Vincenzo Montella insists AC Milan's late arrival in Doha cannot be used as an excuse if they fail to beat Juventus in Friday's Supercoppa Italiana.
The Rossoneri's preparations for the encounter were disrupted when their flight to Qatar was delayed, meaning they did not arrive until 24 hours after their opponents.
Chief executive Adriano Galliano had threatened that Milan may pull out of the fixture if they did not have ample time to prepare for the match.
But head coach Montella was not in the mood for pre-meditated excuses when addressing the issue at a news conference ahead of the game.