Venezia-Milan, Pioli: “Well done, but Inter are favorites for the Scudetto”

Four hundred. A long time has passed since Stefano Pioli made his debut on a Serie A bench: it was 10 September 2006 and the current Milan coach was coaching Parma, the team from his hometown. More than fifteen years later, Pioli collects the 400th token as a coach in Serie A and does it in a perfect afternoon: 3-0 at Venice, no injuries for his players, Rebic’s return to the field. “We are back competitive and this must be the year of confirmation – he says into the microphone of Sky Sport -. We do not hide, there is still a last step between this and winning. I agree with Allegri, Inter are clearly favorites and then there are many other teams including Milan and Juve. Today we were good at making a game that was complicated easier. The awareness we have today comes from everything we have experienced positive and negative in the past months together “.

Without Champions

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Milan started the year much better than 2021 ended: “Since November we have experienced a period of emergency, the injuries of many players have forced others to play often – explains the Rossoneri coach -. But I hope the fans today they can be proud of how the team plays, of the spirit they put into it. I want to thank them for their closeness. Does it help us to be out of the Champions League? Liverpool. Obviously, without European Cups you can train better and have a small advantage in preparing for matches … but what Inter did in the second round of last season, with 50 points obtained, is not to be taken for granted. as much as possible”.

Tonali’s yellow

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On the admonition taken by Sandro Tonali on 3-0 (he was warned, he will miss Milan-Spezia), Pioli is not unbalanced: “These are situations that can happen, he missed the timing of an exit, he did not do something nonsense like taking a ‘warning for protests … we always play aggressively and that’s okay. So will he play for sure against Juve? per game “. Finally, a note for Theo Hernandez: “He is more mature and concentrated. It applies to everyone, we are still a young team but we are more aware and ready”.