Stefano Pioli spoke to the media after the win against Hellas Verona in a press conference.
The AC Milan boss started off with expressing himself this way:
"The team believes in it, because they know they feel good on the pitch. We went down when it shouldn't have happened, because we had started with great quality. We arrived at these matches with past experiences that have helped us a lot, making us understand that the matches are long and you have to stay inside them with ideas and spirit. There is satisfaction. It was another difficult match after Lazio and Fiorentina. All games of weight. But, the boys are facing these games in the best way."
On Tonali moving up front:
"It's our way of preparing for matches: we study our opponents well. Usually we prefer to offend more with the full backs, today we built only with Kessie and Tonali had more chances to enter. it takes time to get to know the team. I meant this: with Tonali I discovered new characteristics that, now, I know better and I try to exploit them."
Is this the best time of the season:
"It is the season of awareness and confirmation of our qualities. Nobody predicted that we could have gone higher than last year, but now the work is not finished yet."
Pioli on Rafael Leao:
"Leao is talented. He showed availability to his team and for me. I hope that in a while we can say that Tonali is Tonali and that Leao is Leao."
On the victory vs Hellas Verona
"We know there was no tomorrow. There was today's match only. Ibrahimovic said something beautiful: ‘At Milan you are only remembered if you have won the league or the Champions League, so if we want to be remembered, there are three games left", concluded Stefano Pioli.
Sandro Tonali leads Pioli’s AC Milan to Scudetto with a win against Hellas Verona
