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Interviewed on Milan TV, Mister Ignazio Abate, AC Milan’s Primavera coach, commented on today’s draw with Napoli which arrived at the last second: “We are sorry we didn’t bring home the three points, however, the match was on, you have to see the glass as half full. We caught up in the end, but I have to say that the lads played an excellent game, a great first half in terms of amount of play, in the chances created, we created three or four clear chances. we were unable to unblock it and then we committed a carelessness, we went down and unfortunately we conceded after a minute in the middle of the second half and we had to adapt to the match.A dirty match in the second half, difficult, intense but the lads they’ve always put quality, order and heart and it’s the first game we’ve come back from, especially down by two goals. I’m really happy for the boys.”
On Napoli: “Our opponents came here putting themselves behind the ball all 90 minutes. It was difficult to create space, but I must say that we certainly went well in the first half, then going down the gaps decreased and we had a little too frenzied when we arrived on the frontline.We needed a quality play in the last 30 meters, but for 90 minutes the boys always tried to grind the game in order, with our ideas, with our principles, so they really put in a very good performance “, remembering that we have five or six heavy absences. I’m happy, now let’s recharge our batteries: we need to play an important match after a long break and we’ll get ready for the derby.”
On the many young players on the field: “Definitely a source of pride, I’m very happy for them. Two or three years of difference is a lot, already a year is a lot, let alone two or three years. We played with three 2006s, they had many 2004 and 2003 , so you can imagine that it’s definitely not easy, especially from an experience and physical point of view.The boys behaved well, they held up with enthusiasm, with quality and if they’re good it’s right that they play to shorten their growth path a bit, hoping one day to see some guys on some important stage”.
