Stefano Pioli
MilanJulien Stephan
Rennes
Meeting Highlights…RENNES
The matches at European level are always demanding, we have had a lot of time to study them, they are talented and play very vertically. They can find the play at any moment, they must be faced with attention and care. For us this double challenge is very important, passing the round is our goal and we have a clear idea, we have prepared in the right way.
…THE EUROPA LEAGUE
In this competition there are teams of absolute value, we must be ambitious but we must not look too far ahead. In a week the passage to the next round will be decided and tomorrow is already a fundamental match. Let's start again from the disappointment of Newcastle and transfer all our energies about the Europa League. We know that in Europe you have to perform at your best and that's what we want to do on Thursday evening.
ATTACKING OPTIONS
Making choices and excluding players is always difficult, but it is equally true that on the bench I know I have players with other characteristics and capable of changing the game. Now Chukwueze has also returned, who will not be called up tomorrow but I hope he will be available from Monza.
Stefano Pioli
Manager on Milan…RENNES
The matches at European level are always demanding, we have had a lot of time to study them, they are talented and play very vertically. They can find the play at any moment, they must be faced with attention and care. For us this double challenge is very important, passing the round is our goal and we have a clear idea, we have prepared in the right way.
…THE EUROPA LEAGUE
In this competition there are teams of absolute value, we must be ambitious but we must not look too far ahead. In a week the passage to the next round will be decided and tomorrow is already a fundamental match. Let's start again from the disappointment of Newcastle and transfer all our energies about the Europa League. We know that in Europe you have to perform at your best and that's what we want to do on Thursday evening.
ATTACKING OPTIONS
Making choices and excluding players is always difficult, but it is equally true that on the bench I know I have players with other characteristics and capable of changing the game. Now Chukwueze has also returned, who will not be called up tomorrow but I hope he will be available from Monza.
Julien Stephan
Manager on Rennes…MILAN
We’re facing a team that has a huge history, in a legendary stadium, with a quality team. The group knows it. We're not afraid, we're excited, we can't wait to play these kinds of matches. It's up to us to take the positive, give everything, so as not to have regrets.
…ABOUT MATCH
You will need to start hard, continue hard, finish hard. We will need a performance that matches the support: enormous!
…MOMENTUM MOTIVATION
In any case we are very sensitive to it. For me, it denotes above all the very strong relationship that there is here between the supporters, the players and the club, and a support more and more pronounced. I don't know if it's really the reflection of a club which is moving forward and growing, it's above all the reflection of an increasingly important love for these players, of a belief in any case. And also of a new generation who want to express themselves, who want to live these moments fully. We are indebted for that, for all these sacrifices, we are indebted on the ground.