AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli has spoken through the microphones of Milan TV after the draw against Cagliari. Here are his statements:
On the game:
"It's easy to say that it didn't have to be like that. A team that had such exciting, convincing and confident performances had to keep playing. We tried, we tried to be a team until the end. We lacked choices, quality, rhythm and when the game got complicated everything became more delicate."
On what was missing:
"Cagliari played their game: all behind the balls and 11 men in the half field; individual plays, 1 vs 1 and set pieces could've been fundamental: we did not find the necessary starting point to take the lead".
On how to regain morale:
"I don't think my task will be particularly difficult. Tonight we will go home with great disappointment and sadness because we wanted to close the speech today, but now we have the final. It is a prestigious goal, we have worked all year to reach it, on Sunday there will be no ifs, buts. On Sunday we'll play a lot, all of this championship: if we deserve to go to the Champions League, we really have the opportunity to prove it. "
On the match against Atalanta:
"We will have the morale and the will to play a great match. We have the ambition to end this championship well":
