Stefano Pioli
MilanGian Piero Gasperini
Atalanta
Meeting Highlights…ABOUT MATCH
Being strong in duels. They are of a high level. Guardiola gave one of the best definitions: it's like going to the dentist. Atalanta are annoying, we have to be more annoying.
…KJAER
Simon is a leader, he has great qualities. He knows how to speak at the right time. It is important to speak on the pitch and put his teammates in order. He can be facilitated, but Gabbia's performances are still of a high level. He must continue like this, he is doing performance by application, the most important thing: wanting to be in the right place, always being ready. He's doing very well.
…INJURY REPORT
I'm holding a press conference before training so I can't tell you anything because I don't know anything yet. Yesterday we recovered after Rennes and today we train and I'll have more certain information. Kalulu is fine, I'll talk to him and see if I can call him up, Tomori is better but he's still a little behind, Calabria is well and today he's training with the team.
Stefano Pioli
Manager on Milan…ABOUT MATCH
Being strong in duels. They are of a high level. Guardiola gave one of the best definitions: it's like going to the dentist. Atalanta are annoying, we have to be more annoying.
…KJAER
Simon is a leader, he has great qualities. He knows how to speak at the right time. It is important to speak on the pitch and put his teammates in order. He can be facilitated, but Gabbia's performances are still of a high level. He must continue like this, he is doing performance by application, the most important thing: wanting to be in the right place, always being ready. He's doing very well.
…INJURY REPORT
I'm holding a press conference before training so I can't tell you anything because I don't know anything yet. Yesterday we recovered after Rennes and today we train and I'll have more certain information. Kalulu is fine, I'll talk to him and see if I can call him up, Tomori is better but he's still a little behind, Calabria is well and today he's training with the team.
Gian Piero Gasperini
Manager on Atalanta…ABOUT MATCH
Milan remains a very strong team, apart from the misstep against Monza in the championship they have had a run of results that has taken them very high. It will certainly be an important match, it is also worth a lot for the league table and for the championship.
…WHO FEARS?
At the moment AC Milan. There are also Sporting, Juventus and Fiorentina, it's a calendar where we can't spend energy on what the matches will be. We will always have an advantage, if it goes well we're happy for the next match, if it doesn't go well we won't even have time to despair. Milan has excellence in some roles, such as on the left lane, but this does not take anything away from the others. Milan is a team of the highest level: everything obviously starts from the containment phase in order to try to attack.
…DEFENCE
Milan are a very flexible team, they also vary with their midfielders, they are always very rich matches on a tactical level. It is also true that we know each other, we are talking about two teams that are prepared to vary on a tactical level also depending on the match.