Milan, Gattuso: "This shirt must be respected until the end"

The Gennaro Gattuso era at Milan did not get off to a good start, as the team drew to Benevento 2-2. They take on Rijeka in Croatia on Thursday, and Gattuso will make significant changes to the squad as qualification and first place in the group are both secured. He had this to say in his pre-match press conference, "Tomorrow is important for me, an important result serves us like bread because tomorrow the opportunity will be given to those who have played less this season to give a response, have desire and put me in a difficult spot. When you play in Europe the Milan jersey must be respected until the end. Those who stayed at Milan must recover and I preferred to leave them there to work. From the players I want to see what we have been trying during the week, to know how to suffer, desire, strong youngsters: I want to see a sense of belonging that brings home the victory, without having an idea of being afraid."