Filippo Inzaghi is getting set for perhaps his one before last game as the coach of Milan as the Rossoneri take on Torino tomorrow at San Siro.



The disastrous season of Milan is just two matches away from being finally over and Milan will hope to finish it with a sweet taste. Tomorrow (Sunday) they play 9th placed Torino and coach Inzaghi, who knows this may be the one before the last time he’s on the Milan bench as the boss, wants to get a victory versus il Toro.

“This team has had an excellent attitude in the past 3 matches. I am hoping for a match like the one against Roma. Against Napoli and Sassuolo the attitude was also good. We have to be consistent with our performances,” Inzaghi told Milan Channel.

“The team wants to end the season on a high. The words of Bonaventura and Diego Lopez earlier this week? They have shown they are real men and there are many of them in this squad. The opponents? It will be a hard match, Torino are doing well. We cannot think about the players that we have missing. We hope we can play well and give a good response and end the last match by leaving a good memory.

“Stephan El Shaarawy? He is coming from a period in which he’s spent many months without playing. My hope is to give him a start. He seems fine but I also have Di Molfetta in that position. I will decide today whether to start El Shaarawy or maybe Di Molfetta or the other way around.

“Riccardo Saponara and M’Baye Niang? Playing for Milan makes things more complicated. Saponara against Palermo was perhaps one of the best players out on the pitch, but then the next day it was written that he was the worst. It’s never easy with the young players because there is no patience. We hope that, just like with Niang, they do well and they can one day come back to Milan and do well.

“The 2014/2015 season? I have grown (it’s been his debut season as first team coach), just like the team has. There have been positives to build on, while there have also been negatives. I hope to stay and to give my all with the same passion as always. We must be good in bringing the fans back to the San Siro.

“Eight years ago today Milan won the Champions League (thanks to an Inzaghi brace)? The final in Athens brings back great memories. The 23rd of May is an unforgettable date and so was the year 2007 too. The luck that I had as a player is still missing as a coach because we’ve often been unlucky with all the players lost through injury. Destiny was kind to me in 2007 as I was able to play against Liverpool and Boca Juniors after the previous finals that we lost. I am sure that we will go back to being great again.”

Inzaghi also held a traditional press conference. Speaking to the journalists in Milanello, Pippo said: “I heard what Diego Lopez and Giacomo Bonaventura had to say earlier this week (at the San Siro Gentleman Awards) and they showed a strong sense of belonging. We have to start off from this.

“It’s the last match at home in what has been a tough season. We must do our all to win. In the past 3 matches we have played with commitment and the right spirit. We won one of them, while in the others we played well but they were negative from other points of view, but I don’t want to go over it all again.

“We need this sprit against Torino and we have to try and end with a win because it’s the last home match of the season. Torino brought me luck! (as a player) I am now a coach however. Pazzini and Destro are both two very good players, but whoever takes to the pitch will give their all. We’re at the San Siro on Sunday and it’s nice to play at night. It’s been a hard year, but we hope it is a good match.

“I am the same as always ahead of the match. I have a contract for another year, and until I am told otherwise, I will continue on my path. I will always try and give my all, as I have always done. When someone gives their all they have no regrets. I’m often in contact with the President.

“At times we’ve been in agreement and others we haven’t. On Sunday, I will choose what I think is the best team to beat Torino. Speaking to the President every day, you cannot always have the same opinion. There are no problems. He has also said lots of positive things. I am very calm.

“When a season doesn’t go as you had wished, a lot of names are mentioned (to replace Inzaghi as the coach), but until I am told otherwise, I will continue doing my job. I have a contract and I hope to be given the chance to take Milan back to where the fans want.

“There is a good core of Italian players with good principles to build from. The foundations are there and the situation is not all that bad. We have to do a lot to get back to a certain level, but the ingredients are in place to achieve it.

Young players? I know the youth players at Milan better than anyone because I won the Viareggio Tournament with them. Many of them went to play in Serie B and unfortunately they did not play much. We handed Felicioli his debut, who was born in 1997, and is very good.

“We all know that the players born in 1998 at Milan are promising, but to hand a 16 year-old a debut at a time like this in Serie A is hard, especially for their future. They should not just be thrown into the fray.

“Honda? He will play. He deserves it for the attitude that he shows all week and in training.” Probable formation: Lopez; Abate, Alex, Paletta, Bocchetti; Poli, De Jong, Van Ginke; Honda, Pazzini, El Shaa.