Stefano Pioli, Rossoneri coach, thus presents the main themes of Milan-Manchester United, second leg of the round of 16 of the Europa League, scheduled for tomorrow, at 9 pm, at San Siro. Below are Pioli’s statements at the press conference at Milanello.
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Pioli’s press conference begins
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On AC Milan’s Europa League: “All the games we have played have helped us to grow. The result tomorrow is important because it would come with an opponent of the highest quality like Manchester United. Now we have to aim to win.”
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On the injured: “Bennacer and Ibrahimovic will be called up. They come back from long injuries, but I am happy with their recovery. We have to take another day for the others. Only tomorrow we will understand if Leao, Romagnoli, Rebic and Calabria will be in the game”.
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On Manchester’s performance: “Tomorrow there will be all the difficulties, given the quality of our opponents. We will have to play with great quality and personality to try to get the better of it. It seems to me that I have not lost for eleven games.”
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On Ibrahimovic owner: “We will see the choices I will make tomorrow. His return is important, but obviously he can’t have ninety minutes in his legs.”
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On the importance of Ibrahimovic: “The arrival in January of Zlatan and Kjaer certainly improved the team from the point of view of personality and depth. Zlatan is a great champion: I don’t know if he was good at Sanremo because I didn’t see him, but on campo remains a great champion “.
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On the performance of the attack: “Obviously, the more choices I have, the better, but we’ll see tomorrow with the injured if they can recover. Better Ibrahimovic or Cavani? Cavani is an excellent player, but Ibrahimovic is a champion and I’m holding on to Ibra”.
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On Donnarumma, Hernandez and Rebic: “Nervous in the match against Napoli? These things can happen, even if it would be better if they didn’t. It was a hard-fought and nervous match, we have to learn to be more lucid.”
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On the result of the first leg and on tomorrow’s race : “When you prepare for matches you can imagine them too, but it’s difficult to make predictions. Manchester were aggressive in the first leg, but we came out well with good ball management. We have to try to attack well and try to be dangerous because we can’t manage anything after the 1-1 first leg. “
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On the progress of the Italians in the cup: “The Italians are not able to withstand the double commitment? The latest results of the Italian teams are saying this, even if Inter reached the final of the Europa League last year. In Europe we play with more rhythm and quality, we we played in Manchester with rhythm and quality on a perfect turf, while in Italy it is difficult to find such pitches. We are a little behind on everything, in Italy we have to improve in all areas. We have to roll up our sleeves. “
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On the goals of the beginning of the season: “Everyone would have signed, but we must not be satisfied. We have raised our expectations, we have shown that we can achieve certain results. We have done well so far, but if we have nothing in hand at the end of the year. We would all have signed up to be at this point of the season. in the second round of the Europa League and second in the league “.
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Pioli’s press conference ends here
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