AC Milan's new coach will definitely try to make AC Milan perform well even in pre-season. Because in reality he is trying to gain the trust of everyone at the club. Well, this is necessary to build the players' confidence in the instructions from the coach. Good results from pre-season can show that Paulo Fonseca can indeed be trusted. And when all the players have high hopes for the coach, a harmonious situation will exist within the club. And this will make the team's performance better. I think Paulo Fonseca is building on this while testing out the strategies and players he wants to use in the real season. Real Madrid and Man city are in a condition where they don't need to show their full strength. They just want to assess their players and test out some new compositions and strategies without caring about winning or losing.
Perhaps he takes friendly matches too seriously, I don't see the point in achieving a position in pre-season matches that don't decide anything. There are 10 days left before the start of the season, and the first games will show how well the results in friendly matches correspond to the team's form. Fonseca is a very ambitious coach and said that Milan's main goal for this season is to win the Scudetto. A very self-confident statement, but I think it should be like that, when a team understands where it needs to go, there is a greater chance that it will be able to achieve its goal.