Milan, Pioli: “He wasn’t thinking about Tottenham, but we’ll be ready”

Back in hell after four games in Paradise, Milan can’t find peace, especially in view of the away match in London on 8 March: “Today we were thinking about Fiorentina, not Spurs. We never thought about the match against Spurs , absolutely”.

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Stefano Pioli spoke like this after the defeat against Fiorentina. Disappointment, yes, but now the Rossoneri will immediately have the opportunity to redeem themselves: “I already have in mind the team I’ll field in London, more or less. Some situations need to be evaluated.” Brahim Diaz above all, but also Ismail Bennacer, back in the starting lineup after a long break. These are Pioli’s words to Sky: “We prepared the game as we had to. Fiorentina did better than us in terms of quality, energy, duels, especially in the first half. We had opportunities to equalize, but the first phase penalized us. Testa In London? Absolutely not. Viola played better today, period. We didn’t need this stop, we took a step back compared to Atalanta”.

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“It will be a different match – Pioli continued -, tonight’s performance won’t count. Tottenham come from two defeats, but it won’t count for them either. Milan will be ready”. A comment also on Davide Astori, remembered in the 13th minute. Today marks five years since his death: “For me it’s a special match. I just said goodbye to Bruno, his brother. The crowd in Florence knows what happened and especially when it was good David”.

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Milan lost yet another away match. A rarity compared to last year: “We’re talking about a fact that penalizes us a lot. It’s strange not being able to win away from home.” The last comment is on De Ketelaere, starting again after more than a month, but still far from 6 on his report card: “He’s done good things, then it’s clear that when the maneuver isn’t continuous it becomes more difficult to find space for plays He moved well, but the team could have done more. Everyone”. Head to London now. Appointment on 8 March against Antonio Conte’s Spurs: “I already have the team in mind, more or less. Let’s see how Diaz will be. It will be a totally different game from today”.