Milan, Pioli disappointed but saves performance

Pioli’s words after the draw with Empoli

Stefano Pioli commented to the microphones of Sky Sport on the home draw against Empoli: “It is not the result we wanted, we had to do better in the first half. We played with great intensity conceding little to the opponent, in the second half we did everything, the ball however did not want to go in. The team is healthy, even if the result is negative.”

“It had been a long time since we played with this energy and intensity, I am sorry: let’s be clear, we are Milan and we wanted to win again after Napoli however in my opinion we are returning to our levels. We need to improve our game and we are doing that,” the Rossoneri coach then stressed.

Finally, he closed with a thought on the upcoming Champions League challenge against Napoli: “In Naples we needed more than them to win and this will not happen on Wednesday because we will both have great motivation. I expect a strong Napoli, it will be a completely different game even if we analyze the last game. We will also be able to change something because they created difficulties for us, we will have to be very compact and determined. We will play at San Siro and it is always something exciting. We spent a lot in the Champions League like other teams and maybe because of that we lost something in the league.”