LIVE – Milan AC-PSG, D-1: Luis Enrique and Skriniar speak before the clash

“The derbies were special here. We talk a lot with my former teammates, we have very good relationships. We didn’t talk about Milan’s difficulties. Tomorrow, we can take a big step towards the 8th and we want do it.”

“I’m here to talk about tomorrow’s match. Marotta said things. I don’t want to argue. I know what happened. Now is not the time to talk about that, I just want to a good match tomorrow.”

“It will be a special match for me, as I said. It will be different from the first leg. Milan may be having a little difficulty, but in these periods you can find resources. They have very good players , but we also have great team quality. We want victory, but it won’t be easy.”

PSG more comfortable at home than away? “I think that’s the case, because at home, we have all the supporters who push the team. We have fantastic supporters. Tomorrow, it will be the same for Milan. It’s part of the areas for improvement of the team, we also want to achieve good results away from home.”

“I don’t see him concerned. Gigio is one of the best goalkeepers in the world, he has great experience. I know he will be focused on doing well and helping the team.”

“It’s a pleasure to play with Marqui. We’re doing good things, we still have to improve a lot. But what’s important is that PSG wins. It’s good for the team, with strong players, the coach can choose who to play. But yes, with Marqui, I feel very good. He speaks Italian well.”

“It’s a great emotion to come back here to this stadium, where I had wonderful years. It’s special but I’m here as a PSG player. And I want to have the best match possible.”

“We know they have to score points but we absolutely want to win. We want to play our football and do what we know how to do. We have the qualities to win tomorrow.”

“I like this style of play, the fact of having possession, of pressing high. You always have to control the match, I like that. We are improving, individually and as a team.”

“I’m happy with this new experience. We can do better but I gain confidence in each match and training. But I’m happy.”

“It would be perfect to have a big away match. We want to give continuity to our results and our performances. We can do better, but we have the qualities to do so.”

“It will be a special match for me, but all Champions League matches are. I have played here and I know it is difficult to play here. It will be a difficult match.”

“We have experience. We have to stay focused. We are on the right track and we have to continue on this path. We play like a real team and that’s what we have to do.”

On the possibility of seeing Zaire-Emery more offensive, like De Bruyne at Manchester City: “I don’t want to compare him to a big star like De Bruyne. He is young, he has to learn a lot of things. We have to be patient, him give him confidence to play the way he can.”

Before going to a press conference, Luis Enrique speaks for RMC Sport. “It will be difficult. We have to play the same way as at the Parc des Princes and do better than Milan.”

“It will be a special match for all of us. It’s nice to come to this historic stadium. We only play exciting matches in this Champions League.”

The PSG coach will answer our questions in a few moments…

Stefano Pioli, AC Milan coach, expects very tough opposition against PSG this Wednesday at San Siro: “Facing this team, we have to maintain a very, very high level of attention, in all aspects. phases of the game, because it is a team that can strike at any time due to the speed and quality of its attackers (…) It is also a team that can offer you chances, but you have to be effective, which we failed to do on the way out.”

Stefano Pioli, the coach of AC Milan, believes that the reception of PSG will be decisive for the future of his team in C1. After three days, the Rossoneri are last in Group E, with two points on the clock. “Is this match a turning point for us? If we’re talking about the Champions League, definitely. We shouldn’t hope for results that advantage us in other matches. We have to start scoring points. It will be a very difficult against a top opponent, but we can have a great match because we have strong players, ideas in mind to put the opponent in difficulty. We have to believe in it, from start to finish.

Mike Maignan is not really satisfied with his performances with Milan in recent months: “It’s clear that it’s not the start to the season that I dreamed of. It’s not a bad start to the season either. “The best is yet to come. What I can bring to the team is what I know how to do: be decisive, continue to stop some difficult shots and keep my leadership side.”

Mike Maignan expects Gianluigi Donnarumma to be heckled by AC Milan fans this Wednesday at San Siro. The Italian goalkeeper of PSG will return to the lair of his training club for the first time with the jersey of an opposing club. “I don’t know how he will be received. We know that it ended on bad terms. And we know that our supporters here are very warm, so I think he will have a rather difficult reception, slips the goalkeeper of the French team. Regarding his start to the season, he remains a top goalkeeper. He is part of what is best today. He is having a good start to the season. He is a good goalkeeper, world class.”

Mike Maignan, AC Milan goalkeeper, announces the color on the eve of the clash against PSG, this Tuesday in the Champions League. The Blues goalkeeper expects an intense match at San Siro against his training club: “It’s true that Paris is a very strong team. But we are also very strong. We have to bring intensity and all that what we know how to do on the pitch to be able to win this match. It will be a difficult game, for them too. But we are at home, we have to give 100% (…) In these moments, “There is no room for emotions. No emotions, we have to give the best. We know how we have to play, like Milan. There is no emotion, we just have to play our football.”

It’s a more than expected return. Tuesday evening, Gianluigi Donnarumma returns to San Siro after leaving the free club in 2021. On site, the tension is felt among the supporters present in front of the Milanello training center. “Did you see what we have in store for him tomorrow night?” Antonella tells us, sitting next to her companion.

As indicated by Corriere della Sera, the PSG goalkeeper should be greeted by a throw of fake banknotes at the start of the match. “It will be a special match with emotion. I think Milan is his home. San Siro is his stadium since he was little. The fans are hurt by his departure. He will surely be booed tomorrow night ” adds Manuele Baiocchini, journalist for Sky Sport Italy. A hostile climate that Mike Maignan, opposing goalkeeper, also expects. “It ended on bad terms here between him and the club. We know that the reception will be difficult. Our supporters are warm,” confided the AC Milan goalkeeper at a press conference, on the eve of the big appointment.

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Théo Hernandez, Christian Pulisic and Samuel Chukwueze participated normally in the session this morning. Yacine Adli exchanged for a long time on the Milanello training ground with Reijnders. The ex-PSG player is claiming a starting place while Krunic remains uncertain in midfield. Another doubt: who, Florenzi or Calabria, will start the match? According to the latest reports, Pioli wants to field a more offensive team than in the first leg, which could also benefit the former Parisian player.

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For tomorrow evening’s meeting, 4,300 Parisian supporters are expected in the visitors’ park. Among them, 1,200 members of the Ultras Paris Collective. Six buses notably left the capital this Monday to reach Lombardy. (AP)

Luis Enrique unveiled a group of 19 players for PSG’s trip to AC Milan on Tuesday (9 p.m., on RMC Sport 1). Marco Asensio, who returned to collective training a week ago, is still absent.

The striker of the France team and PSG, Randal Kolo Muani, will be the exceptional guest of the show “Rothen s’igname” this Monday from 6 p.m. on RMC. He will return in particular to his first months in the capital.

At 2 p.m., Stefano Pioli will answer questions from journalists. At 5:15 p.m., it will be Luis Enrique’s turn.

After a convincing victory against Montpellier in Ligue 1 (3-0), PSG returns to the Champions League with a trip to San Siro to challenge AC Milan on Tuesday evening (9 p.m. on RMC Sport 1). First in their group despite a slap received in Newcastle (4-1), the Parisians can get closer to qualifying for the round of 16 in the event of success in Italy. In the first leg, Warren Zaire-Emery’s teammates largely won at the Parc des Princes (3-0).