Jovic ready for another chance but his time is running out

Luka Jovic will get the start for AC Milan up front against Frosinone on Saturday night at San Siro, and he must quickly begin to convince the management that he deserves to stay.

This morning’s edition of La Gazzetta dello Sport (seen below) writes how Jovic ‘has been a ghost for months’ and only in the last week has he started to show what he can do. He should have sealed the game against Fiorentina but saw his shot saved by Terracciano, while he had another shot stopped and even hit the post against Dortmund.

The next step is obvious, and that is to get the first goal and hope it springs him into life with new confidence. Stefano Pioli will use him as the striker tomorrow but more out of necessity given Olivier Giroud is suspended, Noah Okafor is injured and Francesco Camarda is 15.

In his career he played at the Marakana in Belgrade with Red Star, in the Bundesliga stadiums with Eintracht Frankfurt and at the Bernabeu with Real Madrid. He has also scored at San Siro, a decisive goal to take the Germans to the quarter-finals of the Europa League, knocking Inter out.

It was March 2019 and it can be said that since then his performance has progressively decreased and in Serie A, between Fiorentina and Milan, he has not managed to reverse the trend. The Rossoneri attack however, which is completely blunt, does not allow for other solutions.

Jovic will be the starter again, as happened last Saturday. In the same way, the relay will be completed with Camarda, the youngest debutant in the history of the Serie A who was welcomed with applause at San Siro in the win over Fiorentina.

For Jovic, on the contrary, it could be one of the last chances before the club reviews its attack plans in January. In the meantime, Jovic hopes to build on the 73 goals scored in five countries, including Serbia, Portugal, Germany (clearly the most prolific seasons), Spain and Italy, in addition to the 10 with his national team.