Pioli after Cagliari-Milan: “Maignan told me he was insulted”

Three fundamental points in the championship race and Stefano Pioli knows it well. “An important victory, now all matches represent an important and difficult crossroads”, he said to Sky Sport. “We had a good match against an opponent who created a lot of difficulties for us, as is normal. The best path would be the one that leads to closing the games earlier, tonight we didn’t succeed but we were good at fighting all together. We are doing excellent things, there are four teams that can win the Scudetto, now we recover energy during the break. Let’s concentrate on our path, it is useless to go further for now “.

Insults

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On the final turmoil, born a moment after the triple whistle of the referee Di Bello, Pioli confirms the racist background that sparked the spirits: “Yes, unfortunately Maignan told me just that. He told me he was insulted”. From there the gesture of the goalkeeper with his hands to his ears, facing the curve of Cagliari.

Lessons

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The Rossoneri coach analyzes the game, talking about some of the protagonists: “I am fortunate to have intelligent players like Calabria and Hernandez who know how to read spaces well, the opponents always concede something. Everything becomes easier when you have available players in the squad. that combine quality with commitment. In the last few games we have thought too much about managing the games, but we were born to attack, we are not able to defend low. We must have our own way of playing the games, without being influenced too much by the result . In the last few days we have received some lessons that we have been good at learning “.

Concreteness

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In Cagliari, Milan wasted a few too many opportunities, especially at the start of the match: “To score goals you need quality and determination, these are two characteristics that can be trained. At other times of the season a dirty shot was enough to score, now we need to be more concrete “. Pioli also finds the time to smile with a joke: “Do you speak well of me while I’m connected here? As soon as I go away you will say that we only ever win 1-0 …”.