Carlos Cuesta minimize a composed and measured determine at San Siro after Parma pulled off a , one of the crucial eye-catching outcomes of the Serie A weekend.
However earlier than reflecting on a well-known win, , the Parma head coach made a degree of directing his ideas towards Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who had been pressured off in the course of the first half.
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“I wish to speak about Loftus-Cheek first, I hope he’s okay and our ideas are with him,” he stated, setting the tone for an interview that was as gracious because it was assured.
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 22: Ruben Loftus-Cheek of AC Milan leaves the pitch on a stretcher in the course of the Serie A match between AC Milan and Parma Calcio 1913 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on February 22, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
Cuesta was fast to credit score the collective defensive effort that made the consequence doable.
Milan 0-1 Parma – Cuesta praises Gialloblu focus
Protecting Milan at bay at San Siro for 90 minutes is not any small feat, and the coach acknowledged simply how demanding the duty was.
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“It’s not simple to stay concentrated for that many minutes towards such a robust staff, in a stadium like this,” he stated.
“They have been all the time going to dominate possession, so we needed to keep organised, and the mentality this squad confirmed was unimaginable.”
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 22: Mariano Troilo of Parma Calcio celebrates after scoring their staff’s first aim in the course of the Serie A match between AC Milan and Parma Calcio 1913 at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on February 22, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photos)
The profitable aim, which got here from a set-piece, was no coincidence based on the Spaniard.
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“After we work on lifeless balls, we attempt to have gamers prepared to attain,” he defined, suggesting Valenti’s positioning had been rigorously deliberate within the build-up to the sport.
Regardless of three consecutive victories, Cuesta was in no temper to get carried away. He was fast to remind reporters that Parma had misplaced to each Juventus and Atalanta only a fortnight in the past, and that neither the defeats then nor the wins now outline the squad.
“The sport adjustments rapidly,” he stated. “We’re the identical staff. What is determined by us is the standard of our work, we should do it extra and higher.”