Inter<\/a> equaliser in injury-time to cancel out the lead Tijjani Reijnders gave the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cWe tried to press a bit higher in the first half, but nobody thought the same way, so we left important space for counter-attacks,\u201d Conceicao told DAZN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe prepared for this game a bit differently. I like high pressing and not allowing the opponents to come out with the ball.
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We scored after Tammy won the ball high up the pitch. We must work on this. We had the right attitude, but we have work to do. We all agree on this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBennacer is a very interesting player technically, but I needed different characteristics in midfield.
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\u201cWe were at a numerical disadvantage with two players against three. We needed more physicality, so I put Jimenez on the wings and Musah in the middle.
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\u201cWe could have done some things differently in the first half regarding ability and desire to have the ball. I understand the moments and the environment, but we must be stronger than this. We are at Milan and the players here must take this responsibility to keep the ball and stop the opponents, not allowing them to reach our goal too often.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
AC Milan coach Sergio Conceicao demanded more from his team after their 1-1 draw with Inter Milan on Sunday. Stefan de Vrij scored an Inter equaliser in injury-time to cancel out the lead Tijjani Reijnders gave the team.\u00a0 \u201cWe tried to press a bit higher in the first half, but nobody thought the same way, so we left important space for counter-attacks,\u201d Conceicao told DAZN. \u201cWe prepared for this game a bit differently. I like high pressing and not allowing the opponents to come out with the ball. We scored after Tammy won the ball high up the pitch. We must work on this. We had the right attitude, but we have work to do. We all agree on this. \u201cBennacer is a very interesting player technically, but I needed different characteristics in midfield. \u201cWe were at a numerical disadvantage with two players against three. We needed more physicality, so I put Jimenez on the wings and Musah in the middle. \u201cWe could have done some things differently in the first half regarding ability and desire to have the ball. I understand the moments and the environment, but we must be stronger than this. We are at Milan and the players here must take this responsibility to keep the ball and stop the opponents, not allowing them to reach our goal too often.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,159,173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-football-news","category-serie-a"],"yoast_head":"\n
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