Pioli’s Milan today in Verona to forget Inter and the cabal

The coach minimizes the Nerazzurri’s primacy: “I didn’t watch them with Empoli” And chases away the shadow of the two league titles lost in the city of the Arena: “We need 7 points”

MILANO

“We are missing seven points to do something extraordinary”: only three challenges, three verdicts that can lead Milan to Heaven or Hell. And Stefano Pioli, on the eve of the match against Verona, sets the goal for his boys. Seven points, two wins and a draw now that they will face Verona, at Bentegodi, Atalanta at San Siro and Sassuolo on the last day.

Fourteen days to write history and silence those who have never believed in Pioli’s Milan. «So far – says the coach – we have been good because we went against the odds that always gave us underdogs. The team will give its best ». At the Bentegodi, Milan will also have to fight against the shadows of its past, of that “fatal Verona” that caused two championships to fail. «Verona will do everything to beat us and it is right, because we are a prestigious rival and they are playing an important championship. They have a quality offensive department. We have to be lucid in knowing how to defend well and the approach will be fundamental », analyzes the coach.

Also because a positive result is needed to regain first place after Inter have managed to overtake by winning against Empoli and now lead the standings with one point ahead. «I didn’t see the match, I watched our training first and then I saw a great tennis match. Alcaraz is a phenomenon », Pioli replies with a bit of malice and cunning. Probably he did not watch the game of Inzaghi’s team and if not, he would hardly have given his cousins ​​the satisfaction of so much attention. Because the fight is so close that nothing should be left to chance. Milan will take the field two days after the match of the Nerazzurri who played the advance as they will be involved in the Super Cup against Juve on Wednesday. But with such a balanced race for the title, many are hoping for a calendar at the same time.

Pioli, however, does not look for an excuse: «Right now I don’t care if we play before or after. Those points are missing there and we know what we have to do ». The psychological factor doesn’t worry him. The Rossoneri are “attentive and concentrated”, they surprise the coach himself for the maturity they are showing. And there is only the last step to win. –