Joao Felix scores stunning goal just 12 minutes into AC Milan debut as fans say ‘we can now agree Chelsea ruins players’
JOAO FELIX took just 12 minutes to score his first AC Milan goal following his loan transfer from Chelsea. The 25-year-old completed a move to Italy on deadline day. https://twitter.com/PremSportsTV/status/1887254615407686109 GettyJoao Felix scored after 12 minutes on his AC Milan debut[/caption] GettyFelix chipped the ball over the Roma goalkeeper to put Milan through to the Coppa Italia semi-finals[/caption] Just five months ago Chelsea paid £45m to sign him from Atletico Madrid. However, Felix was down the pecking order under Enzo Maresca and managed seven goals in 20 appearances, many of which came in the Europa Conference League. The Blues subsequently loaned him out to AC Milan, who paid a £5million loan fee with no obligation to buy. But the Serie A might be thinking it was some shrewd business after Felix scored an important goal to put them in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia. With the score 2-1 in Milan’s favour, Felix was introduced in the 59th minute as a replacement for Christian Pulisic – another Chelsea reject. The Portuguese forward was then played into open space in the 71st minute by fellow deadline-day signing Santiago Gimenez. Felix then proceeded to calmly chip the ball over Roma goalkeeper Mile Svilar to make the score 3-1 and mark a perfect debut for himself and Gimenez – a £27m buy from Feyenoord. Reacting on social media, some fans were critical of Chelsea’s handling of Felix, with one saying: “We can now agree Chelsea ruins players.” JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS A second said: “Chelsea has ALWAYS ruined players, they were the club that would buy players so other teams couldn’t and then sit them on the bench.” A third added: “Chelsea almost ruined him.” Another fan argued it was a motivation issue, saying: “He’s motivated for the first few games and then it will drop.” A fifth fan said: “They should make his move there permanent.” Felix did also manage to score for Chelsea on his second debut for them this season during the 6-2 thrashing of Wolves, before failing to score another league goal. Milan have been joined in the semi-finals by Bologna, while two of Inter Milan or Lazio and Juventus or Empoli will make up the rest of the last four. The final will be held on May 14, where the Rossoneri will be hoping to win the competition for their sixth time overall and the first time since 2003. Unlock even more award-winning articles as The Sun launches brand new membership programme – Sun Club.
JOAO FELIX took just 12 minutes to score his first AC Milan goal following his loan transfer from Chelsea.
The 25-year-old completed a move to Italy on deadline day. https://twitter.com/PremSportsTV/status/1887254615407686109 Joao Felix scored after 12 minutes on his AC Milan debut[/caption] Felix chipped the ball over the Roma goalkeeper to put Milan through to the Coppa Italia semi-finals[/caption]
Just five months ago Chelsea paid £45m to sign him from Atletico Madrid.
However, Felix was down the pecking order under Enzo Maresca and managed seven goals in 20 appearances, many of which came in the Europa Conference League.
The Blues subsequently loaned him out to AC Milan, who paid a £5million loan fee with no obligation to buy.
But the Serie A might be thinking it was some shrewd business after Felix scored an important goal to put them in the semi-finals of the Coppa Italia.
With the score 2-1 in Milan’s favour, Felix was introduced in the 59th minute as a replacement for Christian Pulisic – another Chelsea reject.
The Portuguese forward was then played into open space in the 71st minute by fellow deadline-day signing Santiago Gimenez.
Felix then proceeded to calmly chip the ball over Roma goalkeeper Mile Svilar to make the score 3-1 and mark a perfect debut for himself and Gimenez – a £27m buy from Feyenoord.
Reacting on social media, some fans were critical of Chelsea’s handling of Felix, with one saying: “We can now agree Chelsea ruins players.”
A second said: “Chelsea has ALWAYS ruined players, they were the club that would buy players so other teams couldn’t and then sit them on the bench.”
A third added: “Chelsea almost ruined him.”
Another fan argued it was a motivation issue, saying: “He’s motivated for the first few games and then it will drop.”
A fifth fan said: “They should make his move there permanent.”
Felix did also manage to score for Chelsea on his second debut for them this season during the 6-2 thrashing of Wolves, before failing to score another league goal.
Milan have been joined in the semi-finals by Bologna, while two of Inter Milan or Lazio and Juventus or Empoli will make up the rest of the last four.
The final will be held on May 14, where the Rossoneri will be hoping to win the competition for their sixth time overall and the first time since 2003.
Unlock even more award-winning articles as The Sun launches brand new membership programme – Sun Club.