Milan, Pioli after Genoa: “We want to be winning again”

Good habits have been confirmed and lost ones have been found. Stefano Pioli may not yet have fully regained his real Milan – still many mistakes in the last thirty meters and too many pieces of the match played under rhythm -, but this time it is all the numbers and not just the defensive ones that are comforting. From which, however, it is impossible not to start: now the consecutive matches without conceding a goal have risen to seven (including the Italian Cup) and, considering the championship alone, the Rossoneri coach takes the satisfaction of being the third coach in the history of Milan to register at least six clean sheet in a row in a single league after Capello (twice in 1993-94: seven and nine) and Rocco (seven in 1971-72). “An honor for me”, says Pioli. But, finally, even the attack gives important signs of life: it was two months (February 19 in Salerno) that the Devil had not scored more than one goal. And the fact that two attacking players made them produces optimism in view of the last five corners.

Pressure

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“The goal was to return to victory, we are there, we want to play and to do so we must try to win them all – says the Rossoneri coach -. You feel the tension, last year at this time we didn’t even know if we would finish in the top four and so now the pressure is still rising, but it must be positive energy. When we started together two and a half years ago no one would have imagined this, I think. Every day I have the doubt whether to raise the pressure or release it, but we have had many experiences that have made us grow and become more aware. So I prefer to force, there are a few games left and we have quality. Many of us are fighting for the Scudetto for the first time, we want to be winning again. We want to stay there until the last day “. Rarely did Pioli speak so clearly about the Scudetto, but on the other hand, five weeks before the checkered flag it is impossible to hide. With the Coppa Italia derby on the way. “A very important match, a match between two teams that are doing well. We will try, but it will not be something that can affect the mentality and the championship ”.