First of all the victory, the rest will follow by itself. This is the spirit of Milan, which this afternoon will try to forget the defeat in the derby. The match in Novara seems anything but prohibitive, but Wednesday's Coppa Italia match (precisely against Tesser's Piedmontese side) once again demonstrated how nothing can be taken for granted in football. The Rossoneri are not physically well, but today it will be important to check their mental condition above all.
Could the derby have left aftermath? “We have to get back to winning ways, with a team that played a good game on Wednesday – Allegri answered curtly at the press conference – it will be more important to win than to play well”. It's true that the result comes first, but a convincing performance wouldn't hurt.
Allegri knows this well, but is equally aware of his team's difficult moment from a physical point of view. Dubai's preparation is making itself felt, and the injuries prevent the coach from working on certainties: "Pato's stop shouldn't be a very long thing, Boateng hopefully will be available in three to four weeks and will soon join Flamini too” Allegri minimized, but Gattuso (during the break he seemed ready to return) and, above all, Aquilani must also be added to this list of unavailable players. The Tuscan coach will bring back the highly contested Emanuelson in the frontline, behind the Ibrahimovic – Robinho duo. Only bench instead for Stefan El Shaarawy, who will definitely enter the match in progress.
