AC Milan losing touch with UCL spots

ROME. AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri knows if his team do not start picking up points soon the unthinkable will happen and they will lose touch with third place and Champions League football next season.

Friday, November 01, 2013
Marco Borriello celebrates scoring the only goal of the game to maintain Roma's 100 per cent start. Net photo

SaturdayParma    vs    Juventus    7pm    Napoli    vs    Catania    9:45pm    Milan    vs    FiorentinaSundayLivorno    vs    Atalanta    1:30pm H Verona    vs    Cagliari    4pm    Lazio    vs    GenoaUdinese    vs    InterSampdoria    vs    SassuoloTorino    vs    AS Roma    9:45pm    MondayBologna    vs    Chievo    9:45pm    ROME. AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri knows if his team do not start picking up points soon the unthinkable will happen and they will lose touch with third place and Champions League football next season.Milan, who host Fiorentina on Saturday, have taken one point from their last two games to renew the almost inevitable speculation about Allegri’s future, something he has had to live with throughout the last two seasons.After his side were held 1-1 at home by Lazio on Wednesday, leaving them 13 points off third spot, Allegri produced the familiar lines Milan fans have become tired of hearing recently.He complained about injuries, said they performed well, failed to take their chances, lost concentration and made no real mistakes apart from the goal they conceded. And he said they would fight on and do better next time."The team played well, created chances and didn’t give anything to Lazio,” he said. "And after we went ahead we had a couple of situations which we should have made more from.Milan are 10th in the table with only 12 points from 10 games, including a mere three wins. They need to finish third to earn a place in the Champions League playoff round, something they did by the skin of their teeth last season with a 2-1 win at Siena in their last game.But they already find themselves cast adrift of Juventus, who are currently in third spot.Fiorentina, enjoying another impressive season under coach Vincenzo Montella, are sixth with 18 points and have already beaten Juve 4-2 this season.Roma, who set a Serie A record on Thursday by winning their first 10 games, have a tricky tie at Torino on Sunday.