Here is full press conference of AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri ahead of Milan's match against Cesena in Saturday night:
“We’ll need the same spirit that we showed on the pitch against Udinese. We haven’t many players available. The same guys play every three days and we’ll need to play a similar game to the one we played on Wednesday. Cesena are well organized and dangerous on the counter attack. We’ll need this season’s first clean sheet.”
“The players I have available to me are all fine. We spoke with Galliani, but that’s an every day thing. We evaluated the injuries and the diagnosis is that they’re mostly from tackling. We hope to get the players back as quick as possible to get the entire squad back available.”
“The position on the table is the same: the draw was deserved despite the difficulties faced. Conceding a goal like that doesn’t happen often and the injury to Pato didn’t help matters. But at the same time we pulled together. We hit the post, put them under pressure and had a few chances.”
El Shaarawy: "A young guy, he should be left in peace rather than be given all this responsibility. Young players bring enthusiasm, even if we already have this, and some recklessness. I’m very happy with Cassano, he should do more, like everyone should, but the numbers speak for themselves. No one ever doubted his ability, but now he’s in good shape as well.”
Pato: "These repetitive injuries are not caused by a single trigger. We’ve examined the situation with the medical staff. We should be a bit more careful with him than we’ve been so far. We need to be by his side so that he gets back in top form both physically and mentally. We’ll try to take care of all the minor details as well, because the situation is a bit of an anomaly. With any injury, there’s very rarely a single cause, never mind in Pato’s case, where he’s come back from 8 injuries, all of them suffered in the San Siro stadium. That could be another small thing to think about. There’s no mathematical formula to solve the problem. We’ll work with the medical staff as we’ve always done to try and prevent these things and maybe even try to do a bit more. Last year in America, he was very thoroughly looked after but unfortunately he’s injured himself again. He had similar injuries before and we’ll have to work with him to prevent others. At only 22 years of age, I don’t think it’s connected to having played 2 games in only a few days.”
Ibrahimovic: "Tomorrow’s basically impossible. On Sunday we’ll see how he and Ambrosini are feeling. They have the best chance of playing in the Champions League but not Boateng. Robinho is getting better. I hope to have him back soon.”
"I have two forwards tomorrow and Inzaghi. There could be a change in the middle of the park while the players at the back will be more or less the same. Taiwo is getting better and he’s available for tomorrow”
"Balance in the middle of the field is fundamental; we didn’t have that at Napoli. Our midfield is partly new. It looks easy but with Aquilani and Nocerino, there are new situations. We conceded very little against Udinese and went down to an unthinkable goal.”
Inter: "I’m sorry for Gasperini. He always did well wherever he coached. This year he was unlucky. Ranieri needs no introduction, he’s a real professional. Inter is a team of a certain value. He’s coached those type of teams before and he’s doing it again. They’ll climb up the table.
The spirit: "The team never lost the spirit and when I talk about the team, I include myself in there. We already played a good game against Udinese and even against Napoli, it wasn’t that different. We were punished for making mistakes. We don’t play presumptuously.”
"I spoke with Berlusoni yesterday. He had called me on Tuesday as well. He knows it’s a bit of an emergency and he’s stayed close to the team. But we haven’t eased off. Just like we didn’t last year when we did well despite the injuries we had.”
The difference between Inter and Milan? "A single point. We’ve put in some good performances with some mistakes that we should have avoided. I don’t know about them. Pressure for the first win? No. We need to stay lucid, patient and enthusiastic. The league doesn’t end tomorrow. It’s a difficult moment because of the injuries, but that’s not a technical problem. So far we’ve played good games. Tomorrow I’ll be looking for another mature performance from the team. We need to be balanced. This club has always had that balance in difficult times. We shouldn’t get worried about it.”
Source: acmilan.com
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