Lazio-Milan, Serie A 2024/25: la conferenza stampa della vigilia
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00:00Good morning, everyone.
00:01This is the press conference on the eve of the Lazio-Milan game.
00:04Let's start with questions from Mauro Suma for Milan TV.
00:07Thank you, Nicola. Good morning, coach.
00:09Good morning.
00:10Last Saturday, at the end of the game against Parma,
00:14you highlighted in an important way the improvements we need to make in the defensive phase.
00:20I ask you, this week of work at Milanello,
00:24was it useful in this sense?
00:26Was there awareness, compactness, productive work on this front,
00:32both in view of tomorrow's draw and in view of the whole season, coach?
00:36Yes, we are aware that we have not started well,
00:43but one very positive thing is that we all agree, we are united.
00:50We want to find a solution and that is what we have done this week.
00:58As we are all together, it is easier to work.
01:02As in the other weeks, but I think it was more important this week,
01:08we had a good week of work.
01:13I think we have understood what is really important to improve.
01:20As I said, we are united, we have worked well
01:25and I expect to see a different Milan tomorrow.
01:32Peppe Di Stefano, Sky.
01:34Good morning, coach.
01:35Mauro spoke about how, from a technical and tactical point of view,
01:39this week has been the preparation of the defensive phase.
01:41I ask you, from a moral point of view,
01:43how is the team, how are you?
01:45You met Cardinale on Monday.
01:47In short, what week has been more psychological than technical and tactical?
01:51Both things.
01:56We talked after the game.
01:58As I said, we all agree, we all think the same.
02:05It is normal that on the first day we started a little sad,
02:10but the other days they reacted very well.
02:15It has been a very positive week.
02:20I don't like to complain about pressure, to look for excuses.
02:29I am here to find a solution.
02:33That's what I did this week.
02:36Let's see if tomorrow was the right way.
02:41The second thing I ask you,
02:43I don't ask you about the transfer market,
02:45as there are only a few hours left and it will be over.
02:47I ask you if there is a bit of an emergency in attack,
02:49since Morata is not there yet,
02:51since at least we saw Jovic leave Milanello.
02:54If Ebram, if the visits go well,
02:57could also be extremely disconcerted.
03:00And if Camarda, in this case, could be with the team.
03:03I was at lunch, I was surprised
03:09because I saw that Danso had arrived in Rome
03:13and now I think he is never in Rome.
03:16What I want to say is that until it is official,
03:20I don't want to talk about other players who are not here.
03:24What is important for me now,
03:27is that we don't have Morata,
03:29we don't have Luca because he is with Lombardy.
03:32We have Okafor and Camarda for tomorrow.
03:37Federica Zille, Dasone.
03:39Good evening, coach.
03:42At the beginning of the season,
03:44you said that with Fofana the transfer market
03:46for Milan would be complete.
03:48I ask you if these further moves
03:50and the names that are being made in midfield
03:53for the last few hours
03:55have been determined by the gaps in the first two seasons.
03:59Perhaps you have seen that she has also identified
04:02and shared with the club.
04:04As I said, I don't want to individualise
04:08what we have done in the two games.
04:13We have to recognise that we have to do much better,
04:19but I don't want to individualise.
04:22What I have said is needed for these questions.
04:26I am focused on the player we have now.
04:31I am totally focused on tomorrow's game.
04:36We'll see.
04:38Rocky Rai.
04:40Good morning, coach.
04:42Let's take a short break from the league,
04:45even though tomorrow's game is the priority.
04:48There have been Champions League draws,
04:51because Milan want to do well in Europe.
04:54With your comment,
04:56two prestigious teams such as Real and Liverpool.
04:59What do you make of this new Champions League?
05:02I have a lot to think about before the Champions League.
05:07What I can say is that I really like this Champions League format
05:14because you have the chance to have more games
05:18with the big teams,
05:20but you also have the chance to bring the big teams
05:23to other countries that are not the strongest in football.
05:28So we have here two possibilities that are really interesting.
05:34On the draw,
05:36it is very balanced with this format.
05:43The games are very balanced between the big teams.
05:49We have Liverpool, Real Madrid and Leverkusen,
05:54which are all big teams,
05:56but we also have other strong teams.
05:59We'll think about it when the time comes,
06:04but I think it is a balanced draw.
06:08What do you make of this format?
06:11Carlos Passerini, Corriere della Sera.
06:13Good morning, coach.
06:15You said that you worked hard this week,
06:19and you understood what you need to improve on.
06:22What do you need to improve on?
06:25That's the first question.
06:27The second one is that there was a lot of talk
06:30about the poor performance of Parma.
06:33There was also a lot of talk about the poor performance of Teo Hernandez.
06:38Did I say that?
