Stefano Pioli struggled to hide his frustration following Milan’s 4-0 loss to Lazio last night. It was a second defeat in a row for the Rossoneri who recently returned to Italy following a 3-0 loss in the Supercoppa Italiana to city rivals Inter.
Speaking to DAZN (via MilanNews), Pioli explained that he was only speaking to the media because he had to and that the team should return to work at Milanello immediately.
How do you explain this knockout?
“It can be explained by quickly returning to Milanello to work well, we are delivering performances of our usual standard.”
What’s wrong?
“There are so many things that don’t work: mentally, tactically. I’m here speaking to you only because I have to, if not we would keep quiet.”
Is this the lowest moment of the Pioli era?
“It’s a delicate moment. In the last two and a half weeks we haven’t brought home any performances or results and it’s clear that we all have to do better.”
What are you most concerned about?
“It’s not easy. Things don’t go well for us. Today we created situations to be dangerous. The problem today wasn’t as much in possession, but when we were without the ball there was no coverage, we need clearer communication. I just know one way to improve: work. All these negative results lead to negativity.”
Goodbye to the Scudetto?
“We have to resume playing as we know how to: this is our first goal and we have to do it as soon as possible. Let’s resume our journey and our path, I’ll try to talk less and work more.”
Can Zaniolo be useful?
“I don’t know. Tonight we’ll talk about the match, we’ll see other things in the coming days.”
Do you miss Ibrahimovic?
“Too easy to say that now. We don’t want excuses. We have always believed in our way of playing. The lads will have my support and the desire to be a competitive team again.”
