Antonio Conte as an added value of this Tottenham.
Stefano Pioli is convinced of this, who in presenting tomorrow's Champions League match has great words for the Salento coach: "The even more precise dictates of the coach are added to the pace and intensity of the English teams and this multiplies the difficulties in facing the Tottenham," explains the Rossoneri coach.
"Conte is also one of the few colleagues of mine who called me to congratulate me after the Scudetto and I appreciated that a lot".
Faced with the Italian school that is doing so well on the international benches, Pioli places Conte in the top three of the best: "Ancelotti is a top, like Conte, like Spalletti. There are many very good technicians and we certainly have a good school", concludes Pioli .
Stefano Pioli does not believe that the injury suffered by Antonio Conte's Tottenham, defeated in the Premier League 4-1 by Leicester, could increase the dangers in facing Spurs.
"In these matches, it doesn't matter that much how you get there", explains Pioli, emphasizing the importance of the match: "I don't know what our opponents will feel facing the Milan coat of arms, but I know what we will feel. On the pitch, we will have to try to control the game, dribble well and always be dangerous. We will be facing a top-level offensive trident, anyone who will play for Tottenham. For this reason it will be important to be very careful even in the defensive phase. Against Torino, after the goal, we done better: but it is clear that another level is needed and we will have to be attentive and very intense".
"If we want to think we can win matches, we have to expect a Milan with high levels of intensity and great technical quality. We are prepared for this."
Thus Stefano Pioli, who with his Milan approaches these round of 16 of the Champions League against Tottenham - Tuesday evening at 21 at the San Siro - with the awareness of facing a difficult opponent, but not an insurmountable obstacle: "How much Do we believe in winning the Champions League? We believe we are worthy of Tottenham and can go through. Winning the Champions League could be a dream, but we are good at believing in dreams. But now we need to take one step at a time."
