Milan Posts

🗣️ Allegri conference press: "We need real reforms in youth academies or to study how other countries develop theirs. But I’ll stop here, otherwise I’ll get too polemical what matters now is tomorrow’s match."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: "Decisions must be made. We should be laying out real numbers about youth development. We need to be concerned because many kids who start playing football quit early. In other sports, there’s a strong structure behind it."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: “We shouldn’t try to copy other countries with different cultures and characteristics. I agree that youth systems need to be improved, new solutions must be found but not just for the sake of saying it. Action is needed. "

🗣️ Allegri conference press: "In Europe, in the Champions League, you either win or you lose. The English league is different from ours, but not better or worse. When people say that the game in Italy is slow, it’s because there are far fewer spaces. In Italy, the tactical aspect prevails because that’s how we were born and raised."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: "The first thing we must do is not to belittle Italian football. We have characteristics that have always been part of the Italian identity. Then everyone talks about what should be done… the speed of passing is different compared to other leagues, but that depends on the players."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: Are we scoring too little? "It’s not about blame, it’s just about improving the understanding between the players. Pulisic and Leão, for example, have rarely played together as a pair. We’ve created several chances in many matches I remember Florence with Pulisic and Füllkrug, and also in Parma we had opportunities."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: Have I spoken with the management about next season? "I see Tare every day we talk about the dynamics and where we might intervene. Furlani came to visit us after the derby. When we talk about the future and we haven’t done so yet we’ll do it all together."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: Closing Open VAR? "That’s up to them. For me, the less is done, the better. There needs to be balance when referees find it with VAR, they’ll be more relaxed. The referees are good, they’re improving. Guida did well in the Lazio match in my opinion. They should be allowed to work, many of them are still young."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: Where do I see Leão in a 3-5-2? "He can comfortably play as a striker. He makes good runs in behind but needs to have more presence in the box. When he drifts wide he may feel more comfortable, but he can play both as a main striker and as a second forward."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: Stick with Leão–Pulisic or start Füllkrug? "After matches there are always many possible solutions. Until now I had to decide whether to start Füllkrug or use him in the final minutes, and I’ve always chosen the latter. From now on, we have five attacking options available, which is excellent."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: "Against Lazio we conceded nine counter-attacks in the first half the most this season. Even in Cremona the game was very fragmented, and the Lazio match was a consequence of that."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: "We’ve worked on it and we hope to play a more solid game tomorrow."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: Afraid of a backlash after Lazio? "There mustn’t be one, especially because we made mistakes that need to be avoided, but we also have to be more precise up front."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: "Tomorrow we have a difficult match and we need everyone individuals must put themselves at the service of the team."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: "Against Lazio we made too many technical mistakes and conceded a preventable goal."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: How did we reach 60 points? "The team achieved it through collective work. We’ve had many injuries in attack, but we must focus on the future."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: "Tomorrow is important because we need points we must play an organized and compact game to get all three, and it won’t be easy."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: How did we reach 60 points? "The team achieved it through collective work. We’ve had many injuries up front, but we have to look ahead. Against Lazio we made too many technical mistakes and conceded a preventable goal."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: What needs to be improved in the Leão–Pulisic understanding? "The player with the ball has to see who is free otherwise he can’t pass it to him. In football, the difference is often the decision on the final pass. I told Leão he hadn’t seen him, otherwise he would have passed it."

🗣️ Allegri conference press: Milan now being chased? "We have to look both ahead and behind, that’s why balance is fundamental. Until you reach your objective, you have to stay focused on it. Tomorrow is important because we need points we must play an organized and compact game to get all three, and it won’t be easy."