Milan, Stefano Pioli: “Bittersweet evening.”

Milan, Stefano Pioli: "Bittersweet evening"

Here are the statements to Prime, taken from pianetamilan.it, by Milan coach Stefano Pioli after the away and comeback victory over Newcastle that è earned “only” the’Europa League and not the Champions League round of 16.

“The biggest regret è the first game, in which we had to win. Not succeeding è a regret. The Europa League è an important event and Milan has never won it. Bittersweet evening, the boys played a fantastic game in terms of focus, making some mistakes. Satisfaction with the win, but there's regret. Now we have to do everything to go as far as possible in Europe".

"Now we have to try to compete well in the league by consolidating third place. The minimum goal for the season è to finish in the top four, In Serie A we have not yet found the necessary continuity. There is so much to go before the end of the season, we cannot say what we will take home at the end of the season".

"We did worse than last year in the Champions League, but we can also do better in the league. I am convinced of the potentials of this team beyond what is said outside, I only regret that we did not bring these potentials to the maximum”.