The 2013 2014 season was a rough one for the AC Milan soccer club. After winning Italy's Serie A in 2010 2011, and coming in second and third respectively in the 2011 2012 and 2012 2013 seasons, Milan fell upon hard times this year and tumbled into a disastrous eighth place finish in the league. Fans are hoping heartily that the AC Milan home jersey 2014 2015 will be a symbol for redemption for the team after this year's disappointing show of football failure.
Next year's AC Milan football shirt is already available for purchase, and we have it at Soccer Box right now for the biggest fans of the team to purchase and enjoy. While the shirt is once again made by Adidas, it is actually a significant break with the style of previous jerseys a sign that the AC Milan team is changing things up in an effort to erase this year's eighth place disappointment.
Out with the Old, In with the New
So what sets the AC Milan home jersey 2014 2015 apart from previous incarnations of the team's home kit? It isn't the colors, which are still red and black to match the fitting team nickname, "The Red and the Black."
Instead, the shifts are in the design of the shirt itself. For one thing, the team's usual crest has been replaced on the left-hand breast of the shirt by the white and red St George's Cross. For another, the red and black vertical striping of the shirt has also changed, with the stripes no longer being even in width. The new stripes are uneven and more scattered, leading to a completely different vision spark.
Design changes in the AC Milan home jersey 2014 2015 are not the only signs of the team's new "out with the old, in with the new" mentality. On the contrary, just recently, head coach Clarence Seedorf was sacked and replaced by Filippo Inzaghi.
Both Seedorf and Inzaghi were legends of the AC Milan football shirt during their own days of professional play. Seedorf played as a midfielder with the Milan team from 2002 to 2012, while Inzaghi was a striker with the soccer club from 2001 to 2012. In other words, the two veteran players were also longtime teammates, a fact that will likely make the managerial mix-up that much more contentious.
However, if Inzaghi can't turn AC Milan around next season, there is no doubt that he will be exiting from team managerial duties just as quickly as Seedorf did. Seedorf didn't even get to coach a whole season, being brought on in January to help reverse the team's lagging fortunes, and losing his job when he failed to accomplish that task.
Inzaghi now has the same mission as his former teammate did: to bring the AC Milan football shirt back up to a place of glory and renown. If, by next January, the team isn't doing well, we can expect another new face to take up residence in the AC Milan managerial office.
A Need for Consistency
Neither Seedorf nor Inzaghi had ever managed a senior level team prior to being called up to coach their former Milan team. As a result, both coaches are a bit like dispensable gambles: football club officials are trying to find what fits for their team, but haven't been shy about firing people and mixing things up if that fit doesn't seem to be in place.
The problem with this experiment is that it won't give AC Milan players the cohesion and consistency they really need to become a formidable team. Every coaching shift brings other changes down the line within the team dynamic, so while Milan certainly has the talent to be a winning team Mario Balotelli, especially it won't be able to generate much momentum until officials decide to keep a coach around for longer than six months.
In other words, fans are hoping that Filippo Inzaghi will be the correct fit for the Milan team. If you think the striker-turned-manager can help build his old team back into a Serie A contender, then head to Soccer Box today to purchase an AC Milan home jersey.
