Stefano Pioli has urged his team to believe that they can go on and win the Scudetto even though they resume the season eight points behind Napoli.
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The Milan boss has rightly received a lot of praise for the way that he has engineered a resurgence at the club along with the help of some other key leaders, but it will be a tough task to overhaul the gap to Napoli that has opened up.
Pioli spoke during an interview with SportMediaset as part of a special called ‘The kings of football’. The complete version of the exclusive interview will be broadcast on Thursday 29 December on Italia Uno, but a snippet has been released.
“Milan must believe in a comeback against Napoli just as last year they believed in a Scudetto which initially seemed impossible,” he said (via PianetaMilan).
On his evolution as a coach : “I think I’ve improved in many things and in many situations, but above all in the two-three things that I consider to be the most important for my job: the different tactical solutions, the relationship with my players and maybe even a better communication with those outside than I could have at the beginning of my career.”
Pioli also provided an anecdote regarding a special moment he shared with his son Gianmarco, who works as an analyst, on the night of the Scudetto win.
“At 2 in the morning we smoked a big cigar on the balcony with all the Milan fans passing by with flags, at that moment I really understood the greatness of what we had done,” he said.
