Tuttosport: ‘The alibis have run out’ – everyone under scrutiny at Milan as Ibra issues demand | OneFootball

The elimination from the Champions League at the hands of Feyenoord has raised a new cloud of criticism around AC Milan, and a report has claimed everyone is responsible.

This morning’s edition of Tuttosport (via MilanNews) writes that the spotlight has been on Milanello since the defeat. Yesterday, at the end of training, Zlatan Ibrahimovic spoke with the team and coach inside the dressing room of the training ground to look them one by one in the eye.

Before taking the floor, RedBird Capital’s Senior Advisor gave Theo Hernandez the chance to apologise to his team-mates for the red card he received on Tuesday, a sanction that has definitely compromised Milan’s qualification mission.

Having let the Frenchman speak and say sorry, Ibrahimovic gave a short but very direct speech, putting the team in front of its responsibilities, without too many turns of phrase and without omitting anything, also because the ‘alibis have run out’.

There are no more excuses and the Swedish manager did not ask but imposed – or rather demanded – a significant reaction from the team in the league. Fourth place is an obligation for Milan in terms of being a minimum objective.

Champions League football next season is essential not only to avoid further damage to the image and the accounts of the club, but also because the future of many of the current members of the squad – and Sergio Conceiçao above all – will be decided on this metric.