Montella confident AC Milan will return to Champions League next season

Montella confident AC Milan will return to Champions League next season
2017-18-11 - 23:36
After his club’s 2-1 defeat in Naples, AC Milan’s embattled manager Vincenzo Montella spoke positively about his club’s performance despite the result.

“I liked this performance,” he told Sky Sport. “The team has shown a great personality and the players have been growing. It's bad when we lose as we did tonight. Maybe we deserved something more. We have to improve in the last 20 yards, but I saw a good Milan. I'm happy for the performance and angry for losing after playing this way.”

“Our last two defeats have been against Juve and Napoli, which are teams that are ahead of us, but, at times, the matches were equal. To get their level it takes time.”

Speaking about his managerial goal of returning Milan to Champions League, Montella also sounded upbeat despite his club’s position towards the middle of the table. “I'm very optimistic because the team is growing. Other teams are playing very well, but they will not be able to maintain that pace. We have overcome our difficult time and I'm confident we'll be in the first four places.”