Serie A: Milan Verona, Pioli wants to restart

The goal is to start again and raise your head immediately, after the heavy defeat in the Europa League. Whatever happens, Milan is already sure to spend the second day on the top of the standings alone, something that hasn't happened for ten years, but tomorrow against Verona they need to put immediately behind the 3-0 collected by Lille that put an end to the streak of 24 consecutive useful results. "On Thursday against Lille we weren't able to express ourselves well, paying a high price for mistakes. Tomorrow we must be ready to make a performance of another level, a performance from Milan. The first place certifies the goodness of our work, but we must continue on this road ", the words of the coach Stefano Pioli on the eve. "We are playing against a well trained opponent who is confirming what we did last year. It is an opportunity to increase the points and confirm our moment" added the Rossoneri coach. No worries about the pressure of being alone at the top either. "We create the pressure ourselves, we are very strict with ourselves. We want to achieve the maximum and be ambitious. What the external environment says does not worry us or give us additional pressure." Behind him is also the reaction of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who came out particularly nervous following the substitution in the match against Lille. "I often talk to my players, both in good and bad times. We are all in the same direction, we all react for the good of the team. There was no need, we are all aware of having played badly but we have the qualities to do it again ". But no rest for the Swede, at least tomorrow: "I will evaluate Zlatan week after week. I have used him in the best way for his condition lately. It will be a challenging future, even after returning from the break we will have 10 games in 31 days but we will evaluate along the way. , games and opponents always change. Let's not look too far. " Meanwhile, Pioli has to deal with a subdued moment of some of his big names, such as Romagnoli and Theo Hernandez: "The criticisms in football are always excessive, as are the praises of the rest. Alessio is a leader, Theo remains a point of reference too. if playing a lot means that you can't always be one hundred percent ". Who is not at the top is Ante Rebic, who will start from the bench tomorrow: "He is better but I don't think he can play from the beginning, after the break he will return to the top"