Milan, Pioli: “Fiorentina played better than us”
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“It is a stop that was not needed”. Stefano Pioli is visibly upset after the defeat of Milan in Florence: “I’m sorry because we had prepared the match knowing it was very important. We weren’t already thinking about Tottenham. Fiorentina did better than us in terms of energy and desire, especially in the first half. The penalty immediately after a few minutes in the second half is an episode that we had to manage better, then we had the chances to score and reopen the game earlier. We could have done many things better both in possession and without. We ran a lot but we didn’t run well. We lost many duels and this penalized us especially in the first half. We didn’t repeat the match played against Atalanta for example”.
Pioli: “De Ketelaere? He did some good things”
Given the many absences, Pioli launched from the first minute De Ketelaere and judges his performance thus: “He did some good things but when the maneuver isn’t continuous and there isn’t a good proactive phase for the forwards it’s difficult to find the right play. The team could have done better especially when they weren’t in possession, we improved a bit in the second half”.
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Pioli: “Astori? For me, this is always a special match.”
Particular tender for the remembrance of David Astori, who disappeared exactly 5 years ago when Pioli was the Viola coach. “For me this is always a particular game, then the fact that there was a memory of 5 years ago was special. We said goodbye to Davide’s brother, Bruno, everyone in Florence knows what Davide was”.
Pioli: “We already know what we’ll have to do against Tottenham”
In closing, our thoughts inevitably turn to the match against Tottenham in the Champions League: “Against the Tottenham this performance doesn’t count just as the last two defeats won’t count for Spurs. It will be an important race for us and we know what we have to do. More or less I have in mind the team I’ll send to the field in London, we’ll see how the injured are. What we are not doing away from home this year penalizes us”.
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