AC Milan's head coach, Stefano Pioli, spoke to the microphones of DAZN after the disappointing draw against Lecce away from home. Here are his statements:
"If the team displayed the wrong approach? It was quite evident. In the first half, we got wrong everything that could be wrong... We can do better."
Were you distracted by the Super Cup fixture vs Inter?
"Absolutely not. We didn't come from victories but from two disappointing results with Roma and Torino in the Italian Cup. I expected to start the game in a better way. The mistake on the first goal was evident and complicated the match. We must have the quality and lucidity to stay on the pitch better like we did in the second half."
Pioli on Theo Hernandez:
"Probably at the end of the first half I could have changed many other players, I chose to change to improve my game on the wings and I removed him and Saelemaekers."
He added:
"It's always very difficult to establish whether the team is a little too worried or light. Being worried helps prepare a match as carefully as possible. I don't see the players worried, we made a mistake in the impact on the match."
Can Divock Origi play with Olivier Giroud from the start?
"It's not easy to play with two central forwards like that, but you can do anything. You just need availability, conviction and energy to support this kind of game."
Pioli, are you worried now after the last few games?
"I'm always worried, even when we win, because I always try to improve situations. We'll try to face the Super Cup in the best possible way, we'll do everything to be ready. If Giroud is tired? He didn't look tired to me."
On the transfer market:
"The club has already expressed itself, we are recovering the players. I also hope to recover Rebic for the Super Cup, I hope Ibrahimovic can also recover soon. Of course, Maignan as well. We are all stronger as a unit, convinced and with an even more positive mentality. We are lacking players who are also leaders. Now we have to analyse the first half and start from the second half."
