It's a real miracle for the AC Milan coach, Stefano Pioli, who has become the seventh coach in the club's history to reach the semifinals of the Champions League. Before him, only Hector Puricelli (1956), Giuseppe Viani (1958), Nereo Rocco (1963 and 1969), Arrigo Sacchi (1989 and 1990), Fabio Capello (1993, 1994 and 1995) and Carlo Ancelotti (2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007) had achieved this great feat.
Stefano Pioli has entered the elite group of great Milan coaches, and he did it thanks to a perfect job at Milanello. If AC Milan have returned to certain great levels, it is thanks to the efforts of the Rossoneri coach, who has brought the team back to where it deserves to be. It was not easy, but in recent years, the right environment has been created between the executive side at Casa Milan and Milanello, a unity of purpose that has been crucial in achieving certain accomplishments. However, the work of Pioli and his Milan is not yet finished...
Source: Milannews.it