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Is AC Milan taking a huge return from the stick? After turning Paulo Fonseca less than six months after having started the former LOSC coach, the Italian club had opted for Sérgio Conceição. Since then, it's not really joy. They who hoped for an electric shock with the arrival of a high character coach, the Rossoneri were served. But not really in the best way. Eliminated from the Champions League dams by Feyenoord (0-1, 1-1), Milan fell yesterday in Bologna.
Successful beginnings quickly forgotten
Mike Maignan's partners thought they had done the hardest by opening the scoring through Rafael Leão, before losing 2-1. In the ranking, Milan is eighth, eight lengths from the top 4 synonymous with the Champions League. A situation that exploded Sergio Conceição at the post-match press conference. But yesterday, another Portuguese took expensive: João Félix. Loaned by Chelsea this winter, the 25 -year -old attacking midfielder had marked the spirits by succeeding in his debut with the Rossoneri by marking in his first match against AS Roma. Perfect beginnings quickly tarnished by his eternal lack of regularity.
Upon his arrival in Lombardy, Félix hoped to walk in the footsteps of an old glory Rossonera, Kaka. “”For me, Kaka was my biggest idol, since I was football. For the position he occupied and also for his haircut. Do we look alike? Yes, I don't know, but I always loved him and I recognized myself in him. I have always tried to look like him.Today, the former resident of Atlético de Madrid is far away. And the Italian press did not fail to recall this. Less than a month after disembarking in Italy, Félix went from promising problem reinforcement to the Conceição team. “A disaster. The worst player on the field. We do not see him, we do not feel it, he does not create an action and even his own teammates avoid it ”wrote Il Corriere della will be.
“He is still playing and, lately, he plays badly”
For its part, the Gazzetta dello Sport Stunned from seeing the Lusitanian holder, he who has still not marked or delivered as a decisive pass in Serie A. “The problem is systemic, not individual. But with João Félix, it's more striking because he still plays and, lately, he plays badly. In Bologna, it was transparent, a thirties (player behind the attackers) who does not connect to the rest of the team and does not enter the area. In 61 minutes, he only made eight passes, without ever hitting the goal: unacceptable. The technique is indisputable, but its story of ups and downs – a lot of talent and little continuity – inevitably comes to mind. Perhaps he needs to detach himself, maybe get into play in the second half like in Milan against Roma, his best match. »»
Described as a helpless ghost and holder, João Félix also took a good one from TMW Who already announces the end of his adventure in Italy. “It is as slow as a fado, thoughtful, almost a foreign body. Of course, the technical qualities are not in question, whether it is the handling of the ball. We love arabesques if they work, not if they are pretty, simply because they lose their functionality and their inherent pleasure. João Félix's Italian adventure may already be over. There is still the Italian Cup to try to close a season which seems to be a failure for the moment. »» The interested party will appreciate.
