Rafael Leao is determined to silence his critics when AC Milan seek to overturn a 1-0 deficit in the second leg of their Europa League quarter-final against Roma. (More Football News)
Leao came in for criticism after last week바카라s first match, but showed a much better version of himself as Milan fought back from two goals down to take a 3-3 draw at relegation-battling Sassuolo on Sunday.
The 24-year-old forward, who scored Milan바카라s first goal, recognises he needs to bring more consistency to his game.
바카라I hope to help my team,바카라 Leao told Milan TV.
바카라If I don바카라t score a goal, I hope to play well and win. This is the most important thing, to move forward.
바카라After the first leg, where I didn바카라t do very well, I was disappointed and with Sassuolo I wanted to give the right answer. If I make a mistake, I always try to come back even stronger, to learn from my mistakes.
바카라I found the joy of doing well and helping my team-mates. I want to play better now. We know the comeback is possible. We have to start strong, try to score in the first few minutes and then play like a final.바카라
Goalkeeper Mike Maignan is expected to return in goal after sitting out Sunday바카라s match as a precaution, but Simon Kjaer is a doubt after suffering a muscle injury in that match. Both he and fellow defender Pierre Kalulu missed training on Wednesday.
Gianluca Mancini struck in the 17th minute as Roma took an impressive 1-0 victory at the San Siro last week, carrying on their good form since Daniele De Rossi replaced Jose Mourinho in the hotseat.
The 2022 Europa Conference League champions came ever so close to making it back-to-back titles after they were defeated on penalties in last year바카라s Europa League showpiece and are 90 minutes away from another semi-final.
But De Rossi knows AC Milan are far from beaten as they prepare for the second leg in Rome.
As quoted on romapress.net, he said: 바카라Milan? They will fight with everything they have. This is their last resort, they want to win and achieve one of their objectives for the season. It will be difficult.
바카라There are characteristics of the opponent that must always be respected and you need to think about the opponent바카라s coach바카라s moves. The first leg with Milan was quite balanced, perhaps it went a little better for us. Milan won바카라t change their tactics too much, but we must not overthink our own gameplan.
바카라We will prepare the match to win it, to try to score a goal which would be a blow for them even if it might not be decisive.
바카라Milan are a very strong team, they are better than us, but in the first leg we showed that we are not that much inferior and I told my team that we can play for it. We are one step away from an important milestone such as a European semi-final.바카라
