AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli has spoken through the microphones of Sky Sport after the win against Benevento:
On the match and the standings.
"It was very important to win. The team, although strong and carefree, had suffered a lot of the two defeats. We were mentally good at putting this performance on the pitch. Only two goals with 11 chances created are few. But the important thing was to win also with a view to the next game."
On the victory from a Juventus perspective:
"Victory is the only way to get to next week's game well. This victory must give us the conviction of our qualities. We must be attentive and determined. We will have a week to prepare well for a very stimulating challenge."
On Donnarumma:
"Donnarumma is the goalkeeper of Milan. He has great professionalism and is fully involved in our work. He is calm, serene and focused like everyone else. All these questions outside Milanello's work lead us to wrong paths. We have to think about our present and the next match and I see a group focused on these dynamics, a strong but not infallible group that will try to make the last effort to achieve an important goal for us, for the supporters who support us and the team. you need positivity."
On what was missing in today's game:
"Surely it doesn't happen every match to have 11 scoring chances and this means that the maneuver was of a high level. A better percentage of concretization will be important but it doesn't happen every match to have these offensive dynamics. So you need to be cynical and determined. We must be concentrated and not allow situations that can be dangerous."
On the answer came after a moment of decline:
"It is the team's performance and the reaction on a mental level that gave the answer. The performances of the singles were good. The two consecutive defeats are many and heavy but this should not underline that there were no performances with Sassuolo and Lazio. . We were not in a dark period but in a period of decline, where we lost something compared to the first round. We fell but there are many causes in our decline. I have always said that the accounts are made in the end. Now we have to stay concentrated and play these 4 games with confidence and enthusiasm."
On the match against Juventus in the first leg:
"It was a particular match. It wasn't our best possible line-up. The match was more balanced than what the result said but Juventus have individuality that we weren't good at stopping. We will have to field a more careful performance."
