Stefano Pioli, coach of Milan, assured this Tuesday that if he will call Raphael Leowho trained on the sidelines of the group due to groin discomfort, “will play” and that “if he doesn’t come” tomorrow for the first leg of the Champions League semifinal against Inter, he will play “in a different way” .
“Leao has done the job he planned today. He will try to force it and if I summon him it will be to play. Tomorrow the doctor and Rafa will tell me how he is doing. He has unique qualities in this team, if he didn’t come, our game would be different,” Pioli said in the pre-match press conference.
Pioli sees himself with the possibility of reaching the final 180 minutes away against a rival he knows like Inter, despite the fact that Milan’s season in Serie A, where he is fifth, is not regularly.
“We believe we can take out anyone. We did it at Tottenham and Napoli. In the Champoions, we didn’t go through ups and downs, but instead we have done something exceptional,” said Pioli.
unique opportunity
“None of us had the chance to play in the Champions League finals before, so the motivation was highest. I tried to convey to the team the happiness of living in these moments and this will be a game that will be played for 180 minutes”, Pioli declared.
Regarding the fact of having the majority of his fans’ support, the Milan coach assured that “we expect a lot of energy from the San Siro, we will try to take advantage of all that energy. But we cannot rely only on the state of -thinking, we will also have quality in the game, the tactics”.
Source: La Verdad
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