GdS: ‘Fonseca furious’ – team harmony questioned as players disobey penalty hierarchy | OneFootball

The story that seems to be dominating the media headlines this morning concerns the issue of who takes penalties for AC Milan after the confusion during the defeat to Fiorentina.

As La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanNews) reports, last night was far from positive for the Rossoneri as they not only lost 2-1 to have their winning streak in Serie A ended but they also appeared to be lacking in intensity compared to a Fiorentina team who had played on Thursday night.

Milan missed two penalties either side of half-time, too. Firstly Theo Hernandez had his spot kick saved on his birthday by David De Gea, who repeated his heroics to deny Tammy Abraham in the second half.

Paulo Fonseca declared post-match that the one designated to take penalties is Christian Pulisic. Yesterday in Florence, referee Pairetto awarded two penalties to Milan, but neither was taken by the American.

Why did Theo and then Abraham step up to the spot first, while the American remained stood watching? The Rossoneri coach also asks himself this question, and after the match he seemed rather angry and annoyed about this issue.

“The penalty taker is Christian, I don’t know why the lads changed. I’m pissed off. I’ve already told them it won’t happen again.” The penalty taker issue confirms the confusion within the Milan team in the eyes of the paper, and now there is a two-week break to dwell on it.