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Strahinja Pavlovic spoke to the media ahead of AC Milan’s game against Hellas Verona, insisting that they ‘know what to do’ in defence even without Matteo Gabbia.
Milan need to bounce back from the Supercoppa defeat to Napoli, as well as the 2-2 draw against Sassuolo in the league, and they will have the chance to do so today. Taking on Hellas Verona in front of a sold-out San Siro, you could definitely describe it as a must-win.
Massimiliano Allegri has made a couple of changes to the starting eleven, but the defence has stayed the same. One of the centre-backs, namely Strahinja Pavlovic, spoke to DAZN (via MilanNews) just a few minutes ago and shared his thoughts on the game.
On the game…
“It’s a very important match, the first after the Supercoppa defeat. We want to do everything we can to win. We know that Verona are a good team that use counter-attacks a lot. We need to be careful in defence and win duels.”
On the defending…
“We know that Verona’s two forwards are very quick and dangerous, so we must always remain 3 against 2 in defence.”
On Gabbia’s absence…
“We all know what to do. Matteo is a leader, but today we have De Winter, and we have to continue working together as always.”
Milan certainly need to improve at the back, but without Matteo Gabbia, that’s a very difficult task. A lot hinges on Koni De Winter stepping up as the other centre-backs arguably haven’t done too poorly lately.
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