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Ruben Amorim has fallen straight into the same trap at AC Milan that he found himself in during his reign as Manchester United manager at Old Trafford.
The 41-year-old former Manchester United manager has had a slow start to life at the San Siro after overseeing two draws from his first two matches in charge.
Ruben Amorim, who was appointed AC Milan boss in June, was rescued from defeat against Celtic after a Francesco Camarda brace secured his side’s 2-2 comeback.
Following the encounter with Celtic in Glasgow, Milan visited Australia and picked up a 1-1 draw against Italian rivals Inter Milan at the Optus Stadium on Wednesday.
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Much like his time at Man Utd, Ruben Amorim cannot help himself with using the word ‘suffered’ at AC Milan
Federico Dimarco broke the deadlock in the second half for Inter Milan in the pre-season friendly and Ruben Amorim’s men were left chasing the match on the day.
Christopher Nkunku spared Amorim’s blushes in Burswood after the AC Milan player cancelled out Federico Dimarco’s opener from the spot-kick in the 83rd minute.
Milan fans are currently experiencing the early turbulence of what Manchester United fans had to put up with for 14 months of Amorim’s Old Trafford reign.
Amorim is not doing himself any favours and has reverted to his playbook with his post-match rhetoric, as he declared that Milan had “suffered” against Inter.
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Joshua Zirkzee of Manchester United is consoled by Ruben Amorim, head coach of Manchester United, after the Emirates FA Cup Fifth Round match between Manchester United and Fulham at Old Trafford on March 02, 2025 in Manchester, England.
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“It is important not to have lost, but the most important thing is to improve as a team,” he told Sky Sport Italia, as per Goal.
“We started very well, pressing very well, but Inter have a lot of experience, they immediately understood what we were doing and we suffered against them at the end of the first half and at the start of the second half.
“Then we improved: the last twenty minutes of the match were good. It was a good test, but we need more matches to try out all the players.”
Amorim cannot help himself with his choice of words — maybe he doesn’t realise he’s doing it — and the mention of ‘suffering’ sparked flashbacks for this Man Utd fan.
Manchester United supporters will back their manager through and through, but even Amorim made that a challenge with the self-inflicted negativity at times.
Even after his first match in charge of Man Utd against Ipswich Town in 2024, the word ‘suffer’ became part of Amorim’s lexicon and shaped his identity at Old Trafford as well.
“Next year, in the same stage, we will be here with the same problems or we start now … we risk a little bit, we suffer a little bit and in the next year we will be better,” Amorim said, as per The Guardian in 2024.
Buckle up, Milan fans, as this is not the first and only time that Amorim will tell y’all that the team will ‘suffer’ under him — we United supporters know all about that.