Pioli stings Inter: “The strongest team for 4 years has only won 2 scudetti. I would give everything to change the result of the derby.”

“We gave everything, yes, but we weren’t always able to put our strength into play.Inter It has been the strongest in the championship for four years, but has only won two championships. We have never been the strongest in the championship”: Stefano Pioli defends his work as a technician Milan, but he does so by talking about Inter and downplaying the goals achieved. According to him, the Nerazzurri are technically the best in the league A league for years, but they were only able to win two titles. Milan’s 2022 scudetto is therefore a half-miracle of which Pioli claims paternity and at the same time underlines that the Rossoneri have never had the strongest team, the one candidate for first place. There are five games left until the end of the season and the coach is starting to take some stones off his feet.

Pioli: “I would give everything to change the derby”

His fate now seems sealed, six consecutive derbies lost they are a stain that cannot be ignored. The elimination in the Europa League at the hands of Roma is still an open wound. “In these almost five years at Milan, there has been no middle ground. There have been either very positive or very negative moments. This is the closest, the most painful. I would give everything I have to change the result of the derby “, admits Pioli bitterly. But the last two games were probably fatal for him.

Juventus-Milan, a match between disappointments

Now there is it Juventus and it would be strange if, in the event of a bad defeat, Milan didn’t opt ​​for the strong decision, an immediate change on the bench. “The focus – explains Pioli – must be to finish second, do well and try to win. They have been ten delicate days. But we cannot stop at these negative results and these disappointments. We must have the desire, the pride, the hunger for redemption , remain united. We are professionals attached to what we do. We have a duty to stand up.” Juventus are in Turin on Saturday Allegri which, like Milan, had to scale back its expectations for the season. It’s a challenge between disappointments, a great classic that this year has little to offer.

Pioli: “Milan must finish second”

Pioli, however, assures that it is not complicated to find motivation, in fact it is even easy to load up the team. We have to defend second place in the standings and win the last five matches between now and the end. “We have to demonstrate who we are – he warns – demonstrate that we are Milan and we want to get out of this period. We will have to fight and give our best, we have to fight for every ball and fight against an opponent who is well”.

Leao captain against Juventus

He will have the armband Rafael Leao accomplices disqualifications of Theo Hernandez e Calabriain addition to that of Tomori. Absences that weigh and yet another emergency to manage for the Rossoneri coach. But there is the second step of the podium to defend. Too little to make the fans smile again, but slipping any lower would be unacceptable for the square and for the club.