Fabio Liverani calls Milan a ‘steamroller of a team,’ but believes his Parma can ‘make it difficult for them by attacking in numbers.’
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“Since the lockdown, Milan found their identity and unity, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the icing on the cake that raised the quality level,” said the coach in his press conference.
Fabio Liverani calls Milan a ‘steamroller of a team,’ but believes his Parma can ‘make it difficult for them by attacking in numbers.’
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“Since the lockdown, Milan found their identity and unity, while Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the icing on the cake that raised the quality level,” said the coach in his press conference.
“Stefano Pioli’s work has made them a steamroller of a team, able to keep going with the same intensity regardless of who is playing. We have to make it difficult for them by attacking in numbers.
“When I arrived, I was told we had problems in defence, now I’m told we don’t score enough goals instead. It’s about finding a balance.”
Parma players seemed increasingly frustrated against Benevento when they couldn’t get the breakthrough.
“I can guarantee you that when I was a player, I was much worse than them,” smiled Liverani. “I won’t get offended and I hold no rancour. There are rules and we mustn’t go overboard, but I don’t think anything bad happened.
“I like my team to be fired up and angry. There are no games to be taken for granted in Serie A, as we saw yesterday that Benevento basically pinned Sassuolo back into their own half and still lost. We all want to win, but results have to be earned.”
Juraj Kucka is not in the squad, but Liverani tried to take some of the pressure off ex-Inter wide man Yann Karamoh.
“What I want to say is that everyone wants young players to get time on the pitch, but then nobody has the patience to wait for them to grow. Karamoh needs to understand his choices better, when to dribble, when to pass, but you can only learn that with experience.”
Parma squad for Milan: Colombi, Rinaldi, Sepe; Bruno Alves, Balogh, Busi, Gagliolo, Iacoponi, Osorio, Pezzella, Valenti; Brugman, Camara, Cyprien, Hernani Jr, Kurtic, Nicolussi Caviglia, Scozzarella, Sohm; Brunetta, Cornelius, Inglese, Gervinho, Karamoh