Stefano Pioli announces three absences and three recoveries

The words of Stefano Pioli on the eve of Milan-Fiorentina

Stefano Pioli presented in a press conference the challenge against Fiorentina, scheduled for Saturday night at the San Siro: "This è Davide’s match: è grew up here and then became captain of Fiorentina. Tomorrow there will be an important initiative, organized by the Milan Foundation: if something positive can be drawn from Davide’s tragedy and good can be done è it is very good, it makes us all very participatory".

"Now words are of little use, we need deeds and we have to prove it tomorrow,” he added. “We have to show that we have understood the mistakes we made by giving a high level performance for 90 minutes".

He then announced three recoveries and three absences: "The only worry I have è that we have not managed to lower the number of injuries, except for the first year, being average with the last years of Milan. Every year we try to change something, from prevention to data; we do everything to improve the situation. All injuries have to be put into context: there'è those who get injured because they play too much, those because they play too little. They are not just happening to us, but our number è negative. We have never worked with such situations under hands for data and analysis: we are trying to get to a better performance to lower the average. We don’t get Kjaer back, we don’t get Leao back, we don’t get Okafor back. Loftus-Cheek and Pulisic and Calabria" come back.

On Camarda he said: "Talent has no ageà and he has talent. Fate creates certain opportunities for you. We have to be good at accompanying him. È very young, but already mature in character. È happy, glad to be with us and ready to give us a hand if there will beà alreadyà opportunity".

"There can be two behaviors: those who try to build something important and those who try to ruin everything. I belong to the first category. I remain with confidence in my players, not becauseé I have to sell something, but becauseé for 8 matches we were deservedly in the lead, then in the last 4 we did not collect what we wanted and we took our responsibilities"” Pioli commented.