Leonardo unhappy with his defence

The season hasn’t been easy for Leonardo so far this season with his strikers being shot shy at the start of the season, however in recent weeks the goals have started to come only now the defence has started to leak goals.

“It’s true that we have problems in defence. But it’s something we are aware of and we need to improve on,”

Milan were 2-1 down after half an hour at the weekend against Cagliari but fought back to win 4-3 and although Leonardo wasn’t happy with the goals conceded he was very happy with the fight back from his side.

“We have turned around the result quickly and I am happy for that,” Leonardo said.

“All our three strikers have scored against a Cagliari side that had not given away a goal in three games. This team has learned to suffer and overcome adversity quickly.”

“We have turned around the result quickly and I am happy for that,” Leonardo said.

“All our three strikers have scored against a Cagliari side that had not given away a goal in three games. This team has learned to suffer and overcome adversity quickly.”

Alexandre Pato and Ronaldinho have really began to show their worth in an AC Milan jersey and show their true ability. Pato has shown promise over the past couple of seasons but after the loss of Kaka he needed to step up and has. Ronaldinho similarly has begun to show some of the form that AC Milan bought him to produce.

AC Milan currently lie third in Serie As, seven points behind league leaders Inter Milan, and if they win their Champions League clash tonight with Marseille they will qualify for the next round of the Champions league.

Written by Kampanart Wong, a sports editor who blogs about cheap football jerseys

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