After 2:0 For Spezia, the Courbet Sud gave Pioli and the players a lecture on the pitch. In the land of the boot they are trying to understand what its purpose was.

Milan's entire head is on Tuesday's Champions League semi-final as they fell behind 2-0 from their first match against Inter Milan. Italy tried to figure out whether it was a humiliating reprimand or a motivational call ahead of the big midweek battle that could lift Milan to the Champions League final for the first time since 2007.