“These two months will be decisive, the verdicts will come and we can still do a lot”.
Stefano Pioli, coach of Milan, thus presents the challenge with Napoli, scheduled for tomorrow at 20.45pm at Maradona stadium.Article Key Points
Pioli: “Nobody believes in us, we can make it a glorious season”
“I told the boys that last season nobody believed in us – said the technician -. Few believe that we can finish in the top four, few believe that we can advance to the next round. Champions.This season can still become glorious, or a little negative.
It will depend on these two months."
On the return to the defense a four: “There is this hypothesis, we have tried both things. If we play like Milan we can win, if we don't we are reminded of losing”.
“We have all the characteristics to put the Napoli and be protagonists – continues Pioli -. Napoli deserves compliments, but I believe in my team that knows it has to go beyond its limits in these two months."
Pioli: “Osimhen out? Our game plan doesn’t change”
Onabsence of osimhen in opponents: “Without him he won seven games in a row, my choices will not depend on this factor”.
“I coach a responsible and cohesive group, which has never been influenced. We know we have an important end to the season.
We have the opportunity to improve a little in the championship. This is our goal.
I will choose the players who I think can help me win the match, just as those who come in can be decisive."
The AC Milan coach underlined that “Napoli has been much more consistent than us. But now another season begins.
However tomorrow's Champions League match will be a whole different story. Other factors come into play there."
Pioli: “Next two months will be decisive”
On the absence of Ibrahimovic: “I am his biggest fan and sponsor, but it is reductive to point to him as the only element that has allowed the team to grow.
Now the boys are more experienced and are able to demonstrate that they are strong even without Zlatan."
“Let's remember that this can still be an important season. The last two months have been below our possibilities, but the team hasn't forgotten how to play these games.
Attention, determination and mental ferocity? I am sure that Milan has these characteristics”
he concluded.
Article published on 1 April 2023 - 15:00
