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Pioli admits there is 'concern' but says Milan 'played better' than PSG for 60 minutes
Following the heavy defeat against Paris Saint-Germain, Stefano Pioli spoke to the media about AC Milan’s chances in the Champions League and where to go from here. He admitted that they could have done a lot of things better.
The Rossoneri were outplayed by the French side this evening and barely created any chances, once again not finding the back of the net in the Champions League. As a result, they are currently last in the group, two points behind Dortmund and Newcastle.
Speaking to Prime after the game, as cited by MilanNews, Pioli shared his thoughts on the poor performance and what went wrong. He admitted that there is some concern after losing two games on the trot.
On the game…
“It’s a significant result. I think we did everything we had to do, but from a technical point of view, we should have played a better match. They did better technically than us, taking advantage of the opportunities. In the first half, we recovered a lot of balls, in the second we lost too many balls and conceded a bad second goal.”
On Pulisic’s miss…
“I didn’t speak to Pulisic, maybe he didn’t realize that his man was far away… They also brought pressure on us, it wasn’t easy to play cleanly. They punished us at the right moments of the match, we can play games better.”
Are you concerned?
“There’s always concern when you lose two games in a row. I’ve seen things we can do better, so we have to try to raise our level. It’s not over, but we have to run by throwing ourselves back into the league first and foremost and thinking about Napoli.”
Was there a mental decline after the 60th?
“For 60 minutes we put in a great performance, we even played better than PSG at times. Then we dropped. It’s disappointing because it was an important match. I can’t blame my players for anything in terms of attitude, they did what we had prepared, but they were technically better than us.”
Milan are still alive in the group but certainly need to come away with three points from the return leg against PSG, scheduled for November 7th. They will be hoping that the support of a rocking San Siro can get them to glory.
Wihh ngeri selama 60 menit kata pelatih jenius kita main bagus, bahkan lebih keren dari PSG... Gw yakin ini pelatih macam kena star syndrome kalau di pemain... Mulai dari sok2an nelponin pemain lah buat datang ke Melon, kalau kalah pun ada aja pembelaannya...
