{"id":786604,"date":"2026-07-27T03:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/786604\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T03:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:31:15","slug":"amorim-begins-player-evaluations-winners-and-losers-from-celtic-2-2-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/786604\/","title":{"rendered":"Amorim begins player evaluations: Winners and losers from Celtic 2-2 Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ruben Amorim has made it clear that he will evaluate his squad this pre-season, and it all started with the friendly against Glasgow this weekend. So, who were the winners and losers?<\/p>\n

Milan have played their first of four friendlies this summer. While it wasn\u2019t the best performance, they came back from behind to draw 2-2, and Francesco Camarda got to bag a brace<\/a>. In other words, there were still positives to take from the game.<\/p>\n


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As has been widely reported lately, and also confirmed by Amorim himself, the friendlies are more important this pre-season. It\u2019s not just an opportunity for the players to regain form, but for many of them, it\u2019s also several auditions.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Amorim hasn\u2019t made up his mind on all of the players just yet, having confirmed that he will use the pre-season performances to help make his final decisions. As such, we can look at yesterday\u2019s friendly and pick out some winners as well as losers.<\/p>\n

Note: Before you all get mad in the comments, I must emphasise that this article doesn\u2019t just look at the performances last night. It also takes the context of each player into account, which you will notice, so you can still be a \u2018loser\u2019 even if the performance was decent.<\/p>\n

Winners<\/p>\n

This section looks at the players who, thanks to their performance, boosted their positions in the squad ahead of the friendlies in Australia and Indonesia. There is also one player who didn\u2019t play, though, but I will explain this inclusion.<\/p>\n

Francesco Camarda<\/p>\n

We have to start with the obvious. The 18-year-old found the back of the net twice, his first two goals for the senior side, and he impressed with his overall performance as well. Afterwards, Ruben Amorim even felt obliged to confirm him on the spot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"CamardaPhotos by WM Sport Media\/Getty Images and Claudio Villa\/AC Milan<\/p>\n

He\u2019s the biggest winner from the game, there is no doubt about that, as he can now focus on preparing for the 2026-27 season without thinking about a potential loan move. Let\u2019s just hope that he can continue his goalscoring form.<\/p>\n

Samuel Chukwueze<\/p>\n

While not confirmed on the spot<\/a>, I would argue that Chukwueze was co-MOTM along with Camarda. He entered the game with a lot of energy and immediately caused issues for the Celtic defence. And that assist for the striker was stunning in every sense of the word.<\/p>\n

The only question mark would be his position, as he played as a right wing-back, but that is for Amorim to figure out. The Nigerian did exactly what was asked of him and a little more, so he can be very happy with how the afternoon in Glasgow went.<\/p>\n

David Odogu<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not expected to remain in the first team, obviously, but the German really impressed me last night. I guess we have to take the opponents into account, but he remained close to his man and also dared to step up when needed, not just in the defensive phase but also in possession.<\/p>\n

\"DavidPhoto by AC Milan<\/p>\n

As I said, it\u2019s rather unlikely that he will remain so a loan move should be on the cards, but he\u2019s a winner because he has surely attracted some more interest. If not more, then he has solidified the interest he already had.<\/p>\n

Pietro Terracciano<\/p>\n

The veteran didn\u2019t feature due to injury, in fact he didn\u2019t even fly to Glasgow, but I would still say that he was a winner. That\u2019s because Lorenzo Torriani didn\u2019t impress massively in his place as the second-choice goalkeeper, which I will discuss more under the loser section.<\/p>\n

He has travelled with the team for the games against Inter and Chelsea, so we should expect some playing time, especially since Mike Maignan won\u2019t be part of the tour.<\/p>\n

Losers<\/p>\n

While the winner section was mostly tied to the performance, this will also factor in the context of the player. Comotto will be a very good example of that, so make sure to read my motivation before shouting at me in the comments (after you can shout, of course).<\/p>\n

Samuele Ricci<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with the poor performances, first one courtesy of Ricci. Not only did he make a massive mistake on the second goal, passing the ball between two players, but he also struggled to dictate the game. In his No.6 role, that\u2019s something he has to be able to do.<\/p>\n

\"SamuelePhoto by AC Milan<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a fan of the player, but he was rather slow on the ball and didn\u2019t really attempt that many hard passes. He did once or twice, but the outcome was poor. When you consider that Amorim has question marks about where he will fit in<\/a>, this game didn\u2019t help.<\/p>\n

Strahinja Pavlovic<\/p>\n

The second poor performance was delivered by Pavlovic, and again, it wasn\u2019t just because of the ridiculous pass on the first goal. There had been several poor passes before that, showing a lack of concentration (and technical ability?).<\/p>\n

On top of that, he was really disappointing when put under pressure. Maybe it\u2019s just the old pre-season form, but Amorim will surely be asking himself if Pavlovic is the right starter for the left-hand side. Amidst it all, Gerard Martin is being linked with the club<\/a> too\u2026<\/p>\n

Christian Comotto<\/p>\n

Moving on to the players who weren\u2019t necessarily terrible, I have to mention Comotto here. It\u2019s okay if you want to hate me for this, but I just don\u2019t think he made the most of the occasion. Yes, it was a decent performance, but he would have needed much more to convince Amorim.<\/p>\n

\"ChristianPhoto by WM Sport Media\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

At the end of the day, Milan\u2019s midfield is very competitive and if the youngster wants to remain for the upcoming season, then he needs to step up on all fronts: making himself more available, attempting tougher passes, imposing himself physically, and so on.<\/p>\n

The opponents are only going to get tougher from here so for me, it was a missed opportunity to shine for the youngster.<\/p>\n

Lorenzo Torriani<\/p>\n

As alluded to earlier, I don\u2019t think it was a confident display from Torriani. He looked very insecure, especially in possession, and that is probably the opposite of what Amorim needs. On top of that, his positioning wasn\u2019t great either.<\/p>\n

The goals should be blamed on his teammates, without a doubt, but he could have come out on the second one. It was just one of several situations that made me think twice about his role for the season. I hope he proves me wrong in the next games.<\/p>\n

Andrej Kostic<\/p>\n

Finally, we have the Montenegrin striker. He got the chance to play from start but never really got into the game. The only thing that stuck with me from his 45-minute cameo, basically, is when he tried to attempt a bicycle kick on the edge of the penalty box.<\/p>\n

\"AndrejPhoto by AC Milan<\/p>\n

We all know that he wants to stay in the first team for this season and not go out on loan, but Camarda settled that dispute immediately. A loan is now imminent for the youngster, unless he\u2019s fine with playing in Serie D in the event that he might get a few minutes for the first team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ruben Amorim has made it clear that he will evaluate his squad this pre-season, and it all started…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-786604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}