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Allegri's Pre-game Press Conference

Ahead of the match against Vincenzo Montella’s Catania side, coach Massimiliano Allegri is concentrating n the league: “We’ll think about the Champions league from Sunday. The team is fine and we’re trustful.”

MILAN – Here’s what Massimiliano Allegri had to say in today’s press conference:

Catania are not a team that sits back and defends. They’re doing great in the league because Montella is very good and they have players of great technical quality like Lodi, Almiron and Izco who have mix running with quality. They’re very dangerous up front and they’re solid at the back. They’re in good shape and we’re on the back of a game that sapped a lot of energy. It’ll be tough.”

“Physically, we’re in decent shape, tomorrow I’ll have some players fresh from Barcelona and Abate is back. We’re trustful. We’ll need to be competitive and have conviction ahead of a key game, similar to the match against Firenze in Florence last year.”

“The performance on Tuesday will follow on from tomorrow’s game and so we have to be ready. It’s a particular week, but we’ll take it game by game. We’ll think about Barcelona only from Sunday. We have to come back from Catania with a result.”

“Nesta was out for two months, after a game of Wednesday’s intensity, he’ll be following a specific training program to have him ready for Tuesday. Same thing for Seedorf but I have midfielders available.”

“Ambrosini is fine and there won’t be a lot of problems there. We’ll decide on Van Bommel in the next few days to see if he’ll be available against Barcelona. His back problem is ongoing and his movement is limited. He’s running but only to maintain fitness.”

“I spoke with the president yesterday and we exchanged opinions as always. I owe him and I give him explanations regarding the team and he gives me his thoughts. He was happy with the performance and we analyzed Wednesday’s game with no problems. We knew that against Barcelona, the best team in the world, there are times when you’ll suffer. They’re very good holding onto the ball but that doesn’t mean that they can’t lose. Ibra did good things and some things not so good but he was often up front to get onto the high balls and we weren’t good enough playing off his knock downs. I’m not thinking about Juventus. At the moment we have four points on them and they be fighting until the end. They have the right qualities to fight for and to win the league. The pitch has always been a problem, not just this year. It’s something the club has to deal with. I don’t think that watering the pitch would have made any difference as it was already very humid which is why we didn’t water it. Talking about Barcelona though makes no sense today. Catania is more important at the moment.”

“Pato should be back from America tomorrow and he’s in good condition, we’ll evaluate if he’ll be available for Tuesday. Until Cassano gets the all clear from the doctor he’s not available for selection. I hope he’ll be back soon, it would be important for the end of the season. Before Wednesday, no one gave us a chance but we got a positive result and now we have to show the competitiveness to go to Catania and then prepare the game against Barcelona. The team are fine, we have to be trustful.”



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