CM: Il messaggio di Fonseca a Moncada e i numeri di ogni coppia di difensori centrali
ne of the things that has come under fire from AC Milan fans is that Paulo Fonseca
has consistently rotated the centre-back pairing he has used.
With 22 goals conceded in 17 games played, it can be strongly argued that the lack of an
established central defensive duo has hurt any attempts to build resilience,
with the chemistry and cohesion not allowed to build.
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Calciomercato.com have gone through each pair used:
➤ Gabbia-Tomori: Five starts, five goals conceded, one clean sheet
➤ Thiaw-Pavlovic: Four starts, five goals conceded, two clean sheets
➤ Tomori-Pavlovic: Four starts, nine goals conceded
➤ Thiaw-Tomori: Two starts, three goals conceded
➤ Gabbia-Pavlovic: One start, zero goals conceded, one clean sheet
➤ Gabbia-Thiaw: One start, zero goals conceded, one clean sheet
The pairing used in Bratislava in midweek – Tomori and Pavlovic –
is the worst in terms of numbers.
They concede two goals against Parma, two goals against Lazio,
three goals against Liverpool and two goals against Slovan.
The duo have technical and tactical characteristics (such as their aggression and
tendency to stray away from the defensive line) that are too similar
and it is unlikely that we will see them as a pair again.
The best defensive pair, according to the numbers recorded in the first part of this season,
is Tomori and Gabbia, Fonseca, though, is expected to exclude the
Englishman against Empoli in favour of Thiaw.
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