Allegri: I don t need to change Leo, Modric s vision is different from others

Football 12:22am, 24 October 2025 123
At 2:45 am on October 25th, in the 8th round of the 2025-26 Serie A season, AC Milan will face Pisa at home. Before the game, Rossoneri coach Allegri attended the press conference. He talked about some of the team's current situation.

About this game

- All teams are different and the important thing is to end the season on a good note and we are just getting started. What really matters are results and winning games.

About the situation in the standings

- Winning is not easy, but it is important because we can take a big step forward. Our goal is to get the points needed to qualify for the Champions League. We need to get at least 74 points. There is no such thing as a lead, we still have a lot of games to play and the next few months are very important.

About the arrangement against Como

- What I said is only valid to a certain extent. It would be better if we play in Italy, but if not we will make arrangements accordingly. What does it take to win the league title? You can only concede 20 to 25 goals at most. The fans can dream and the players have to bring us victory. Tomorrow Nkunku will return and he will be on the bench and today we will assess Lochik's situation.

Controversy over the penalty kick in the victory over Fiorentina

- This kind of thing has happened, is happening, and will happen again in the football world. Despite VAR, referee decisions are still very tricky today. I read a statistic that players used to have two seconds to think before making a move, now they only have half a second. The game is faster and the players are organized differently, just like basketball. Today's basketball point guards are two meters tall, and "Magic" Johnson is the pioneer.

On leading Milan back to the top of the table after many years

- We are a good team, well run, able to achieve great goals with passion and awareness. We have players who can take responsibility and players who are inexperienced, and the team is growing under the leadership of players such as Rabiot, Modric, Maignan and Fikayo Tomori. They are our motivation and we all have a common goal: to lead Milan back to the Champions League, which is the real stage for this team.

About the game

- Tomorrow starts at 0-0 again, we must maintain balance. We need 3 points and we can only do that by playing a solid game.

About Leo

- I don't need to change him, he has his own characteristics. In my opinion, he can play as a forward or as a shadow forward. It's important that he's involved in the game because then he can make a difference, and it's better if you let him move freely. In my opinion, he can be paired with any other forward and they will work well together.

About Santiago Jimenez

- He has trained very well in the past three days. He came back from the national team a little late, but now he is in good physical condition. I see him being more calm and confident, he is getting important chances and improving and the goals will come.

Is this team flawed?

- I wouldn't change anything, but we still need to improve. For example, in Turin, our position in the box was not very good in the last minute and we needed to be more focused because you can't ruin a great 90 minutes with one lapse of concentration.

Against Fiorentina, we performed better at the last moment, but in that case, we have to continue to improve, because every goal may determine the outcome of a season, not just one game.

About Derwent

- He might get his chance tomorrow.

About Pavlovic

- He is improving like everyone else, but he still has room to grow and you can imagine where he will be in four or five years. He still needs work on his defensive awareness and timing, but he's getting better every day.

About Modric

- He rarely makes mistakes because he is an extraordinary player, his vision is different from others and I think he is very comfortable in that position and he enjoys it.

Is Milan mature enough?

- I don't know if we have matured, but we definitely need to show it tomorrow, not because of this controversy, but because we are facing a team that will go all out and it will be very difficult to score against them. There are no easy games and we will only think about Tuesday's game once we have done the job and got the win we need.

About the team scoring more goals in the second half

- I don’t know, I think it’s because our physical condition is improving. We were able to turn up the intensity in the second half, which was a good sign. The substitutes always make a difference and they need to continue that and the last half hour was significant and decisive.

Is the team a team now?

——There is no such thing as "either it gets worse or it gets better". We have to keep improving and we only got 16 points, which wasn't even enough to avoid relegation.

About Bart Sacchi

- I am very satisfied because he comes from our youth academy. He has some important qualities, but he needs time to develop and has a lot to improve on.

source:7m pc