Lucien Favre calls Lazio “a great team” as he prepares to face them with Nice tomorrow night.

The two sides have won both of their opening Europa League games, and will face off back-to-back, starting at the Allianz Riviera tomorrow night.

“They’re a great team, they’ve returned to the high levels of last year,” Favre said in his pre-match Press conference.

Vincenzo Montella insists “I see a higher quality of play” from Milan - “it takes time”.

The Rossoneri have lost their last three Serie A games in a row, putting pressure on the Coach ahead of tomorrow’s Europa League clash with AEK Athens.

“When things go wrong it’s everyone’s fault, we have to accept the criticism, even when it’s exaggerated,” Montella said in his pre-match Press conference.

Vincenzo Montella admits “I still have to figure out which socks go with which trousers” in his Milan team.

Montella’s position was plunged into further doubt after Milan’s 3-2 defeat to Inter in the Derby della Madonnina last weekend, but the Coach insisted his side “deserved at least two draws” from their last two losses and “didn’t see” much difference between them and their arch-rivals.

Patrick Cutrone insists he is not feeling the pressure at Milan after offering his backing to Coach Vincenzo Montella and ‘leader’ Leonardo Bonucci.

Cutrone has been a rare bright spark in Milan’s season, with Montella and Bonucci coming under particular scrutiny for their poor performances at the helm and in defence respectively.

Simone Inzaghi admits “it will be more difficult for us this year” as Lazio are also competing in the Europa League.

The Biancocelesti have won both of their opening games in the competition so far, and face a double-header with Nice next, the first game of which is on Thursday.

“It’s a very draining competition,” Inzaghi said in an interview with UEFA’s official website.

“It will be more difficult for us this year, because last season we only had one game a week and we could prepare for it in the best way.

Mattia Caldara has called on Atalanta to “turn the page immediately” when they face Apollon Limassol in the Europa League on Thursday.

Atalanta lost 3-1 to Sampdoria over the weekend, which marked their fourth straight match without a win, and Caldara urged his teammates to “manage games better” and repay their fans’ ‘affection’.

“There’s a lot of bitterness, we had to manage the game better and take the chances we had,” he told the Orobici’s official website.

Gian Piero Gasperini asked Atalanta to “take it one game at a time” between Serie A and the Europa League, starting with Sampdoria.

It kicks off on Sunday at 14.00 UK time (13.00 GMT), click here for a match preview.

“This is the beginning of another important run of games, so it’s important to take them one at a time,” said the Coach in his Press conference.

Roma released their balance sheet, confirming the club ran at a loss of €42m in the year from July 2016 to June 30 2017.

The Giallorossi approved the finances and it will be ratified at a shareholder’s meeting on October 26-27.

It is a large increase on the losses for the previous year, which were of €14m, because Roma lost the Champions League play-off and participated in the less remunerative Europa League tournament.

The club tried to combat the €48.8m loss from that result by reducing the cost of personnel by circa €10m.

Milan’s Mateo Musacchio admits his side will have to be at their best to stop Roma’s Edin Dzeko.

The Bosnian forward already has six Serie A goals so far this season and will be in the hunt for more when the Giallorossi lock horns with the Rossoneri in today’s Serie A clash.

Speaking ahead of kick-off, defender Musacchio added that his team are aware of the importance of the match, with Coach Vincenzo Montella rumoured to be under pressure.

Gian Piero Gasperini hopes Atalanta can “ride this wave of enthusiasm” to beat Juventus for the first time since 2001.

It kicks off on Sunday at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), click here for a match preview.

“Juve are still very strong, but we want to give it our best to the final whistle to get a result. It’s a very important game for our status in the table,” said the Coach in his Press conference.