AC Milan boss, Stefano Pioli, spoke to DAZN about his team's victory against Sinisa Mihajlovic's side 2-0 at the San Siro. Here are his words:
"The team worked with rhythm, collaboration and energy throughout the match. We made technical mistakes for sure, we can do better. We raised our expectations and we want to do more. My players are hungry, as long as I see hunger in their eyes, we can write more pages in the club. The details make the difference on the great level also to be more lucid in making the choices."
On Charles De Ketelaere:
"Positive feelings. He must know his teammates, the way of playing, the different league, different tactics. He has important potential, he has everything: quality, physicality, he knows how to go into the area. It takes time to get to know each other. This process will come, but he has great talent to entertain the fans. De Ketelaere's position? Today we played almost with two forwards, keeping the winger open. He could have gone deeper, but it is also a question of finding the right times. There are moments in which he can vary. We work according to our characteristically. and also on the basis of what our opponents can grant us."
On rotating the team:
"We will continue. We play for the team, the quantity of minutes is not important, but the quality. A new season begins for the first eight. I asked the club to have a strong, cohesive group. We are at an excellent level, the players. attitudes are the right ones. If a player works well, then the performance makes it."
Pioli on Leao:
"He has always been like this. I see him continuous and serene. He knows he has great potential. I have never had an inattentive Leao or with his head elsewhere, but the players are also human."
AC Milan on the verge to sign Malick Thiaw, the coach had this to say:
"He has to do the medical examinations, then let's see."
Stefano Pioli also said this about Thiaw:
"He is a player with great prospects, he is fast, he is intelligent, he has good technique and physicality. He is a guy who has the right characteristics to be within our group."
