AC Milan – AS Roma: Even Contest Ends In Stalemate At The San Siro As Fonseca Gets The Sack (1-1)

Milan & Roma played out a tightly contested but entertaining draw at the San Siro in this Serie A fixture. Tijjani Reijnders’ early goal was cancelled out by an equaliser from Roma’s Paulo Dybala with both goals coming in the first half as both sides pushed & probed but couldn’t turn the balance of the tie in their favour settling for sharing the points with a draw on the night. This draw led to the eventual sacking of Milan boss Paulo Fonseca after just six months in charge.

Tactical analysis and match report by Gaurav Krishnan. 

It’s certainly been a tale of contrasting fortunes for both these Serie A heavyweights Milan & Roma as compared to their other league rivals. Both these once high & mighty sides find themselves languishing firmly fixed in mid-table in Serie A & nowhere near the title race. 

Going into this game Milan lay in eighth place in the table with Roma several points behind their Milanese rivals in tenth place. It’s been a revolving door of managers at Roma with Jose Mourinho, Daniele De Rossi & Ivan Juric all being hired and sacked only for new boss Claudio Ranieri to come in to steady the ship. 

Meanwhile, at Milan Paulo Fonseca hasn’t managed to galvanise the Rossoneri to mount a title push & Milan are hovering haplessly in mid-table despite Fonseca’s professed rebuild. This stalemate leaves Milan in eighth place with 27 points, trailing joint leaders Atalanta and Napoli by 14 points, and sitting 8 points adrift of the Champions League qualification spots.

The pressure . . .