It is not a new trend in soccer to fire a manager if a club is not able to perform as expected, in fact, managers and coaches are the first one to face the consequences if their teams are not sustaining good rankings or performing well in crucial matches. Serie A club AC Milan is one of the clubs which is famous for its kindness to top officials, but when it comes to expect results, it has the highest standards in Italy. This series could not be a memorable affair for Massimiliano Allegri team despite having world renowned players in his squad, and looking at their position in the leaderboard, everyone expects to be a firing action very soon where manager could be the first one to face the outcome. Milan is at 13th place and their next match is with Celtic in Champions League group stage. According to some insiders, including Milan’s high profile midfielder Kaka, this match could be crucial for Allegri’s survival at San Siro and looking at Celtic performance in Scottish Premiership, this match is going to be a tough affair for manager and other top decision makers. In Champions league, Celtic Neil Lennon’s army is on the bottom in Group H hence they would also try their best to win this game to qualify to the next stage along with Barcelona.
The 31-year-old Brazilian is looking forward for this game keeping his fingers crossed and said, “This is going to be a very difficult match. But, by winning tomorrow, we could kick-start our season. We could even qualify if we win and the other result goes in our favour. It’s definitely a challenge to put indifferent form and off-field problems to the side.
“At this moment, the atmosphere is a little bit tense, but this tension is not bad sometimes. Sometimes you can use this tension and this pressure for a good reason and it could be a bit motivation for us. We are always under pressure at Milan. We are seven matches now without a win and the pressure to end that bad run certainly gets more and more.”
While on the other hand, high profile 46-year-old Italian manager is denying that a failure to quality to the next stage would cost him his job though accepted Celtic as the toughest challenger, he said, “Not at all. Playing against Celtic will be very difficult. Maybe even a win for us won’t be enough depending on what happens in the other match.”