Directly from San Siro just a few hours before the kick-off of this match valid for the first leg of the Europa League Round of 16, Sky Sport Italia's journalist Peppe Di Stefano provided an update on the hottest topics regarding Milan, also giving a general analysis on the match against Slavia Prague that Stefano Pioli's team is about to face. Here are his statements.
"Lately, Milan, aside from the match against Monza, has consistently shown quality, intensity, and overall decent results. For the past two months, Milan has been performing at very high levels. They didn't win convincingly against Lazio, as Stefano Pioli admitted, but for Milan, the result was what mattered. But, Milan wants to be at their best, like they were a few weeks ago here at home against Rennes."
He added:
"Why do they want to be that team? Because Milan, especially away from home, hasn't achieved great results. You'll remember the match against Rennes, 3-0 in the first leg and a 3-2 defeat in the second leg. Trying to build a good advantage in tonight's match, nothing is guaranteed, even if you're facing Slavia for the first time in history, and precisely for this reason, Pioli is playing with the best available players today."
Milan, no rotation tonight...
"No rotation, he's playing with the players he considers to be in top form today. Milan will be supported by 60,000 spectators, 4,500 of whom are Czech", concluded Peppe Di Stefano.
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