06:39No, there was a lot of talk.
06:41So I want to ask you if you had the opportunity
06:45to talk to these two players,
06:47Teo Hernandez and Leo Aos.
06:49How did you find them?
06:51Did you find a way to make them start again,
06:56given that they played a bad game?
06:59What I said after the game
07:05is what I thought after the game
07:10and what I think today.
07:12As I said, it's what the players think.
07:16It's easy to understand what we need to improve on.
07:24As for the players,
07:26I never talk about them individually.
07:30When I do, I always talk about us, the team.
07:35What I talk about after the game is always in general.
07:39Individually, I talk about what I need to talk about with the players,
07:43but not publicly.
07:45I never talk publicly about the individual performance of the players.
07:49After the game, what I do is talk to the players individually.
07:56Obviously, I talk to Teo, Rafa and all the other players.
08:02Andrea Ramazzotti, Lazio.
08:05Hi, coach.
08:07Going back to what you said earlier,
08:11the work you've done this week,
08:14which is satisfying,
08:16recalling what you said in the first conference,
08:20that you wanted a Milan player who could attack and press.
08:25It hasn't been two months yet,
08:29but are you convinced that this team,
08:32I mean the players who make it up,
08:36and the characteristics of the players of this team
08:40can adapt to the football you have in mind?
08:44Or could you reconsider your idea of football,
08:50but with a few tactical moves,
08:52to cover the team more,
08:54to make it less exposed to the setbacks it has suffered at Parma?
09:01Yes, I say yes because we've already done it.
09:05If we hadn't done it,
09:09there could have been doubts,
09:12but we have the pre-season,
09:14where we've been close to what I want.
09:21That's why I think we can...
09:24I have the same confidence I had in the first press conference,
09:31because we've already done it,
09:34and I have the same confidence
09:36that these two games
09:39will take away the ambition of a team like the one I want.
09:45Pasotto, Gazzetta.it
09:48Coach, now that the season is coming to an end,
09:52I wanted to know, in general,
09:54what was your way of relating to the management?
10:02I wanted to understand if in some way
10:04you had an impact on what was going on in the market,
10:09or if there were ideas and projects
10:15that made you say,
10:17look, we want to do this.
10:19How did you relate to the market?
10:21What I can say is that
10:23we are in contact every day,
10:26we talk about everything.
10:29Obviously, there are things that I can't decide.
10:35It's the club.
10:38But the relationship with the club,
10:41and with the team,
10:44is the best possible.
10:46It's the best possible.
10:47I have nothing to say.
10:50I've already said that
10:52I'm very satisfied with the club's work
10:56and the team's efforts.
11:00I'm still very, very satisfied.
11:03Franco Ordi, Il Giornale.
11:05Here we are.
11:06I wanted to ask two questions.
11:08The first is this.
11:09Are you convinced, are you sure
11:13that your ideas of football,
11:16which you've always said,
11:17I don't want to compare with the past,
11:19are only different,
11:21and that they have been received
11:24from the whole team?
11:27I've already said that the pre-season
11:29was a good example of how...
11:31But there weren't those who came afterwards.
11:35I've already said that the pre-season
11:39wasn't just about the first games.
11:42They were all games.
11:45I think that all the players
11:47were open to playing this type of football.
11:56If I have doubts about what I believe in,
12:01it's a problem,
12:02but I don't have doubts about what I believe in.
12:05I'm not a person
12:11who believes that doubts can help.
12:15I'm convinced of what I believe in.
12:19The second question is this.
12:22Given how you've played,
12:24both in the pre-season
12:25and in the first two games of the season,
12:28have you ever thought about
12:30possibly changing the midfield structure
12:34and switching to three instead of two,
12:37given that the team is subject to two?
12:43I don't want to discuss that.
12:46I respect the opinion,
12:48and as you said,
12:50the opinion is that two makes the team suffer.
12:54I don't want to go into that detail.
12:57Let's go to Stefano Bressi.
13:02Good morning, coach.
13:03In light of the recent changes,
13:06you and Ibrahimovic
13:08have been talking about
13:10a couple of players for the same role.
13:13Given the recent changes,
13:14do we have to wait for Milan
13:16with two players for each role,
13:18or is there a possibility
13:19that we'll be left out for a while,
13:21given that we know
13:22there will be changes at the end of the season?
13:24What we want is to have two players
13:26for the same position,
13:28at the same level.
13:30That's what we want.
13:33Let's go to Cuomo,
13:34on the right.
13:39Coach, three statements
13:40from the pre-season were made.
13:43Salema Kersel is the player
13:45that every coach would like.
13:47Jovic surprised me
13:48and will give us a big hand.
13:50Ibrahimovic said
13:52that we have the courage
13:54to encourage the young players.
