Pioli blamed the referee's performance, but ultimately attributed AC Milan's 1-2 home defeat to Atletico Madrid to lack of concentration.
At 03:00 on September 29th, Beijing time, in the second round of Group B of the Champions League group stage, AC Milan will host the La Liga champion Atletico Madrid at the San Siro Stadium:
The Rossoneri have maintained their dominant position at the beginning of the game. Leo opened the record in 19 minutes; until Casey received the second yellow card in the 29th minute of the game;
Until the 84th minute, Griezmann volley equalized the score, and the Rossoneri continued Maintaining extraordinary resilience, and then in stoppage time, Kalulu's ball hit his arm when he was defending. VAR intervened in the penalty. After a long period of verification, the referee finally made a penalty kick. Suarez took the penalty!
At the end of the game, the ten-man AC Milan was reversed by Atletico Madrid 1-2, and the Rossoneri lost two straight in the group stage.
Pioli: "I don’t think the referee spent his best night... We were punished. Obviously, with only 10 people, we cannot Without playing a different game, we persisted for more than half an hour and almost achieved positive results. This is disappointing, that’s for sure."
"Not just penalty kicks and red cards, any 50-50 Penalties are made in their own way. If we are more focused, especially the goal that equalized, we can still bring the victory home. It's a shame."
is like losing 2-3 to Liverpool,The Rossoneri proved that they are worthy of the Champions League stage, but they are very unlucky.
Pioli: "We played very well in the 11 vs. 11 match, with good rhythm, quality and intensity. It made us realize that we are a competitive team."
" We know that the level of this game is very high and we need to concentrate. The recent period is very difficult, we will start to consider Atlanta tomorrow, which makes us pay a lot physically and mentally."
in the same group Liverpool beat Porto 5-1, so AC Milan is now at the bottom of the group with 0 points.
Simeone admits that AC Milan is "really better than us, there is no doubt about it" until that red card changes the game, and then Atletico Madrid "does everything it can Fight for victory."
The Rossoneri dominated and Leo took the lead, but Casey's second yellow card in the 29th minute changed the game at San Siro.
Atletico Madrid almost never shot a goal in the game until Griezmann equalized in the 84th minute and Suarez was controversial in stoppage time. Penalty kick.
Simeone: "Milan is better than us. They played a very fast and dynamic style of football. We have already seen their game against Liverpool."
"After the red card, they started to make room
"After the intermission, we tried to break through this well-organized and well-defended team. We really need this victory."
Simone asked whether the referee influenced the game,For example, Casey's red card and the highly controversial penalty kick.
Simeone: "Milan dominated the game in the first 30 minutes, they did better, and then started another game. We have scored a goal, Suarez has two chances, we won one A very important game."
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