It was a defeat that left the Rossoneri frustrated against Spezia. Stefano Pioli gave these following statements to the media during the post-game conference:
"We deservedly lost against a team that played better than us. It was certainly our worst game and our first real defeat because we deserved to lose by not playing at our best level."
Did you suffer from the pace imposed by Spezia?
"In my opinion, it is the lack of quality and the little pace that we put in place put us in trouble. We must give credit to our opponents who did better than us."
Did you give an explanation to this unexpected performance?
"It is difficult to explain. Anyone who saw our training during the week, could not have imagined such a performance. It was a bad evening, we were wrong in everything. We must archive it and think about putting back on the field performances that match our actual qualities."
On the Europa League game on Thursday:
"It is an important goal for us. I have a good, strong, and competitive squad for this. We are very happy to be in Europe and we want to move forward knowing that we will meet a team that is dominating the Serbian championship, so there will be difficulties but we will also have a desire to react after a performance below our capabilities like tonight."
Are you scared that you will lose the first position in the league table?
"I have not always looked at the rankings. Let's think about the next match. Then, we'll have the derby which will be very important."
Im very disappointed how the team plays, it shows they underestimated the opponent. But giving the credit to them, they work hard and play well. Now we need to strive hardest that we think. To stay up.. Wake up Warrior