will remain on the Rossoneri bench until the end of the season: the coach admitted that a defeat like this hurts a lot but at the same time the club recognizes his work in recent years which has brought the club back to being competitive in Italy and in Europe. In the meantime, however, hoping to consolidate the second place as soon as possible, we will start looking from via Aldo Rossi the next Milan coach. Several names and profiles have already been put forward in recent days but none are definitive yet and this is why the Cardinal will have the last word. Yesterday the CEO Furlani he presented himself to DAZN’s microphones after the match and said: “The way we work on the sporting side, the people who report to Cardinale are Moncada, Ibrahimovic and me. Gerry will always make the final decision”. And now the owner of Milan, present at San Siro yesterday, has already had the opportunity to speak with his managers listening to the first hypotheses of new technical guidance. The consultations will continue in the next few days, in person and remotely, but eventually the last word will be up to him to ensure that a winning cycle and able to reduce the gap with this Inter, now far away 17 points.
