Milan, Sergio Conceicao pinpoints decisive moment in victory over Empoli
Milan, Sergio Conceicao pinpoints the decisive moment for victory over Empoli'Empoli
For the victorious Milan in Empoli, the top moment of the match è was the expulsion of Tomori. Coach Conceicao himself recounts: "The temptation at that moment was to take off a striker to put on a defender, but I didn't. I lowered Joao Felix a bit, I took a risk because to draw for a club like Milan means losing two points. We were stronger, with a lot of respect for Empoli's aggressiveness. Their depth è è very dangerous, they are a well-coached team. These three points are very important for our path".
Offensive 4-4-2 form for the Rossoneri, to see if it canè be sustainable in every game…. "Gimenez è a quality player, I was already following him when he was at Porto,” explained the AC Milan coach. “Like Joao Felix and Walker, the collective works when players sacrifice themselves by stepping out of the comfort zone for a greater purpose that è to serve the team. These details take the players to the next level, all the players up front are good when we have the ball but there's a whole other job to do when we don't have it. If we are compact and solid as a team è thanks to everyone and not only because of the defensive line, this è the kind of soccer I like and what matters now è my".
Finally some defensive smears, as in the action of the ejection: "We are working on the defense, although we do not have so much time. This articulation è important for the compactness of the team, I didn't like how we came out on the ejection because we don't do offside. We work a lot on these details, which are important for me and for the team".
On the other side Roberto D'Aversa comments on the defeat: "The experience deficit between my boys and those of Milan è evident. In the first half we had a sensational episode: the cross taken by Colombo. But the team played the right game, played with courage, then there are also episodes that determine a match".
An Empoli that plays but can no longer win: "The performance the boys did, you can only reproach a twenty minutes against Lecce – recalls the coach -. Then you have to analyze the games well, not the result. With Milan there'è a difference in experience and squad. This però does not take anything away from the boys, for the performance we deserved to go ahead. We also pay for the many injuries".
Finally, the final siparietto with Conceicao: "I just told him that there's no need to call things in favor when they clearly are not there. Nobody likes to lose games, he complimented me but when you lose you don't accept it. But I was a little nervous, he didn't do anything".
