The Milan coach celebrates the success against Lazio and explains the dialogue with Collu during the final on field review for Pavlovic’s handball in the area
“There was a bit of confusion in the last minutes and it wasn’t easy even for the referee to make that decision after being called back by the VAR.” Massimiliano Allegri starts from the end to talk about his Milan’s success against Lazio, which brings the Rossoneri back to the top of the table for one night. “What did I say to Collu to provoke my expulsion – begins the Milan coach -? He had also been the referee of the first match against Cremonese, so I only said ‘every time you’re there, a mess always happens’. In the confusion it was normal for him to take this decision, I absolutely didn’t offend him.”
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Allegri then analyzes the match against the Biancocelesti, which was complicated and unblocked after a first half with zero shots on target. “In the first half we had difficulties because Lazio ran and pressed a lot and as long as they keep up that pace they give you few passing lines and we weren’t good there – he explains -. In the second half we increased the engine speed, they slowed down and we created favorable situations even before the goal. We must maintain humility and the desire to take the ball away from the opponent, because at this moment there is enthusiasm even among the fans. There is not a player on the pitch who holds back and we must carry this quality with us to the end”. The closing is dedicated to two singles, increasingly protagonists. “Leao the center forward also did it in Lille, when the ball is outside he attacks the goal very well and now he starts to defend it even with his back to the goal – he concludes -. Rabiot? Compared to the last year I had him at Juve he has grown a lot: he has excessive physical power, tactically he is very intelligent and he is a team man”.