Massimiliano Allegri spoke to DAZN a few hours before the Milan Derby.
Mental approach:
"A good result leaves positive feelings for the following days, a bad one leaves regret and disappointment. Then we have many more matches to play. We need to study what happens and try to improve."
On Rafael Leao calling him a father, Allegri said:
"Rafa’s words pleased me. I think my staff and I must support every player and push them to grow from a technical, physical and psychological point of view. That part is important. I think Rafa has taken a step forward because he understood that a forward is judged by the goals he scores. The target of 20 goals? He has 4 so far. I hope he keeps going, then we will see.”
Adrien Rabiot as the balance point:
"He is important, like all top players who influence matches. Milan has several of them, mixed with players with fewer matches in their career. We are working to get good results and above all reach our main target, which is to return to the Champions League. A goal from him in the 90th minute? I would like that, you suffer less. You suffer for the other 90 minutes, then you finish calm. We need a strong match, we know Inter are strong."
Tare believes in the Scudetto, Allegri replied:
"It is not pressure. When you work for a club like Milan, used to winning, you must have a target. Right now the target is to get back into the Champions League because Milan must play in the Champions League, the stage that suits the club. It has won seven trophies. At the same time you must not set limits. You need ambition and hard work to reach the best possible result. If the best result is finishing in the top four, that means we did well. If we finish higher, we will have earned it. The league does not lie, the strongest team wins in the end."
Christopher Nkunku and Santiago Gimenez:
"Gimenez is still out with an ankle problem. Nkunku did well against Roma. He found things harder in Parma but his technique is high, he will come through in the end."
His best Derby memory:
"The first one because we won. The players tied that win to me. Then in the last four… (laughs)."
