Coach Stefano Pioli, during the press conference (which you can read its translated version here) spoke about this coming period and called it decisive for his players and the club, in occasion of facing Red Star Belgrade tomorrow in Europa League.
Here are his words:
"This period brings many close matches, it begins now. All games are important for us, starting with tomorrow's challenge. This will be a decisive period for us in view of both competitions the Serie A league campaign and the Europa League fixtures."