Stefano Pioli is not in his skin: “The best performance.”

Stefano Pioli is not in his skin: “The best performance.”

After the 3-2 win against Inter, Stefano Pioli analyzed the match in a press conference, “I’m happy with the result and I’m happy to coach this team: I’m a happy coach because I see my players committing themselves, giving everything; then we can make mistakes, but I’m happy most of all for the way we are.”

During the week, the coach hung Hakan Calhanoglu’s message (“We have the fire inside”) in the Milanello locker room: “It is one of the most important tasks for a coach. Sometimes I use something of my own, other times of others: the important thing is to have a group that thinks about it, reflects, cares, and then is ready to give their best.”

“I would stop calling us a young team: we are aware and mature. I like the idea of a team that held the field well, that has good positions, that won many duels, allowing us to be compact and aggressive. For 70 minutes it was a beautiful game, we played really well as a strong team; then we thought the game was over and we have to learn from this mistake.”

“Maybe I delayed the changes, Tonali and Calabria were very tired. Every match gives us some more certainty. We have also won other derbies, but this was the best performance; in the other derbies we always seemed to be a little bit in trouble, but not today and I will tell my players that. The level is high. Renewal of Leao? These are not things I can decide, but I think the club’s will is to propose a renewal to Leao. We are professionals and we know how to leave certain things out. Rafa has beautiful attitudes, he is handsome, he knows that he has been gifted with talent…. Then for the contract those in charge will do what they have to do.”