Massimiliano Allegri puts the Coppa Italia in his sights

Massimiliano Allegri did not hold a proper press conference on the eve of the Italian Cup round of 16 match against Lazio, but he spoke anyway, exclusively to the microphones of Sportmediaset. “We will find as always a good environment in Rome, playing with Lazio a round of 16 in the Coppa di Italia for both teams is an important goal and so it will be a good game against a complicated team to play against, we saw it on Saturday. The Coppa Italia doesn’t interest anyone as long as there are the round of 16, then when we start to move on the Coppa Italia rightly interests everyone. We will have to be good to play a very good game, it won&#8217t be easy because we play away from home. There won&#8217t even be extra time available so we will have to be good in the 90 minutes to try to bring home the qualification against a team that has the same goal as us”.

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The AC Milan coach was also asked about Sarri on a monitor Var on the other side from the benches. “It can be a good solution, but this is not for us to decide, there are the competent bodies that have to decide these things. We have to think only about playing and doing the best we can”. Formation chapter: “Pulisic is a available, Fofana is not, we hope to have him back with Sassuolo. Gimenezno, he is also working on his return, because I need all the players, it is important to have everyone available, because the replacements the further we go will be important”.

An extensive turnover is expected, with Jashari ready to put important minutes in his legs: “More than seeing his qualities,I want to see his physical condition, because let’s not forget that he when he arrived was two months out, played 45 minutes then got injured and now he is two months out. I am also curious to see what level he is at on the athletic part. On the formation I haven’t decided yet. As for NkunkuSaturday he played an important game because in the decisive moment of the game, in the second half, he technically played all the important balls in the best way possible. He’s a player with great technique, he is fitting in very well and so I” m very happy.

No doubt about the goalkeeper, with Maignan who could be decisive in case of a draw:“Mike is doing well as is the whole team, there’s a chance to go to penalties and we will have to be ready”.