The Rossoneri coach after the success in Cagliari: “We improved in the second half, but we had to close it out. With 5 teams in just a few points it will be difficult to get to the end. We’re waiting to recover some players”
Very heavy victory for Milan in Cagliari but Max Allegri remains with his feet firmly planted on the ground and places a joke on the match winner Leao: “When Rafa is in the middle of the pitch he is more alive in the game: when he plays on the left every now and then he falls asleep and leaves the match, instead as a centre-forward, having the quality and characteristics to do it he does well. The condition is still to be found. In the first half we were ready and going, we conceded three shots on goal. In those moments you have to stay organized, matches last 100 minutes minutes. In the second half they dropped and we grew: we absolutely had to score the second goal, we had many last pass situations in which we had to do better.”
the championship
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With the primacy regained, while waiting for Inter-Bologna, it is inevitable to tease Allegri about the scudetto: “Too early, there are 5 teams in 3-4 points. Winning and not conceding a goal was very important. Already with Verona the team had remained orderly. We need to continue working and we know that it is very difficult to get to the end: we recover the players as a condition. The spirit of the team is good: if one or the other is missing, we don’t miss them. The team plays as a team. They are everyone improving also in defense, playing for Milan is not easy: De Winter, Bartesaghi, Estupinan, Tomori who has improved physically, Gabbia who has returned. They are improving especially individually, in defensive situations. Already against Verona De Winter and Pavlovic had a good game. They are improving in their readings inside the area, De Winter took away three important balls inside the area. Now we will play the 8th, then the 11th and then the 15th and then the 18th the 25th and the 1st in Bologna. I wasn’t good at Italian but in mathematics… It was important to play the 2nd, then when they tell us to play we can’t change the schedule anyway: we need to recover and think about Thursday’s match against Genoa who are a boring team.”