Milan, Pioli after the 4-2 in Empoli: “Victory worth more than 3 points”

“Today it was really important to go back to winning. We needed it for our confidence, even if I am convinced that against Napoli we did not deserve to lose.” Stefano Pioli is visibly satisfied with his AC Milan’s poker in Empoli and talks about it with a smile to Sky Sport after the match: “Good for our ranking, it allows us to have happy holidays – says the Rossoneri coach -. Every victory counts. three points, but this one weighed a little more because we came from a head-to-head loss and from some performances that were not our best “.

The title of winter

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Pioli saw the reaction he wanted: “We won with team spirit – he assures -. I don’t think we lacked humility in previous games, I read some comments about it and I used them to motivate some of my players. Some games happen. where things fail “. Inter winter champion doesn’t provoke any particular reaction: “I think I’m doing better than last year’s 79 points, we too were winter champions and then we know how it ended … We have to continue to improve, we are a young group even if we have been playing together for a while now. “

All on … Zoom

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Then the focus shifts to the Castellani match: “Empoli uses a style of play that is difficult to contain, with a low top and a high top in midfield – he explains -. I also made the choice of attacking midfielder Kessie to catch my breath. ‘Brahim Diaz “. There is moderate satisfaction with what Milan has done in this first half of the championship: “In our first part of the season I give a high rating, we are Milan and we must continue to win – closes Pioli -. I expect an even more second round. difficult, we will have to raise our level and recover the injured. When you miss some players it is clear that there is some difficulty, but the strong teams must make up for and score as many points as possible. Meanwhile, on 27 and 28 we will do two training sessions on Zoom, but the players are free until 30. Best wishes to all Milan fans: there are criticisms, but they are always fantastic. “