Amorim takes crisis away and receives applause from Milan's owner: “He did well...”

O On Sunday afternoon, AC Milan took away the crisis scenario from the win in Udinese stronghold (2-0), at stake on the 8th journey of Serie A. Ruben Amorim was very pleased with the victory outside the home, such as... Gerry Cardinale, owner of the rossneri club. 

“ I'm very happy and proud of what the team did. We put into the field what we had talked about in the pre-game ", started by saying Amorim, quoted by Gazzetta dello Sport. 

“There is always one injured player in each game, just see what happens everywhere. My job is to prepare one game at a time and guarantee Milan a future. I am responsible for ensuring that my players are fine, and that’s also why I’m proud,” he said.

Without being able to count on some players for this match, such as Diego Moreira, Mario Gila or Adrien Rabiot, the Portuguese technician highlighted the response of the team coming from a bad result in front of Bournemouth, for the Europa League.

“ We have a lot of injuries, but these players have shown me that they are prepared to deal with the pressure to play in this club. We've got a lot of things to do, but I'm proud because we didn't have time to work on what went wrong in the last game. We practically did not have the opportunity to work on the lawn, only through video ", said. 

Asked about the bet on Davide Bartesaghi as holder, Amorim highlighted the offensive capabilities of the young Italian side. 

“ You played a really good game today. I think it's better offensively than defensively. You have to improve defensively in individual duels and aggression. It has speed, crosses well and, in training, always finishes well ", praised. 

Still on the heavy defeat suffered by Bournemouth, Ruben Amorim lifted the veil over what he told the players in England after the final whistle. 

“ What you said after the Bournemouth game... I explained to the players what I thought. That's all I could do, because during practice, we can't be talking, we have to work. We play for Milan, players don't need motivation. They must be prepared,” he said. 

Cardinale applauds Amorim

Contrary to what had happened in previous games, Gerry Cardinale, owner of AC Milan, was present on the benches of Dacia Arena, Udinese's home, and at the end of the match applauded the players' performance as well as Ruben Amorim's management. 

“The team continues to evolve and consolidate. We kept the intensity high for much of the game, and our possession of the ball and aggressiveness in the recovery of the ball were very positive. Ruben managed the rotation of the players and the substitutions very well. This leaves us in the best conditions for the game of Wednesday, at home ", shot Cardinale, in statements reproduced by Gazzetta dello Sport. 

Ruben Amorim thus responded to criticisms with an important victory in the championship, which placed AC Milan in fourth place, with the same points as AS Roma, third ranked. Next Wednesday, the rossoneri return to action, in front of Bologna, meeting with Inter just three days later, on Saturday.