A goal from Keita Balde in the 77th minute helped the Serie A team was to claim victory, but Pioli reminded his team that the match against Leverkusen has not completely ended because there is still the second leg in Germany.
"The whole match is difficult and complicated, as Leverkusen put pressure and play the ball quickly. But finally we were able to fight to become the team that fought for every ball, "he said to Sport Mediaset.
"We already know that we can create a number of opportunities and we successfully did, but scored one goal to remain small if traced from our overall performance.
"We won the first leg, but the duel is still very open. Is definitely a good thing to get a clean sheet at home to Bayer Leverkusen, as it creates a lot of opportunities and presenting problems make us, but we were able to match them.
"We have proved that we are capable of playing at this level and would fight with Bayer in Leverkusen.
"Our opponents beat Atletico Madrid, Benfica and Zenit at home last season, so obviously their great team, but the players gave the response we wanted."
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