Benfica beat Milan and Amorim's player fumes: “If we do sh…” | OneFootball

Milan’s 0-2 defeat to Benfica at San Siro left its mark on the Italian side. After the match on the opening round of the Europa League league phase, Ardon Jashari did not hide his dissatisfaction with the Rossoneri’s performance and refused to put the result down to the process of adapting to Rúben Amorim’s ideas.

Speaking to Sky Sport, the midfielder pointed to several flaws in Milan’s display, both in attack and defence: “We were missing something, both on the ball and off it. It’s not enough when you don’t give 100%, concede goals and fail to score. I think that’s the analysis of the game,” said Jashari, also acknowledging that the team created little and will have to produce a different response in the upcoming matches.

Asked whether the difficulties were related to the implementation of Rúben Amorim’s new ideas, the player was blunt and separated the tactical issue from the attitude shown on the pitch: “We have to believe in this project, but like this it’s not enough. We have to be aggressive, and that has nothing to do with the project. If we are aggressive, alert, if we are there from the first seconds and with team spirit... If we play like s... without causing problems for the opponent, that has nothing to do with the project,” he criticised.

Jashari also took responsibility on behalf of the squad, reminding everyone of the size of the club: “We are players at a huge club, we have to take responsibility all together and also individually. Winning is the most important thing for this club,” he stressed.

Lastly, the midfielder identified the main aspects that need to be corrected: “In the final third and in the way we concede goals, we have to improve. We cannot concede goals so easily and we have to be less predictable in attack.”

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