A.C. Milan, Paulo Fonseca hunting for confirmations with the doubt Morata

The words of Paulo Fonseca on the eve of Milan-Lecce

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Paulo Fonseca presented Friday night's Serie A clash with Lecce in a press conference: "È very very important this next match. We have to confirm that we are growing. I think the derby win makes sense if we win with Lecce and confirm that we have improved. We have to recover some points. All this è important to have motivation tomorrow. È a dangerous game after the derby, when you win important games after è more difficult. But we cannot make a mistake, we have to win".

"We want to have continuity", and to have continuity" we want to play the same team – added the Rossoneri coach. We have the doubt Morata for tomorrow, a contusion in training caused him bursitis. We have this doubt, let’s see tomorrow".

In case of the Spanish center forward’s forfeit it will not be Luka Jovic to take his place: "Jovic is not è a striker with characteristics to do this. Without Morata there will be Loftus or Reijnders to do this role".

On Rafael Leao: "We are also working a lot individually with Rafa, also defensively. He is working well defensively, he is pressing, he is coming back. He canò do better but he is growing in the defensive moment. We have been a team defending, Rafa included. He had three opportunities to be decisive in the derby, I don’t feel he can’t be a defensive player at the same time. For me he is doing a good job, he is playing as a team and è the most important thing right now".

On Tammy Abraham: "Abraham has an infectious energy that is important to me. Having players like Abraham and Morata who bring ambition and energy to the team, even in training sessions…. He works for the team".

He won’t change" the central pair in defense: "I now in my head don’t have this concern about changing. Gabbia is playing because he é deserves to play: è one of the strongest at building with the ball, but è also a player who orients the team very well, the defensive line, the moment to shorten or slide. He has a very strong positional game, for me è it is important to stabilize the defensive line at this moment, tomorrow Gabbia and Tomori will play to try to have this continuityà. Then with Bayer we will see".

"The responsibility" here è always the same. For me what è most difficult to handle are the wins. I think this is normal. The day before the game with Inter I knew that the players were motivated, mentally ready. What è dangerous here è playing with Lecce. In the heads of the players there isn't the same difficulty as with Inter. But we have to make the players understand, the most difficult thing, è make them understand that we have to play the same way" concluded Fonseca.