Allegri warns his team against complacency ahead of the Champions League game with Viktoria Plzen
A.C Milan manager, Massimiliano Allegri, has warned his team against complacency ahead of the clash against Viktoria Plzen and is hoping to have Zlatan Ibrahimovic back for the game.
Milan will host the Czech side in their second UEFA Champions League game at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Wednesday, September 28, 2011. The Rossoneri played a brave draw against European Champions, Barcelona, a fortnight ago
and Allegri has warned his players to remain focused on the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 at hand and must not take the opposition lightly.
The former Cagliari boss is anticipating a tight game and believes that Viktoria Plzen will give his side a tough time given their performances in the preliminary round of the competition. The http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Czech-Republic-c2882 Champions have won
their last three games on the road in this year’s competition and the Milan boss is aware of the fact.
Allegri said, “Tomorrow it will not be an easy game, because Viktoria Plzen are a side who did very well in the preliminary round and have good quality, both as a unit and individuals. If we want to validate the draw with Barcelona,
then tomorrow we have to start winning.”
The 44-year-old has insisted his team to play their natural game and they must look to collect all three points from the fixture.
The Rossoneri boss is also hoping to have his prolific striker, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-c38029, back for the game from injury.
“The only player who can recover is Ibrahimovic, though http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniele-Bonera-c10109 is much better and could possibly be at our disposal. He’ll only play from the start if he’s in good shape and has a good training session. I’ll see how he
does and then decide if we’ll play with one striker or two.”
The Swede picked up a muscle injury in training ahead of the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 game and has been dearly missed by the Italian Champions. Milan have picked up only one win from their opening four league matches thus far.
If Ibrahimovic passes the fitness test, he is expected to partner http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Antonio-Cassano-c6302 upfront.
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