Ruben Amorim has made no attempt to disguise the scale of his task at Milan. On the eve of the Benfica match, the Portuguese coach spoke frankly about a squad still adapting to his demands, the pressure surrounding the club and the limited patience available in a season that is already asking difficult questions.
Ruben Amorim faces Milan’s adaptation period
At a club long accustomed to Massimiliano Allegri’s carefully measured public language, Amorim’s directness has stood out. He accepted that Milan do not yet possess every profile ideally suited to the football he wants to build.
- Asked whether the Rossoneri squad lacks some of the players best suited to his system, Amorim said the observation was partly fair.
- He noted that the group is used to playing with a back three and that Milan’s defenders have pace, while acknowledging that no new coach can expect every requirement to be in place from the first day.
- Amorim said time would be needed, but recognised the contradiction at a club such as Milan: expectations are so high that time is rarely freely available.
- The coach added that he has chosen this challenge because the work matters deeply to him, even if he cannot be certain he will be granted the time required to complete it.
“If I am going to fail, I would rather fail on a big stage,” Amorim said. “I want to help this club. I do not know whether I will have enough time, but the players listen closely in training and that gives me hope that we can find solutions.”
His preferred 3-4-2-1 structure remains a defined reference point in the rebuilding process, but the coach’s comments suggested that the immediate work will be about adapting the available squad as much as imposing a finished model.
Modric management will be part of the next month
Amorim also addressed Luka Modric after the midfielder’s difficult outing against Lazio. Rather than placing responsibility on the 40-year-old alone, he described it as a collective performance below Milan’s standard.
“Against Lazio, it was simply a game in which the team did not play well, not only Luka,” he said. “I have to rotate, especially with a player who is 40. I need to rotate the players, although we certainly want to win every match.”
That principle is set to shape Milan’s next month. Amorim has already made clear that rotation will be extensive, with Modric’s workload requiring particular attention as the Rossoneri try to balance immediate results with the longer process of building a side capable of carrying the coach’s ideas.
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