After the game against Spezia, the media have gathered to hear from Stefano Pioli in the press conference following the Rossoneri's win against the Ligurian team:
"My advice to Daniel Maldini? I have many advices for him, because he is young. He can improve in the unmarking, this can allow him to have more time in the next game and he has the qualities to determine these situations. It was a difficult game. So the spaces were less for the attacking midfielders. We have been insisting for a year to let Daniel Maldini go inside the area because he doesn't go there very often, the goal is an important situation. Very happy for the goal and the debut, he will take a lot to have even more conviction and confidence in his mean."
What about the emotion to see a Maldini score for Milan:
"I think it's an important emotion. Maldini represents a lot for Milan. There was Cesare Maldini, then Paolo. Then I train his son Daniel. We are all happy, also for the qualities of the opponent, the smaller pitch and the audience, it was an important success."
On Paolo Maldini:
"Paolo and Massara usually see the finishing touches and from the jerseys at the end of training on the inactive balls they understand who is playing. They are high-level managers. They never speak the day before I make my lineup choices. Clearly Paolo was very excited today. In addition to having the weight and responsibility of the team, today he also had the emotion of his son on the pitch. We said goodbye at the end of the match and he was very happy, especially for the victory on the pitch, but also for his son's goal."
Was the team very happy in the end?
"Yes, everyone must be, because we tried to be a team from start to finish. From the point of view of dynamism we could have done better, but we miss not winning games when we don't dominate. Sometimes our imprecision didn't allow us to have a better match, but winning a match like this, in the heat, against a strong team is important and makes us understand that the details make the difference."
How about the injured players?
"I hadn't established everything, but I had in mind to change Rebic and Giroud and have him do only one half. Rebic was in his fifth match in a row and as is normal he lacked brilliance, you could see. Giroud returned after Covid-19 and the low back pain, so it's normal that he suffered the pace of the match, but this match will improve his condition. Calabria entered well, he's fine, these minutes will do him good for the rest of the game. Of those left at home I think that we will understand by Monday the conditions of Kjaer and Florenzi if they would be available, the others will have to wait after the break."
