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Here is Milan, Pioli: 'Let's recreate the magic of the Scudetto'

2022-07-04T19:04:56.241Z


Maldini: 'Second star goal'. Gazidis: 'We will improve' (ANSA)


"Recreating that magic", that spirit of sacrifice and team, which made the impossible possible: this is Stefano Pioli's goal on the day he finds his Milan champion of Italy, or at least a part, waiting for the arrival of the national team in about ten days.

He smiles, hugs the fans, finds Simon Kjaer after his injury and hopes to do the same with Zlatan Ibrahimovic in a short time.

"I felt with him again this morning, he is fine - says the coach -, he is recovering from a fairly important injury. I hope to be able to work with him again because he is a champion in everything. He is talking to the managers to find an agreement , I hope to see him again very soon ".

Experience and youth, the perfect mix that allowed Milan to return to winning Serie A after eleven years.

The tricolor on the new jerseys is there, a bit of confusion was caused by the social campaign for the launch of the new uniforms created in March, even before the Scudetto.

But that chest shield is just meant to be a starting point.

"We have to start over again with ambition and desire to improve. After a success like last season, this is a challenge but we are ready", reiterates the CEO, Ivan Gazidis, who rushed to Milanello together with the sports managers, Paolo Maldini and Frederic Massara. .

They lingered on the sidelines, chatting, an image that aims to give serenity after the hectic weeks that led to the renewal.

"We will be there as spirit and as values, the

Milan must now make up for lost ground.

Inter moved well in advance on the market, while the Rossoneri must find reinforcements in defense and in midfield after the farewells of Romagnoli and Kessié.

"On 13 August we will be ready. I know we won't be tomorrow, the transfer market has just begun. We are open to many things but we start from a very solid and concrete base. When all the players return, I will still have a strong team to work with. We need quality players who are functional to our way of playing. This team can still improve a lot, we are more aware of our qualities, but we have to further increase our strength. We are Milan and we have to fight to win. "

And never mind if Milan, once again, do not start with the favors of the forecasts.

Despite the Scudetto, the favorite is Inter.

"There are five or six teams that can fight for the Scudetto, last year only at the end did it become a head to head between us and Inter. It will be the players and the spirit of the team that will make the difference."

What has been, however, must be transformed into an emotional baggage and personal growth.

With the meeting, Milan opens a new book, with blank pages yet to be written and woe to feel satisfied.

"Last year the group was consolidated, but we start again. Every year is different. We still have the echo of last season, fantastic, but we must - advises Maldini - remember how we got to this victory. Now we have to turn the page," remember how we got there and forget that intoxicating thing that happened after Sassuolo. "

Massara echoes: "We have to put the good times in the drawer and start over. We want to be more competitive in the Champions League too."

In the meantime, however, we must immediately get to work.

Preparation, never like this year, is decisive for the season.

The long stop for the World Cup will break the season.

"We have to get used to Covid - recalls Maldini - to suspensions, to matches without fans. We have to get used to it, it will be a season totally divided in two".

Pioli also reiterates on several occasions that excellent preparation is needed.

Nothing to chance, waiting for the market with Ziyech getting closer and closer.

We work on the formula of transferring a loan with right or obligation to redeem.

Source: ansa

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