Here’s what Massimiliano Allegri had to say to the press on the eve of Milan-Parma in Serie A:
About the match with Lecce: "The important thing was to win. We have to concede less as well but luckily we got the three points. Football is strange. Two weeks ago there were 5 nil- nils and and the week after there were 15 goals in three games. It ended well against Lecce. They played a good first half even if we didn’t.
We have to get back to conceding less and playing technically better. We made a lot of mistakes in the first half. When I said I would have done the same again, I meant that I would have sent out the same formation knowing that Ambrosini was not in top shape and he had to do a job that he doesn’t usually. I didn’t think we would be 3 down after the first half but I had already thought of making some changes in the second half.
We have to get back to conceding less and playing technically better. We made a lot of mistakes in the first half. When I said I would have done the same again, I meant that I would have sent out the same formation knowing that Ambrosini was not in top shape and he had to do a job that he doesn’t usually. I didn’t think we would be 3 down after the first half but I had already thought of making some changes in the second half.
I said at half time in the changing rooms that we had to forget about what had happened because we had 50 minutes ahead of us and it was within our means to get back into the game. The team played with the right character, determination and courage. Sometime you need these games to give the team a boost. As long as they finish well, they can be very positive. When I went into the changing rooms, I could do one of two things- I could scream and shout or I could try and clam the team down. I chose the second and the team responded well because they all have lots of quality. I got on well with the players, there’s mutual respect and we have a very important objective. To do again what we did last year. Wednesday evening, we played a night game then we had two days when we called the players in early and maybe there was a bit of fatigue from the midweek game. We showed on Sunday that we can score from anywhere at any time. We had what we needed to get back into the game and the players did well.
About the match against Parma:
"We definitely sent out a strong signal. But we have to be careful not to put ourselves in these situations because physically speaking, it’s tough to get yourself back into the game. Tomorrow’s game will be difficult. They’re in form, they have Giovinco who’s doing well, they push hard and they’ll cause us problems. It’ll be tough and 72 hours after we have a game against Roma and so against Parma we’ll have to start on the right foot and be careful not to waste any energy. They played well against Genoa, they didn’t deserve to lose on Sunday and they did very well against Napoli. The only bad game they played was the opener against Juventus, but they’re on the way up even if they lost on Sunday.”/Source: acmilan.com/
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