MILAN – This is the disciplinary situation for Milan and Genoa ahead of Wednesday night’s match at the San Siro.
MILAN: No suspensions. Abate, Alex, Bonaventura, De Jong and Mexes are one yellow away from a suspension.
GENOA: No suspensions. Burdisso, De Maio, Niang and Pavoletti are one yellow away from a suspension.
MILANELLO – The Milan captain, Riccardo Montolivo, also spoke exclusively to Milann Channel about the difficult moment the team are going through. He said: “We realise that things are not going well and we are here at Milanello since Sunday to try and resolve the problems we have and try to come out of this difficult moment. I’m sorry to read that the players were not in agreement with the coach because we took this decision together and it is disappointing to see that someone wants to come between us and the coach because we have a lot a lot of respect for him. We are all united and none of us are happy. The fault lies with us players, we play every week and we have to do more. But the changing room is not split in two, that is absolutely untrue.”
Montolivo also spoke of his comeback from yet another injury in what has been a troubled season.
“I am happy to have trained in part with the squad three days ago, I am conducting a personalised program and we will see over the next few days when I will be fully available. At the moment there isn’t much to say, the only thing we should do is perform well tomorrow.”
MILAN – Gian Piero Gasperini also spoke in the pre-match press conference about the game he expects tomorrow at the San Siro. He said:
“We are very disappointed about Perotti but we still want to do well. I expect to find a very focused Milan side, we must maintain our concentration. Milan have different ways of playing, we have to do well in taking advantage of our alternatives. Nisang has matured a lot in recent months, he has to want to keep improving. Let’s enjoy the rest of the season and try our best all the way to the very end.”
MILANELLO – Following the interviews with Abbiati and Montolivo it was the turn of Pippo Inzaghi to speak exclusively to Milan Channel. He said:
“I know exactly what happened, all the players immediately agreed the retreat was the best thing for everyone. A lot of false things have been said which is not nice and our best answer would be to do well tomorrow against Genoa, tomorrow we can show how much this club means to the players and how much we want to do well for the fans. Genoa are having a great season, they can match anyone and if we go into the game with the right approach then we can also match anyone. I am sure that tomorrow we will bounce back. Genoa are very aggressive and press high up the pitch but in the first game against them we showed we can take the lead, with Menez. We have a great opportunity to play so soon after the Udinese game and try to bounce back immediately. We played on Saturday and there will probably be one or two changes, I will see how Antonelli is doing and the idea was to play with De Sciglio from the start, then we’ll see about Paletto who picked up a knock but we have a lot of alternatives in defence. I will try to pick the best possible formation. We still have some hope and until there is still hope we have to honour the short and try to reach our goal. Tomorrow we have to play with heart and bounce back, every player has to do more. Wyou know that I felt Niang needed more playing time and I wish him all the best but not tomorrow of course.