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&lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Carlo Ancelotti &lt;/strong&gt;spoke in the pre-match press conference on the eve of the match between Milan and Napoli. The Azzurri&amp;#39;s coach expects a display of maturity from his team as they prepare for a tricky test at AC Milan looking to remain firm on the heels of league leaders Juventus. &#34;&lt;em&gt;I expect my players to play with maturity in Milan,” the coach declared at a press conference on Friday. “We&amp;#39;ve already shown we&amp;#39;ve improved the mental side of our game.&lt;/em&gt;” &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;The boss acknowledged that going back his former stomping ground will a strange experience for him but insisted business comes before sentiment: &#34;&lt;em&gt;It will be nice and exciting for me to go back to the stadium where I spent an important period of my career. If I had the choice, I&amp;#39;d never play against AC Milan but as professionals we have to get on with it so I&amp;#39;m focused on the match. It will be nice to see Gattuso again – we share an emotional bond.&lt;/em&gt;&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;About the two games against Milan he said: &#34;&lt;em&gt;We have a very tough match tomorrow and we&amp;#39;re determined to give it our all because we want to remain on Juventus&amp;#39; tails and keep the title race alive. Tuesday is an all-or-nothing game and we&amp;#39;ll worry about that afterwards. My team selection tomorrow certainly won&amp;#39;t be affected by the fact we have a game on Tuesday. We&amp;#39;ll take each game as it comes and right now we&amp;#39;re focused only on the next one.&lt;/em&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;Ancelotti also clarified the situation regarding Allan: &#34;&lt;em&gt;He&amp;#39;s staying with us. De Laurentiis and the club are determined to keep him here. We understand the boy&amp;#39;s situation and his expectations but the president is determined to maintain this squad as it is. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&#34;Allan isn&amp;#39;t in the squad because he&amp;#39;s had a lot on his mind this week.&lt;/em&gt;&#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;Abou Fabian Ruiz Ancelotti said: &#34;&lt;em&gt;Fabian is a modern midfielder who can perform well in several positions. He&amp;#39;s not your typical deep-lying playmaker but he has great ability which allows him to cover various areas of the pitch.&lt;/em&gt;&#34;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;Finally, the Azzurri&amp;#39;s coach responded to a question about the possibility of him extending his contract at the club. &#34;&lt;em&gt;It&amp;#39;s too early to talk about that. I&amp;#39;ve only been here six months. Let&amp;#39;s wait another year or so and then we&amp;#39;ll see. The club respected my wishes when I asked them to leave the squad as it was. I don&amp;#39;t want to add any more pressure from my end. I&amp;#39;m very happy at Napoli and Napoli are very happy with me.&lt;/em&gt;”&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;(&lt;em&gt;Photo Getty Images&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p style=&#34;text-align: justify;&#34;&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;http://www.sscnapoli.it&#34;&gt;www.sscnapoli.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Carlo Ancelotti spoke in the pre-match press conference on the eve of the match between Milan and Napoli. The Azzurri&#39;s coach expects a display of maturity from his team as they prepare for a tricky test at AC Milan looking to remain firm on the heels of league leaders Juventus. "I expect my players to play with maturity in Milan,” the coach declared at a press conference on Friday. “We&#39;ve already shown we&#39;ve improved the mental side of our game.” 

The boss acknowledged that going back his former stomping ground will a strange experience for him but insisted business comes before sentiment: "It will be nice and exciting for me to go back to the stadium where I spent an important period of my career. If I had the choice, I&#39;d never play against AC Milan but as professionals we have to get on with it so I&#39;m focused on the match. It will be nice to see Gattuso again – we share an emotional bond."

About the two games against Milan he said: "We have a very tough match tomorrow and we&#39;re determined to give it our all because we want to remain on Juventus&#39; tails and keep the title race alive. Tuesday is an all-or-nothing game and we&#39;ll worry about that afterwards. My team selection tomorrow certainly won&#39;t be affected by the fact we have a game on Tuesday. We&#39;ll take each game as it comes and right now we&#39;re focused only on the next one.”

Ancelotti also clarified the situation regarding Allan: "He&#39;s staying with us. De Laurentiis and the club are determined to keep him here. We understand the boy&#39;s situation and his expectations but the president is determined to maintain this squad as it is. "Allan isn&#39;t in the squad because he&#39;s had a lot on his mind this week."

Abou Fabian Ruiz Ancelotti said: "Fabian is a modern midfielder who can perform well in several positions. He&#39;s not your typical deep-lying playmaker but he has great ability which allows him to cover various areas of the pitch."

Finally, the Azzurri&#39;s coach responded to a question about the possibility of him extending his contract at the club. "It&#39;s too early to talk about that. I&#39;ve only been here six months. Let&#39;s wait another year or so and then we&#39;ll see. The club respected my wishes when I asked them to leave the squad as it was. I don&#39;t want to add any more pressure from my end. I&#39;m very happy at Napoli and Napoli are very happy with me.”

(Photo Getty Images)

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