13:56Today, Salema Kersel is at Roma,
13:58Jovic may be out,
14:00and Kamarda may have
14:02an opponent in front.
14:04I say Kamarda to refer to the young player
14:06who is a symbol of the Milan Futuro project.
14:08What has changed?
14:09Nothing.
14:10Today, on the list,
14:12there are Kamarda,
14:13Zeroli,
14:14Bartesaghi,
14:15and...
14:20No.
14:22No.
14:23One is missing.
14:24Sorry.
14:26Bartesaghi,
14:27Zeroli,
14:28Kamarda,
14:29and Cuenca.
14:30How did this change come about?
14:32Jovic is no longer
14:34considered a vice-captain.
14:36Jovic is unlucky
14:40at the moment.
14:41He's out.
14:46I don't want to talk about Salema Kersel
14:48because it's not official,
14:50but we have to pay attention
14:53to the expectations
14:56and intentions of the players.
15:00If the players want to have the chance
15:03to play more,
15:06we have to respect
15:08the intentions of the players.
15:12Antonello Gioia.
15:13Good morning, coach.
15:14Good morning.
15:15One of the market voices
15:17is that of Ben Nasser's departure,
15:19who didn't train for a few days
15:21or weeks.
15:22He could have left.
15:24He could have gone on a diet.
15:26Yes, he could have left.
15:28Do you expect a boost
15:30from the disconnected market
15:32given the possibility of Rabiot's departure?
15:37It's a smart way
15:39to ask questions about the market.
15:41I'll take it as a compliment.
15:43But as I said,
15:46I don't want to talk about
15:48things that aren't official.
15:50Let's go to Giovani Delia.
15:52Do you expect Ben Nasser to leave?
15:55There won't be a...
15:57I expect to see a player
15:59on the list for tomorrow's game.
16:03Please.
16:04Good morning, Fonseca.
16:05You've talked a lot about tactics.
16:07I was very curious about Franco Ordine's question
16:09about the midfield at three.
16:11I would have done it with pleasure.
16:13I'll go back to this team's moral side.
16:16The team's moral side.
16:19At the end of Parma-Milan,
16:21Cancellieri said,
16:22we had fun.
16:23A promoted player who has fun
16:25against a Milan side
16:26that has to try to win the league
16:28is one of those things
16:29you have to say to Milanello
16:31to get the ball rolling.
16:33I don't understand.
16:34At the end of Parma-Milan,
16:36Cancellieri said,
16:37we had fun.
16:38At the end of Parma-Milan,
16:40a promoted Parma player
16:42who has to try to win the league
16:44is one of those things...
16:46Parma said they had fun.
16:48Cancellieri is a Parma player.
16:50OK.
16:52Objectively, what are the questions?
16:54If one of those things
16:55you have to say to Milanello
16:57to get the ball rolling?
16:59A promoted player...
17:00I think...
17:02I want to say something about tactics.
17:05For me,
17:06it's very normal
17:07when things aren't going well
17:09to have these doubts.
17:11It's the average,
17:12which is one plus two,
17:14two plus three.
17:16We can discuss...
17:17Some say we have to play five,
17:20maybe with two forwards.
17:22I am certain
17:25of what I think
17:27and what I want for the team.
17:30That's why I don't think
17:32I should go into the details
17:34because then I'll be discussing everything
17:37that the others think
17:40and I respect.
17:42On that question,
17:45the main thing is us.
17:47It's not what the others say
17:49or do.
17:51It's us.
17:52We have, as I said,
17:54the awareness
17:55that we haven't been good
17:57and that we have to improve.
17:59It's not what the others say
18:01or do.
18:04We have to accept criticism.
18:06I don't expect
18:07when we don't play well
18:09that we speak well of the team.
18:11It's normal
18:12to expect that.
18:13We have to accept that
18:15and we have to work to improve,
18:18focusing on the solution for us,
18:21not what the others say.
18:24Martin Sartorio.
18:26Good morning, coach.
18:27Good morning.
18:28You were talking about two players per role.
18:31It seems obvious that the two players
18:34are Ruben Loftus-Chick
18:36and Christian Pulisic.
18:37When you choose an Englishman,
18:39it's usually to give more balance.
18:41I'm asking if this phase,
18:44the phase of not possessing
18:46to give more balance to the team,
18:48Loftus-Chick managed to do that
18:51in recent games.
18:52Are you satisfied?
18:53As a three-quarterback?
18:55Yes, I'm satisfied with Loftus-Chick.
19:05We're talking about...
19:07I haven't looked at many things,
19:10but I think Loftus-Chick's role
19:17is important.
19:23I think Loftus-Chick is important
19:26in this position for the team.
19:30Thank you all.
19:32See you later.