AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli defended his team selection after their 4-2 defeat at Monza.
Luka Jovic saw red as Pioli's decision to rotate his XI backfired.
“We made mistakes that ruined the match. When you concede four goals it feels wrong to say our first half-hour was good, but that is true," Pioli told DAZN.
“Naturally, going a man down made it even more difficult, then after getting it to 2-2, we should've been sharper and calmer to defend better. At that moment, the team felt confident and wanted to go on to win. There were too many errors tonight.
“We moved the ball around too slowly, but Monza also put everyone behind the ball and waited for us. The game changed, unfortunately for us, with all those incidents going from the interruption to the goals and the card. These are all incidents where a team like ours ought to be sharper, more concentrated and more on their toes.
“It is a painful defeat for the way it developed and the situation we were in. The only one who was meant to start today was Rafael Leao, as he had a slight calf twinge in training this morning and did not want to risk it, but the others were in good shape.
“(Christian) Pulisic did not train yesterday, as he was tired, and Rafa felt he wasn't ready. Christian has never played so much in recent years, so he needed some rest."
APReal19
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Simple, he underestimated Monza, so they lost
woeiklnouz
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stupid coach
The Coach told us the reason he used that team in the first half of the match. What the team have a bench??? That was NOT players to help the team??? The match really pain me. I really love AC as a team. That's the ONLY football Club I love in the world.
woeiklnouz
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Your coaching blunder is more painful. What a stupid line up he put out there
What the team have a bench??? They're there to help. But AC have unless players on the bench. A team signed players to help the team but they're not helping the team. Nothing we saw in the first half of the match.
woeiklnouz
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Not the Coach guys, that's the players the Coach used in the match. Unless players bring unless scored
kitabcekmu
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I don't understand why he rotated the team.We have an upper hand in Europa a comfortable 3-0 to Rennes the boys were ok no injuries at this point Juventus dropped points and it was an advantage for us to take but u rotated the team as if the league is not important?This was the worst game in the entire season
ur right bro
coaalmty
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Your coaching blunder is more painful. What a stupid line up he put out there
zaobceiksu
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silly Pioli! why rotate the winning team???? why the hell did you do that? gutted!
jahbcisz
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I don't understand why he rotated the team.We have an upper hand in Europa a comfortable 3-0 to Rennes the boys were ok no injuries at this point Juventus dropped points and it was an advantage for us to take but u rotated the team as if the league is not important?This was the worst game in the entire season
wocaimorsz
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stupid coach