VERONA, ITALY – APRIL 19: Igli Tare, Sporting Director of AC Milan looks on prior to the Serie A match between Hellas Verona FC and AC Milan at Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi on April 19, 2026 in Verona, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini/Getty Images)
Director of sport Igli Tare admits ‘there’s no point denying it, the right attention has been lacking’ at Milan in recent weeks, so they could go into a training retreat before facing Genoa.
The mood among fans started angry and deteriorated into rage during the 3-2 defeat to Atalanta, as many stormed out after just 52 minutes, while Rafael Leao was jeered again.
It was a remarkable night at San Siro, as La Dea went 3-0 up by the 51st minute with goals from Ederson, Davide Zappacosta and Giacomo Raspadori.
The Rossoneri staged a late fightback with Strahinja Pavlovic’s header and the Christopher Nkunku penalty for the final 3-2 result, but many fans in the Curva Sud had already walked out by then.
Tare admits Milan are in crisis
“Seeing the recent games, the right attention has been lacking. There’s no point denying it, we must all take our share of the responsibility,” Tare told DAZN Italia.
“The fans deserve a different team, but the only positive is that our destiny is still in our hands. We will try to take the good last half-hour and build on that, analyse everything that happened in the last six or seven weeks, and concentrate to achieve this important target.
“We’ve done so well for 10 months, it is only the last month and a half where we stuttered.”
Tare and Max Allegri only arrived a year ago, but there are already reports Milan will fire them both and are scouting for other alternatives.
“Honestly, I have received no signals from the club. I am totally concentrated on my work, because if we achieve the target we set at the start of the season, then we’ll have done well. All the rest, the speculation and pressure, that’s part of the job and you must be able to handle it.
“That is not important for me, what’s important is having the right mentality to face the remaining two games.”
The evening had started in a tense atmosphere with the protest against CEO Giorgio Furlani, followed by repeated banners and chants insulting everyone from owner Gerry Cardinale to the players.
“The fans have the right to protest and express their beliefs. I see it as more of a psychological issue with the team, which has lost some of its calm that it had in previous months, but above all since we fell out of the race for first place, that took something out of us,” replied Tare.
“The fundamental thing now is to keep cool heads, be able to accept criticism, but also react and achieve our target. That will give us a step forward towards the future.”
Tare confessed that they could well go into a training retreat before the trip to Genoa, an unusual move for a club this big, and a sign of how badly things are going.
“The coach and I spoke in front of the players, we told them everything that is swirling around us has to be set aside, because we saw the right reaction in the dressing room from the leaders of the team.
“Now we might all go into a training retreat a few days before the game, so we can spend more time together and analyse the situation carefully.”
