AC Milan striker Luiz Adriano has likened coach Sinisa Mihajlovic to Mircea Lucescu.

Adriano left Lucescu's Shakhtar Donetsk in January for Milan.

“After winning six championships in Ukraine I want to succeed in Italy too. Of course I'll miss playing in the Champions League. But I'll play in it for Milan in a year's time.

"For me Lucescu is a second father. The first year in Donetsk I struggled to adjust, I couldn't bear the cold and loneliness.

“He spoke to me for a long time and calmed me. He had so much patience. Mihajlovic? 'The professor' is very strict and demanding. Like Lucescu."