Ambrosini: "The Champions League has always been special"
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00:00The Champions League has always been special, from the moment it was born.
00:09For us it has always been something really special.
00:12And I think it is guilty special, in the sense that we have,
00:17let's say, reserved too much energy for the Champions League compared to the league.
00:22In other words, we could have done better in the league in our years.
00:27I was in the hotel when Oskar Washington Tabarez told me that I would play in the evening,
00:34because Svone Boban had a fever.
00:37I remember the exact moment when I was pressing the elevator button.
00:41He came and told me,
00:43did you understand that you play tonight?
00:45I said, yes.
00:47Mentally, I remember the emotion of that moment.
00:51And from then on, from the afternoon until the evening,
00:54there were strange feelings that crossed my body.
00:58I'm ready, I'll be ready.
01:00Also because that team was...
01:02I saw the formation of that evening again.
01:06It gave me goosebumps.
01:12If you analyze the player,
01:14for the way he played, he was predisposed.
01:16Because he was a great personality,
01:19and also a great determination.
01:21Those who play midfielders,
01:23and have technical quality,
01:25but spend a long time like him in Liverpool,
01:27also have a bad reaction,
01:30which is fundamental in England.
01:33So when I played against him,
01:35I had the perception that he was a player who made the ball travel well.
01:38He had a great personality,
01:40but he also had great physical ability.
01:43In the final, three or four times,
01:45we went against each other in a heavy way.
01:48But in general, he was a great player.
01:50So he also had a great personality.
01:52As a coach, he's great,
01:54because of the speed with which he's doing huge things.
01:57Playing against Bayern is tough.
01:59It's tough.
02:01It's going to be a very tough game.
02:06First of all, the cold.
02:08If you talk to any of us,
02:10the first thing they tell you about Dortmund,
02:12that famous big game,
02:14is that it was 10 degrees below zero.
02:18I remember when we went out to warm up in Dortmund,
02:21you knew it was cold.
02:23But we had passed from the hotel,
02:25to the bus, to the stadium, we could feel it.
02:27When we got out to warm up,
02:30the first time you catch the air,
02:32you breathe,
02:34the air freezes in your lungs,
02:36and you think, how are we going to play?
02:38And then it went well,
02:40because I scored the goal.
02:42Even in Monaco, we won the quarterfinals.
02:44No, no, it went well.
02:47In Madrid,
02:49I have a great memory of Madrid,
02:51because we won.
02:53We won 3-2 against Leonardo,
02:55with a goal from Pato.
02:57I don't remember.
02:59We were a bit unlucky there,
03:01because the game went well in general.
03:03But no, Carlo is Carlo.
03:05There's nothing else to say.
03:07If we start talking about Carlo,
03:09we'll be here until tomorrow.
03:12If I tell you now,
03:14on the first day,
03:16I have some doubts about the charm
03:18of this first phase.
03:20I have the feeling that,
03:22even after the first game,
03:24there's no feeling of sports drama
03:26if you lose.
03:28If you didn't do well in the first
03:30and in the second game,
03:32you had the feeling that you were almost out.
03:34So the first games
03:36were very important.
03:38Now, I hope I'm wrong,
03:40but I have the feeling
03:42that there are many more opportunities.
03:44You can get back into the situation.
03:46So there's a bit of charm,
03:48a bit of that feeling
03:50that the first game and the second
03:52are fundamental.
03:54Maybe I'm wrong.
03:56We'll see.
03:58It's definitely an advantage
04:00for those who, like Milan,
04:02had a hard time in the first game.