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00:00 The emotion and satisfaction is huge because, as you have seen, it's a very difficult and complicated group of matches,
00:07 where there are three very important teams.
00:10 But I have to say that my lads have been able to show their skills,
00:15 to play good football, but above all, beyond the proposal,
00:22 they have spirit, they have desire, they have a sense of belonging.
00:26 It was important to win today because we managed to get the qualification, which is a great achievement,
00:32 in the early days of the season.
00:34 It's a great honour for us.
00:36 It's the second consecutive year that we've reached the round of 16.
00:39 It's never happened in the history of the Youth League for AC Milan.
00:43 It's only happened once, with Pippo, I think, at the round of 16.
00:46 And for two consecutive years, to be among the top 16 is a lot of things for us.
00:50 We hope to be among the top 8 and move on.
00:55 I'm really happy for the lads.
00:58 We started today and went under, as soon as they put their heads out of the half.
01:03 They stayed in the game, they played the right game, with maturity.
01:08 It wasn't easy because they were waiting for us to go far behind,
01:11 they were waiting for us to make mistakes in the holes,
01:14 but we played a very mature game.
01:16 What I like the most is the spirit and the sense of belonging they have.
01:22 They have a union that I hardly found in the U16s.
01:29 The group was all 2006, in the spring it's different because they mix two or three years.
01:34 It's very complicated to come together like this in the first months,
01:37 but among them there's an incredible union.
01:40 I think that's what brings you back on the pitch.
01:43 When they suffer, they suffer together.
01:46 When they take on their responsibilities, they all attack together.
01:51 When they're on the pitch, it's great to see them.
01:55 But we have to remember what these performances and games are like,
02:00 what kind of tension they bring us in the pre-match.
02:03 We mustn't forget that, because when you go to other fields,
02:07 to the league, where the games seem less important,
02:12 that's where we have to grow.
02:17 Before Cagliari we played a pre-match that wasn't at the highest level.
02:21 It's true that we had 10 days to train, we were in 7th or 8th place.
02:26 We found ourselves a day early, but you notice certain things.
02:29 We have to find continuity.
02:31 This is the path of the young players, which is a bit challenging.
02:34 But we have to get back on the pitch in the league,
02:37 if we want to stay in the lead.
02:39 It's a very difficult league, where with three wins you're in the play-off,
02:43 with three defeats you're out.
02:47 We have to get back on the pitch, and Saturday is a very delicate game.
02:51 We have to remember what we did yesterday in the pre-match,
02:55 because we trained a lot.
02:58 I hope to see it again starting tomorrow.
03:01 This game was the icing on the cake.
03:05 We had prepared for this game for a couple of days.
03:09 We did well, we have nothing to say about our character,
03:13 our physicality, our technique.
03:15 We're a great team, and I think we've shown that.
03:18 Now we have to focus on what we've just done.
03:22 We celebrate, and tomorrow we'll get back on the pitch and be ready to go to Rome.
03:26 We're a great team, we say that when we're with the coach.
03:29 We know each other, and we never lose our bad habits.
03:34 We've shown that we're Milan, both on and off the pitch.
03:39 We know our big goals, and we're going to meet them.
03:44 We have to keep going without ever losing focus.
03:47 We're a team that doesn't rely on age.
03:53 We're a team that's very strong-willed, with character, and we love each other.
03:58 We don't worry about these things.
04:00 We're going to keep going like this, because we're doing well.
04:04 I'm really happy.
04:06 (whooshing)