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AC Milan head coach Paulo Fonseca praised his crew’s resilience in overcoming the problem of taking part in a person down throughout Saturday’s slim residence win in opposition to Udinese.
Milan received 1-0 within the Serie A conflict at residence after an early purpose from Samuel Chukwueze, regardless of being diminished to 10 males following Tijjani Reijnders’ pink card on the half-hour mark.
“I need to say that the sport had two elements. The primary one till minute 30 after we obtained a pink card,” Fonseca advised DAZN.
“We performed half-hour with nice character and high quality. It was near my thought. After the pink card, it was a sport manufactured from crew spirit.
“We suffered, however we suffered collectively. If there was any doubt on whether or not this crew was united, right this moment we proved we’re.”
Fonseca believed his aspect deserved the win, regardless of Udinese having two objectives disallowed, one from Kingsley Ehizibue and one other from Christian Kabasele following a good offside name.
“It might have been unfair for the crew. We had one of the best possibilities and it could have been unfair to not win this sport. The crew deserved these three factors,” he mentioned.
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The previous Roma boss additionally praised midfielder Christian Pulisic for his effort, together with an help and his defensive work, after Reijnders obtained despatched off.
“Christian’s sport was incredible. That is the spirit that we should all the time have,” he mentioned.
For Udinese supervisor Kosta Runjaic, the defeat was a bitterly disappointing affair as his aspect did not take the chance of their numerical benefit.
“I’m not a referee. I’m the coach. It’s mindless to say something,” Runjaic mentioned concerning the two disallowed objectives.
“Even with a person up, it was not straightforward in opposition to a crew that defended deep. We would have liked persistence, good passing rhythm and circulation and a little bit of luck.
“Certainly I don’t just like the consequence as a result of it was doable to go residence with a draw.”
