Max after the win against Fiorentina: “No message to the league, we still need a lot of points to reach our goal. The team fought for the win until the end, it wasn’t easy.” Pisa visit San Siro on Friday, with only two possible returns.

How the world changes in 15 days. Two weeks ago, Allegri started the break by criticizing Leao in front of his teammates in the locker room at the end of Juve-Milan. Now he finds himself commenting on a game in which he started him, receiving two goals in return. One even came from a penalty. “Did I decide that Rafa should take it? Yes, Leao had tried them, he shot well. Fofana also takes them well. Anyway, I never watch penalties…“

Allegri is obviously not hiding, he is not talking about the Scudetto and is referring (implicitly) to fourth place as the season’s goal: ”No message to the league, we still need a lot of points to reach our goal.” Also because on Friday, for Milan-Pisa, there will still be an emergency: “Now we have to recover our energy because on Friday we’ll still be the same, maybe we’ll get Loftus-Cheek and Nkunku back. Without getting carried away, there’s still a long way to go.” The news is that Estupinan will definitely be out for another week.

Match commentary—  Milan-Fiorentina was a tense match, and Allegri wasn’t disappointed: “Until the goal, we didn’t concede a single shot. We conceded an avoidable goal, there were two chances in the first half from set pieces, then a cross from Athekame where Leao had broken free. After the goal, there was a good reaction, the team sought the win until the end, it wasn’t easy.” For the future, a leap in quality is expected in two areas. The runs: “Fofana has started making runs from midfield,” Allegri points out. “That way, we can fill the area with players coming in from outside, which is important.” And shots from outside: “It’s a solution we need to try. Rafa did it, as did Saelemaekers in the first half. It’s a solution that could give us an advantage.”