AC Milan head coach Stefano Pioli spoke to the microphones of Milan TV after the draw versus Sassuolo away from home. Here are his words:
"I would have preferred to concede a goal and win the game. We started very well, we played good football, fast and with good situations, not finding the positive pass. Then we got confused, leaving some space. In the second half we lost lucidity, playing in a frenetic way and failing to win a game that could have been won."
On Sassuolo defending with a low block:
"We are the ones who force the opponents to lower themselves. Today we were going with too many players all deep, so there was a lack of players between the lines and lack of quick exchanges... We probably want them to win games so that we create a bit too much frenzy: we play as if we were playing 2 minutes before the end of the game... We should maybe turn the ball, isolate the best in 1vs1. But well, the players have understood this now after the game."
Pioli added:
"We were not very lucid... Different games await us as a development due to the importance and quality of the opponents. We always try to prepare for matches. Expectations have increased but this is a privilege; today the mentality of the team has remained strong and aware, but you can play better on a technical level and in terms of choices."
Pioli concluded:
"Florenzi, I think, will be a fairly serious muscle injury. Rebic and Origi? I have the hope of recovering them for Saturday (Derby)Thursday and Friday are decisive."
