CorSport: The crucial area Milan must improve to revive hopes of top four push | OneFootball

AC Milan are back to six points away from the top four and thus some hopes have been slightly reignited, but they will have to improve in one key area.

As Corriere dello Sport write this morning, Milan go into the international break with the knowledge that they can still chase fourth place, which would guarantee a place in the Champions League.

The Rossoneri are coming off two consecutive victories in the league and upon returning from the break they will have to try to do something that they have never been able to achieve this season: find consistency.

Only in this way can the UCL – currently six points away and with five teams to overtake – get closer. They also need some help in the form of their rivals dropping points, something which has happened but Milan have often failed to take advantage of.

The fixture list is not exactly comforting, either. In the last nine rounds, Milan will face five of the top eight teams in the league, teams against which they did not beat in the first half of the season barring one occasion.

For the moment, in matches against the top eight, Milan have only managed a win in the first derby. The likes of Napoli, Fiorentina, Atalanta, Roma and Bologna are to come, so much will depend on Sergio Conceicao’s ability to get results against direct competitors.