Maldini: “I’m proud, we absolutely deserved to qualify for the quarter-finals of the Champions League”

The legendary defender and now technical director of Milan expressed his great satisfaction and pride for Milan’s qualification to the quarter-finals of this year’s Champions League. Paolo Maldini!

The 54-year-old described the qualification of the “Rossoneri” against Tottenham as absolutely fair, he described Pioli as a great coach, while he also referred to his team’s goals for the rest of this season.

What the legendary Milan defender said in detail:



For Milan’s qualification to the quarter-finals of this year’s Champions League: “I felt the emotion that Milan used to give us in the past years. This is a feat that we thoroughly deserved. I feel satisfied, proud and constantly smiling about the journey we have made so far! We cannot think that we will be in the quarter-finals permanently, but we have come this far and we will enjoy it. When opportunities like this come, you have to take advantage of them. In January we had lost our confidence and were conceding a lot of goals. Not conceding against Tottenham was our biggest bet. Our success in London means we have become more mature”.

For Pioli: “We know where we started, but we still don’t know where we can go. We understand completely. There is absolutely no communication problem. He is a great communicator and a great coach. In difficult times we evaluate human nature and from this point of view, Pioli and I are on a very good level”.

On Milan’s goals for this season: “We are struggling in the league, but we want to finish in the top four of the standings. As for the Champions League, I would like to avoid the Italian teams in the quarter-finals, but at this point you can’t have preferences. We can’t say we are at the same level as Bayern, Manchester City and Real Madrid, but if one of them comes our way, we will fight hard for qualification.”.

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