Arrigo Sacchi has more often than not criticised Rafael Leao for his performances this season. After the MOTM display against PSG, however, the former AC Milan manager only had good things to say about the winger.
Leao has been on the receiving end of Sacchi’s criticism many times this season, as mentioned, and it hasn’t always been justified either. After Milan’s 2-1 win against PSG last night, however, Sacchi couldn’t say anything bad about the winger.
In fairness to Sacchi, there was a clear difference in how much Leao tracked back yesterday compared to the games he didn’t perform well in. In his editorial for Gazzetta dello Sport this morning, the former manager praised the electric winger.
“Leao’s great performance should be underlined. The Portuguese, who in my opinion has impressive qualities and I get angry every time he doesn’t exploit them (because it’s such a shame…), tracked back to give his teammates a hand in the containment phase.
“He made an incredible series of sprints and in this way, in addition to creating problems for Paris Saint-Germain, he gave courage to the whole team. Leao’s counterattacks in the second half were truly devastating: it was impossible to stop him,” he wrote.
Leao certainly needs to do what he did yesterday more often. On a good day, he’s truly unstoppable and that is of incredible value to Milan, especially in the big Champions League games.
The Rossoneri will take on Lecce next, though, and will need to bounce back in the league after three games without a win.
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