Italians don't hold back, say Amorim lost to Benfica B | OneFootball

Rúben Amorim is at the center of criticism in Italy after Milan’s 0-2 defeat to Benfica at San Siro. The Rossoneri’s performance on the opening matchday of the Europa League league phase left several doubts, and Fabio Capello, a former player and coach of the Italian club, did not spare the Portuguese manager.

The current Sky Sport pundit analyzed Amorim’s choices and particularly pointed to the lack of intensity shown by Milan when pressing: “If you play without Adrien Rabiot and Christian Pulisic, but field Omari Hutchinson and Alphadjo Cissé, who neither press nor attack in behind, it is difficult. Amorim talks about pressing and winning the ball back high up the pitch, but you need to be aggressive, and that did not happen with AC Milan tonight,” he began.

For Capello, the difficulties were not limited to the attacking phase. The former coach believes the team continues to show worrying problems defensively, especially when forced to react quickly to the opposition’s transitions.

“That was the big problem from a defensive point of view. They did not qualify for the Champions League because they do not know how to defend. Tonight, we saw that once again whenever the opposition broke on the counterattack,” he explained.

Sebastiano Vernazza, a reporter for the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, also did not spare Ruben Amorim: “He left several regular starters on the bench, especially the goalscorer, [Vangelis] Pavlidis, who only came on in the closing stages. AC Milan B lost to Benfica B, but I fear that even AC Milan A would have been beaten by Benfica B, given how poor that footballing approach was,” he concluded.

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