Turin-Milan, Pioli press conference – La Gazzetta dello Sport

From our correspondent Marco Pasotto

April 9
– milanello (varese)

In this double-faced AC Milan, Stefano Pioli’s most urgent mission is to be able to give a good appearance even to the side that lately no longer works as it should. One side torn, dull. The goal has remained immaculate in the last five matches (including the Italian Cup), the count that sees the goals scored stop at three is definitely not very comforting. Of which only one from a forward. A figure that cannot belong to a team that aims for the Scudetto. Yesterday at Milanello Tevez appeared on a visit, someone who scored a few goals in his career (and who ten years ago, if he had arrived, could have heavily changed the Rossoneri’s destinies). Carlitos took selfies with Giroud and Leao, and maybe he does well. Certainly Milan cannot think of managing the last seven curves of the season relying on short-nosed victories.

those last 20 meters

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It is necessary to make sense of the offensive production, avoiding finding oneself empty-handed at the end of the game after having unnecessarily handled 33 conclusions like last Monday with Bologna. Also because the small moat that the Devil had dug behind him no longer exists, the bonus has vanished and from now on the missteps will cost tears and blood. “With Bologna we played a good match but we didn’t manage to win an important match – explains Pioli -. During the week we worked on certain situations that we want to improve starting tomorrow. They were days of work done well with participation, attention and quality. , that is what will be needed in Turin We are aware of having to improve in the last 20 meters: precision and effectiveness.

I’ll give you a fact: with Bologna we played 93 balls in the opposing area, usually the average is 42. It means that it was a bad night. It is a question of precision in the last few meters and we have worked on it. The Giroud-Bremer challenge? Bremer is one of the strongest defenders in the league, Giroud can put him in difficulty because he is one of the strongest forwards in the league. “He doesn’t have a wrinkle.

no anxiety

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Then Pioli gets upset a bit. He would like to talk more about Turin and less about Bologna, perhaps he perceives a bit of negativity in the environment and then claims: “We are having an important year, with a very good second round. We have our limits, but there are many more our qualities. It is a privilege to be in these conditions at the moment, going back to September no one would have thought that at this point we would be fighting for the Scudetto. And anyway I don’t see a team that is worried, anxious or that feels too much pressure. ”

Last year in Turin he finished 7-0, but now it’s a whole other story: “How far away is that game … Toro is very different from then, we know the difficulties we will encounter, it will also be a physical and dirty game, but we will not back down. We must enhance our strengths, where we know we are good, and minimize the weak ones. And in our case it is called team play. We will arrive at tomorrow’s game with the conviction that every ball can be the decisive one. winning the championship will have to win a lot and we have the quality to do it “. Finally, an important consideration on the calendar: “Playing knowing the result of the others does not change things. But in the last few days it would be correct if we all played at the same time”.