Milan, Galliani: Pato needs protection

Milan closed the gap to second-placed Juventus to two points last weekend. Rossoneri vice president Adriano Galliani, who found time to ask for more protection for Alexandre Pato, is still looking over his shoulder.

“Genoa and Fiorentina are not too far away,” he is quoted as saying in La Gazzetta dello Sport.

“We just have to keep going down this path. It’s obvious that the second place would be better than the third, but our primary objective remains a spot in the Champions League.”