Pioli: ‘Milan must concede fewer chances’

Milan coach Stefano Pioli insisted that his workforce have loads of potential in attacking areas of the pitch, however urged his gamers to concede fewer possibilities following their 3-2 defeat to Rennes within the Europa League on Thursday night.

The Rossoneri nonetheless certified for the Europa League Spherical of 16 regardless of Thursday’s loss, as they’d recorded a 3-0 victory in San Siro within the first leg final week for an general rating of 5-3 on mixture.

Milan targets this week got here courtesy of Luka Jovic and Rafael Leao, who equalised for 1-1 and 2-2 respectively.

Nonetheless, Milan fell behind on three separate events in Brittany on Thursday evening, with Benjamin Bourigeaud scoring all three of Rennes’ targets, two of which got here from the penalty spot.

“We’ll all have our opinions coming again, however we’ve got certified. Getting by way of to the subsequent spherical appeared simple within the first leg, it wasn’t a simple affair, however we nonetheless have a number of conditions to guage,” Pioli mentioned in his post-match interview.

“I feel tonight’s match confirmed that we’ve got a number of potential going forwards. However, we’ve got to concede fewer possibilities in opposition to our opponents.”

Rafael Leao got here underneath explicit safety from supporters throughout the Rennes conflict, as he fumbled a sequence of first-half possibilities.

The coach prompt that he and former Chelsea ahead Christian Pulisic each might have carried out higher on the European stage.

“We suffered with Pulisic and Leao. We’ve got to be a workforce and I don’t go about it considering that we solely have 11 gamers.”

Regardless of sitting comparatively comfortably in third place in Serie A, Milan have now misplaced two in a row due to their 4-2 loss in opposition to Monza within the league over the weekend.

“The Monza match didn’t go effectively, however we’ve got to consider the longer term and concentrate on our subsequent sport,” Pioli concluded.

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— Gianluca Di Marzio (@DiMarzio) February 22, 2024