This morning there Gazzetta dello Sport brings to the attention of its readers the indirect request that Zlatan Ibrahimovic made to the new Milan coach Paulo Fonseca, during Thursday’s press conference. The Swede, explaining the reasons that led to choosing the Portuguese, spoke about the playing style stating: “I can tell the fans that something new is coming, a different type of football than before: dominant, offensive, with balance for the defence”. Milan football wants to be “dominant”: how will Fonseca do it? I am there are four players who can help himconsidering his ideas.
The French
Two central pawns for the game of Paulo Fonsecaalso compared to what he showed in his previous experiences, will be the goalkeeper and the full-back: Mike Maignan and Theo Hernandez, the two French. In his teams and especially with Lille in the last two years, Fonseca has always tried to govern the game with his ball possession: from this point of view it is clear that the Rossoneri goalkeeper, who has great qualities in his feet and great confidence in using them, will truly be a value added in this sense. It will be the task of the central defenders to spread out and leave space for the goalkeeper and his skills, if necessary. On the other hand Theo it really is a dream for every coach, from a tactical point of view. In France, writes the rosy, Fonseca has used an offensive full-back and a defensive full-back: it is useless to specify which role the number 19 will cover. The objective will be to make him space far and wide: vertically on the area of competence but also horizontally coming into the field.
The Dutch
And then there will be, or at least hopefully because one it’s not there yetThe Dutch. In midfield the fulcrum of the dribbling will be entrusted to the elegant feet of Tijjani Reijnders: his qualities allow him, according to the Gazzetta, to play as a director but at the same time to insert himself between the lines and also act a few meters ahead, behind the striker. Compared to this season, it could be a concrete objective to score more goals. And then there’s the I dream of Joshua Zirkzee, therefore the piece that Fonseca and Milan hope to have at the center of the attack. After the arrival of Pulisic which took some weight off of Leao on the left: a possible landing of the orange tip would guarantee further lightening of the left out. Zirkzee is a 9 atypical who comes to take the ball towards the center of the pitch and frees the entries of the companions: it would not only be Leao with Pulisic who would benefit but also an insertion midfielder like Loftus Cheek.
