…GENOA

I want to compliment Gilardino for his work. He has excellent players but he makes them perform at their best, I know him well having coached him and he is working very well. The club has created a prospective squad, with excellent characteristics, it is one of the best newly promoted teams in the five major leagues. They cover spaces well and work the ball from the goalkeeper and the defenders. It will be important to understand when it is better to be aggressive or more compact.

…INJURY REPORT

Chukwueze is well and will play. In attack there will be him, Pulisic, Leão and Giroud. If I didn't choose them other times it's because I thought that other types of characteristics were needed more to win matches. Loftus-Cheek had an excellent season and I believe that next year he will be able to have more continuity from a physical point of view, he hasn't played as much as this year in a long time. Okafor is a strong player who has always been ready: his flexibility is an important weapon to be able to use in more situations. They will be called up, they have worked the whole week and are well.

…TEAM MOTIVATION

We have the opportunity to demonstrate a serious, cohesive and responsible group that cares about the fate of the Club. We are wearing an important shirt, the motivations are all there and we have not finished our work here. The past cannot be changed but we can work to make the present better. This team has important potential, many can still give something.

…INJURY REPORT

We will make some assessments today on Gudmundsson. We will have the finishing touches and then we will leave for Milan. We hope and hope to recover it. Alan has been training with the team for a few days. He has come a long way and we wanted to bring him back to the team as quickly as possible. That's what happened. He has a great desire to get back, I have to do some evaluations for tomorrow but he has to continue his daily training routine but I hope to bring him to the bench in the next matches and maybe be able to use him.

…CHANGES

Vitinha carved out a small space for himself in the last match. He too is recovering his best form and the desire is to give him some continuity in his playing time. I will have to make some assessments if Albert is not there or if I manage to recover him. There will be some confirmations. The desire is to provide continuity but at the same time there is the desire to see players who have had less playing time than others in the last period to make an evaluation together with the club for the future.

…OFFENSIVE PAIRS

I like all the solutions that we can adapt and that are in sync with the way the team behaves. Albert is more of an attacking midfielder, an attacking midfielder compared to Vitinha who is more of a second striker. Vitor arrives from an injury, he has returned , he played a good part of the game and now we will evaluate him.

…FUTURE GOAL

We must continue to dream and improve. It must be a collective and personal input trying to score as many points as possible. We know tomorrow that it will be a difficult and demanding match as they have all been. This championship leads you to meet organised teams. You must always be on the ball the race and have great attention.