CARNAGO (ITALPRESS) – “There is balance because two strong teams are facing each other, with very interesting players.” Thus Milan coach Sergio Conceiçao in a press conference on the eve of tomorrow’s match at home to Juventus. “Each match is different from the other, tomorrow we face a Juve that is back from the good game played against Atalanta, we are working on small things that for me are great things and in which we have to improve, but we have little time because we have important matches, from now until the beginning of February we play decisive Champions matches, important league games to go up the standings, there is also the Coppa Italia, we must have the right attitude to try to hit our goals,” added the Portuguese coach who also concedes something about the lineup. “I don’t want to bluff, Pulisic will not be there tomorrow. He doesn’t have anything special, but we don’t want to take any risks because we have so many important matches, having him play twenty minutes could be a risk. Fofana and Bennacer incompatible? I don’t think so, they can play together, in fact they will play tomorrow.” Conceicao also talks about Camarda. “He is a young guy, he has to go his own way, but he has quality, talent, will and desire to do well, he starts from an important base.” Of the market he doesn’t talk about it, he doesn’t want to (“What do I choose between a full-back, a midfielder or a striker? I choose to win tomorrow against Juve”), but he gladly accepts the talk about the captain’s armband. “I heard even before arriving that there was some controversy on the subject, for me it is not so important, for me a 17-year-old or a 36-year-old must have the same responsibility to work well, everyone has to talk. At Porto the captain was Diogo Costa, a goalkeeper, here I chose Maignan, but he can also be Theo Hernandez or Calabria, for me it’s not the most important thing, the player has to think about what he has to do on the field, if Maignan is the captain what matters is that he thinks about not taking goals. I like him because he has personality, he is a winner, as well as Theo Hernandez who at Milan reached an incredible number of goals scored surpassing a legend like Maldini, for me it is a pleasure to coach these players. For me the sash talk is not so important.” Good words for Leao as well. “He has an incredible ability on physical tests, he can do much more, if he works on this he will surely improve in numbers, I want him not to be satisfied with scoring 10 goals, he has to aim to score 20, he knows where he has to improve, he has understood and this is a good start.” Juve already beat her, but if he thinks back to that match he also finds things to fix. “In the first half in the Super Cup we conceded too much to Juve, then I liked the reaction, we took off the handbrake and attacked even if in some moments we allowed the Bianconeri, who have quality youngsters, to get inside our area. I want to see a more solid Milan but also capable of attacking the opponent’s goal.” – Photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
