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With a shocking 5-2 loss at home to Sassuolo on Sunday, AC Milan and coach Stefano Pioli are facing the most difficult moment since he took charge of the Italian club back in October 2019. The Rossoneri are still in the race for a Champions League spot, but since the new year started, they have won only the first match against Salernitana away, drew two matches against Lecce and AS Roma and lost four times. Adding to that, AC Milan were knocked out of the Coppa Italia against Torino and lost the Supercoppa Italiana 3-0 against Inter Milan. The numbers are worrying, as the Rossoneri conceded 18 goals in seven matches, more than any other team in the top five European leagues as of Sunday morning. In the last two games, AC Milan lost 4-0 against Lazio before the 5-2 defeat at home against Sassuolo. Those two defeats put more pressure on the position of Pioli.
Pioli was one of the secrets as to why AC Milan managed to win their first Scudetto in eleven years during the past season, but it seems that he has now lost a bit of control in the dressing room. The results are clearly showing that something has broken, and he had never led AC Milan to six games without a win, and the last time it happened was in April 2019. The last time they conceded five goals at home was against Juventus in 1997 (6-1), and they just allowed four goals in back-to-back league games for the first time in their history.
Chances are that Piolo is still safe for now though. AC Milan’s main issue is that defense. Pioli started off the current 2022-23 season after losing former club captain Alessio Romagnoli as a free agent. The club decided to not invest in experienced players to replace him, also considering the comeback of Simon Kjaer after his knee injury. Pioli currently has five center backs on the roster: Fikayo Tomori, Kjaer, Matteo Gabbia, Pierre Kalulu and Malick Thiaw, who was signed last summer from Schalke…
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