Theo Hernandez asks for change with Milan but plays with France

After the whistles of San Siro and before the umpteenth Rossoneri comeback, Milan returned to the field for the second half of the challenge to Como with two team news: Fofana for Bondo, change dictated by technical needs, and Jimenez for Theo Hernandez, a replacement forced by Theo’s physical conditions. For Conceiçao he would continue the game, Hernandez preferred not to do it: the coach reported a pain in the calf who would have prevented him from playing at the best.

Do not -be fading or not?

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For the record, Theo had been more dynamic than many other times. In the post game, the coach did not report the interview that took place at the interval with the player, for which a technical rejection had been assumed. Instead no: Sergio would have “rewarded” Theo’s resourcefulness with the confirmation in the team in the second half, in the hope that from him he finally left some winning inspiration. The Frenchman instead chose to manage the annoyance and sit on the bench. Two days ago he arrived casually and smiling in Clairefontaine, retreat of the French national team. He could not go unnoticed: very blonde, sunglasses, exaggeratedly wide sports suit. In the field it was not seen: he did not train with the group but he still chose to stay in France. Thuram for ankle problems has returned to Inter doctors. Upon returning to the national team Theo also dedicated two Instagram posts: the last social photo in the Rossoneri is on 19 February, to apologize to the fans of the dear naivety against Feyenoord. Red for simulation paid by Milan with the elimination from the Champions League.

New episode

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The expulsion of the cup – yellow for a retained on the opponent, red for simulation – had been only the last ring of a unfortunate chain. Started in late August with the case of cooling break at the Olimpico, in which he and Leao remained deliberately at a distance from the coach. They had left the bench for punishment: in the previous match against Parma they had sinned with little application. In Florence, early October, Hernandez snatches the penalty to Pulisic from Captain and he is wrong: at the end of the game he protests with the referee and he gets two rounds of disqualification. Before the Feyenoord many, too many other games under tone: few ideas and many distractions.

Technical choice

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Theo’s future is already decided: the contract expiring in the summer of 2026 will not be renewed. They expect offers at the end of the season and if they do not arrive there is also the risk of the junction. In its place, Milan will take a new left back. And in the meantime? The break with the club, who has chosen not to propose a rich renewal, is already underway: to prolong the agreement the player would demand a retouching to the engagement that the company has no intention of signing. On the field, however, Theo had also fallen, in the last trip of Lecce even regaining the captain’s armband. In a season finale where Conceiçao will need highly motivated players, Theo’s candidacy becomes more at risk than ever. The coach believes in the Champions League or at least in the Europa League comeback, and works literally day and evening for the goal. He needs players who share his thoughts: for this reason Alex Jimenez is going on, the good substitute for Theo in the second half against Como. Alex plays with malice, trying to overcome even his own limits: he runs, he engages, tries to participate as much as possible in the game. He wants the desire to serve today’s and that of the future: Real Madrid has the opportunity to regain him, he would like to remain Rossoneri. To demonstrate it, it would also pass over some ailments.