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AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli took stock of the mental state of his French goalkeeper, Mike Maignan, who was the victim of racist insults last weekend.
A week after being the target of racist insults on the Udinese pitch, Mike Maignan is preparing to return to competition this Saturday (8:45 p.m.), with the reception of Bologna, counting for the 22nd day of Serie A. Passing a press conference on the eve of this meeting, Stefano Pioli was reassuring about the state of mind of his French goalkeeper.
“Mike is calm and strong, he is also proud of the support he has received from his club but also from the entire football world”confided the Rossoneri coach, and added: “He trained very well this week. »
“We had to react firmly”
Stefano Pioli then returned to the intolerable incidents which occurred in Friuli. “Udinese behaved impeccably in their handling of the situation and the sanctionsunderlined the Milanese technician. 99.9% of people go to the stadium to experience a sporting moment, to exult, encourage the players and to show passion. But there are things that cannot be accepted, the reactions (after these insults) were good from our club and from everyone. We had to react firmly. »
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