FABO PIOLI, THE MILAN BOSS, ANNOUNCES THAT ATALANTA WAS NOT DESERVE OF A PENALTY IN SERIE A DRAW.
La Dea didn’t deserve to win a penalty, according to Rossoneri manager Stefano Pioli, as Milan and Atalanta held each other to a 1-1 draw in the Serie A yesterday.
The Rossoneri collapsed at San Siro and were unable to close the distance with Juventus, who were in second position. Milan could have been in the top two and closing the distance on league leaders Inter if not for their losses to Monza last week and their draw against Atalanta this week.
Teun Koopmeiners scored from the spot after Rafael Leao had given Atalanta the lead early on. After the game, Pioli said in an interview with Milan TV (via TMW) that La Dea shouldn’t have received a penalty.
in any case.
“It wasn’t a penalty, in my opinion. The outcome should have been different, and even though it’s challenging to concede so little at this level, we need to do more.”
Pioli expressed his satisfaction with the performance, regardless of the outcome.
“Yes, I believe we succeeded. We didn’t play well in Monza, and managing the game on Thursday with such a large lead was challenging. However, Rennes also performed admirably. We did well in the match, so on Tuesday I will talk to the guys about a few things I said to them tonight.
Milan is currently 12 points ahead of sixth-place Roma and 13 points behind league leaders Inter. Right present, it appears that a fifth seat will
