DBasia.news – Stefano Pioli, AC Milan coach, admitted that his team has faced a number of difficulties when they met RB Salzburg on matchday 1 of Group E of the 2022-2023 Champions League. The host’s attack troubled Milan.
AC Milan were left behind in the 28th minute. Noah Okafor made the host public cheer.
Five minutes before the end of the first half, Milan equalized through Alexis Saelemaekers. The 1-1 score lasted until the long whistle.
“It’s a good result with enough performances, but not the highest level performance. If you don’t improve the quality and tempo it will bring danger. We recovered from a bad start. They started better, We have to do better,” Pioli told Sky Sports Italia.
“It was a tough game and fought hard against a strong opponent. We wanted to win, but could have done better.”
Milan recorded possession of the ball up to 65%. However, in the end not many opportunities were created.
“We suffered on the counter-attack. In my opinion, we didn’t transition properly and they always put pressure on our full-backs with a midfielder.”
With these results, Milan are in second place standings. In the other match in Group E, Chelsea surprisingly lost to Dinamo Zagreb.