Pioli: "In a good place mentally and on the pitch"

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00:00 It was right to manage the ball well but we had to do it with more rhythm and speed.

00:04 We had to try to move their defensive phase and create more space where we struggled.

00:10 In the second half, beyond the episodes that created the numerical superiority, we certainly raised the pace and we were playing our game.

00:18 We had the right mental attitude, knowing that we could win this game by suffering, fighting, playing, with some technical errors,

00:27 with our qualities but with a great mentality and this is very important.

00:32 I think we are in a positive moment, both mentally and because of how we are on the pitch.

00:39 There was the false step by Monza but we have been playing at a good level for two or three months.

00:48 Tonight we met a strong and motivated opponent who needed points and therefore created difficulties.

00:54 We gave them a little without creating a lot in the first half but we did very well.

00:59 Of course, a coach can't be happy with how the players who don't start the game are doing.

01:04 But we have certain initial characteristics and then they can change.

01:08 I am happy for Noah, who always gets everything ready.

01:11 It is not easy to make the "alternative" to Leo because Rafa is a great player and it is difficult to take him off the pitch.

01:21 But Noah always works well and he deserves this goal, this stage and this evening.

01:29 I think the episode is easy to read.

01:32 There is regulation, we respected the regulation.

01:35 The referee should have intervened because the opponent would have hit the goal but if the referee didn't whistle,

01:41 Cristian did very well to play the ball and then there was the foul.

01:46 I don't see what we could have done differently in that situation.

01:50 It was a difficult game with a lot of nervousness, especially from the players.

01:56 I think it was not easy to play the game.

02:00 I would have liked to have less signs.

02:04 We always remember that football is a contact sport.

02:11 There are duels, there are push-ups, there are push-ups to try to defend the ball.

02:17 Sometimes we get punished for fouls that are a little bit too much.

02:23 see you.