AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli is looking forward to their Champions League clash with Tottenham.

Pioli admits he's keen to test himself against Spurs manager Antonio Conte.

He said, "It will certainly be a very important and stimulating appointment, a bit because it's been a long time since Milan hadn't reached the knockout stages of the Champions League, partly because we're facing a great team coached by a great coach like Antonio Conte."

Pioli also spoke of last season's Scudetto triumph.

"We've always been 'disinterested' in what they said outside. I leveraged the players' motivations.

"'Even when we won, everyone gave higher winning marks to other teams,' I told my players every day. I have to say thanks to those who didn't believe in us because they always gave us something extra to achieve this great goal."