The Rossoneri coach on the Portuguese: “He couldn’t shoot and I preferred to take him away”. And then “Their goal was avoidable, we were lined up, we should have behaved better. We are still satisfied, we have extended the positive streak”
After the draw with Pisa, Allegri’s focus was mainly on maintaining clarity in the final minutes of the match. From tomorrow he will have to re-evaluate for a moment the segments of the match to focus on, because that clarity was also missing in the heart of the match. It was missing when Lookman ran away from Tomori on goal, just as it was missing when Saelemaekers, instead of shooting with a freeway in front, opted for an absurd support to Nkunku. Two episodes, in both phases, which can cost dearly. In the end, the widespread feeling in the Rossoneri house is that this point is still good. Partly because Bergamo is, regardless, a very complicated field, partly because with this draw the Devil has achieved eight useful results in a row and remains unbeaten away from home (Lookman’s goal, among other things, is the first goal conceded away from the Meazza).
choices
—
“We don’t have a short squad, we have a few injured players but the team is reacting well – explains Allegri after the match -. After the goal we were forced to defend ourselves because we made too many technical mistakes in the outbound balls. In the second half we had opportunities to score, but wrong choices were made in the last twenty metres. We need to improve on this, we need to be more convinced of what we do. Their goal was avoidable, we were lined up, we needed to behave better. However, we are satisfied with what we are doing, we have extended our positive streak. Leao out? He had had a hip problem, he wasn’t feeling very well and I preferred to remove him. He couldn’t shoot. Let’s see for Roma, it shouldn’t be anything special. We still have ten days to grit our teeth and then after the break we will start again with all the players available. Gimenez? He must stay calm and calm, the goals will come, I’m happy and he must work peacefully.”
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED