Milan return to the league with a clear gap to close but without any desire to look too far down the road. After five rounds, the Rossoneri have collected 11 points, two fewer than the leading group of Inter, Roma and Lazio, and Ruben Amorim has set the tone for the demanding weeks ahead: one match at a time, with the obligation to win whenever his side takes the field.
The coach and the club
Amorim described victory as Milan’s weekly target, while insisting that results should be accompanied by the kind of football expected from the club. “Our mentality is to win every game,” he said. “We will assess things at the end. When a new week begins, that is my objective, especially because we have many matches ahead. Whenever we play, we have the responsibility to win, but also to try to play good football.”
The Portuguese coach knows that the next stretch will test both Milan’s squad and its rhythm. Seven fixtures await in 20 days, beginning with Sassuolo and continuing through meetings with Salzburg, Atalanta, Bournemouth, Udinese, Bologna and Inter.
It is the sort of sequence that can alter the shape of an early season: league points must be protected, European commitments managed and the derby with Inter approaches at the end of a crowded calendar. Amorim presented the period not as an excuse, but as part of the work required to restore Milan to the level he believes the club should occupy.
“There have been very good moments and some difficult ones, but that is part of the experience,” he said. “I am very happy to be here and I feel a great responsibility to help this club return to where it belongs.”
Ramos and the value beyond goals
Amorim will also have Gonçalo Ramos available after the Portugal international break, with the forward returning refreshed for the coming run. The coach rejected the idea that Ramos should reduce his physical effort, even as attention turns to the striker’s search for more goals.
“I will never tell Ramos that he has to run less,” Amorim said. “The key thing is that we are scoring, because that matters most. Of course, I understand that a striker needs goals, and he will score.”
Amorim noted that Ramos has had fewer opportunities to find the net with Portugal, but he underlined the forward’s contribution to Milan’s attacking output. The coach’s message was that the player should continue serving the collective in the same way, confident that the goals will follow.
“Sometimes football works like that,” Amorim added. “He is working very hard, and the fact that we are scoring is also thanks to Gonçalo Ramos. He only needs to keep helping the team and doing what he is doing. The goals will certainly come.”
