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Paulo Fonseca believes Milan’s Champions League opener towards Liverpool is the right alternative to indicate the crew’s progress beneath his stewardship.
Fonseca, who arrived on the San Siro from Lille in July, picked up his first Serie A victory for the Rossoneri on Saturday with a 4-0 rout of Venezia.
All 4 targets got here within the first half-hour of that encounter, the primary time Milan had performed so in a league match since October 1958 towards Alessandria.
Milan welcome a well-recognized foe within the competitors in Liverpool on Tuesday, with the pair having squared off within the 2005 and 2007 finals, each successful one apiece.
The Italian facet additionally confronted the Reds within the Champions League group stage within the 2021-22 season however misplaced on each events as Liverpool reached the showpiece match, solely to lose 1-0 to Actual Madrid.
However Liverpool come into the competition off the again of a shock 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest on the weekend, the primary defeat of the Arne Slot period.
Nonetheless, Fonseca insisted that regardless of their opponents’ newest outcome, his facet should eradicate their very own errors and be defensively excellent to kickstart their marketing campaign with a victory.
“I believe Liverpool is among the strongest groups in Europe. They’ve a superb recreation and powerful people,” Fonseca stated.
“We’ve got to be excellent defensively, you can not make errors.
“I see it as a possibility to indicate our progress. It should lead us to do various things… but in addition to show our price.
“I’m positive it’ll. The help of our followers is all the time vital for us. Tomorrow it will likely be like that, we wish to really feel their love.”
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Milan’s new signing and Euro 2024 successful captain, Alvaro Morata, can be anticipating a tough check towards Liverpool on Tuesday.
Morata returned to motion as a second half substitute towards Venezia after lacking two video games with a again harm after marking his debut with a purpose towards Torino.
The Spaniard additionally has a formidable file towards Liverpool, failing to lose in his 5 appearances towards them (gained three and drawn two) whereas additionally scoring as soon as.
“It is going to be an incredible problem, we have now so many alternative gamers, and we have now to repair so many mechanisms, solely time will inform,” Morata stated.
“Ever because you arrive at a membership like this you dream of taking part in with Liverpool within the Champions League, it might even be a semi-final, it’s unusual that we play straight away.
“There may be a lot need. These are the video games that make sporting historical past.”
