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00:00Good morning everyone, this is the press conference of Milan Stella Rossa with Paolo Fonseca and Matteo Gabbia.
00:06Let's start with the questions from Milan TV with Mauro Suma.
00:09Thank you Nicola, good morning coach.
00:11Milan 9 points, Stella Rossa 3.
00:14But beyond this, it is important to convey to the whole stadium the concept that tomorrow,
00:19in every Champions League game, we have seen it also at home with Bruges,
00:22there are always setbacks and you have to give your best to win.
00:26Yes, also because we are facing a team that in the last game won 5-1 at Stuttgart.
00:36It will be a difficult game, like everyone else in the Champions League,
00:41but it will be an important game for us.
00:43We want to win and get three more points.
00:48A question for Matteo Gabbia, good morning Matteo.
00:51Good morning.
00:53Stella Rossa is a historical opponent of Milan,
00:56with great past and great moments.
01:02But to win history in this Champions League,
01:04Milan must, after 9 points, which are a very good score,
01:07must insist without underestimating the opponent.
01:11How do you see it tomorrow?
01:13Absolutely yes.
01:14As the coach said, it is a game that we want to win.
01:17It is a game where we will not underestimate the opponent because we have seen it,
01:20we have seen the qualities they have, the setbacks they have.
01:23As a result, we have prepared the game well.
01:27At this moment it depends on the qualities we put on the pitch,
01:31the concentration and the desire we put on the pitch.
01:33But our goal is to get on the pitch and try to get three points at home.
01:37Francesco Rocchi, Rai.
01:39Good morning coach.
01:41Tomorrow is a game where you will have to do without Christian Pulisic,
01:46who is a very important player.
01:49How are you? Are you worried?
01:51Can you tell us what your intentions are to replace him?
01:57You want to know who will play?
01:59Loftuschig will play in Christian's position,
02:04which is a small problem, he can't play.
02:08But I have complete faith in Loftuschig to make Pulisic's position.
02:15A question for Matteo.
02:17How important is Europe to save some difficult moments in the league?
02:23I think that the Champions League should not be the anchor for the league,
02:30but we have to have the energy and the concentration to focus on both competitions.
02:36Tomorrow we will have to try to win the game and do our best
02:41because we want to reach the Champions League round of 16.
02:44On Sunday we will think about Genoa for the league.
02:48We have to take it as a motivation and with a lot of energy to win the game.
02:53Claudio Raimondi, Medias.
02:55Hi Paolo.
02:56Hi.
02:57I have a question about your theory.
03:00Why is there this Milan that has a double speed,
03:03which is quite easy except for the beginning,
03:05with that path in the Champions League.
03:07In Italy, despite all the controversies of the Bergamo match,
03:12high and low, is there a change in the comfort zone,
03:16in the DNA of the Milan Champions League?
03:20They are two completely different games,
03:24but I think that in the league,
03:26every day we are closer to what we are doing in the Champions League.
03:35I have a question for Matteo.
03:38Do you feel more and more,
03:41also for the Italian soul,
03:43the leader of this team?
03:46You are back, the defense has found benefits,
03:50I breathe a little here too,
03:52even if there are some errors on the native balls,
03:54but I think you are working on it.
03:56Would you like to have that captain's belt one day?
04:00No.
04:01As I said before to your colleagues,
04:04I am happy with what I am doing.
04:08When we win, when we lose,
04:10I know we can do more.
04:12Consequently, my goal is to be able to transmit my qualities.
04:19What I can do is try to transmit the qualities I have to my teammates,
04:25and so my teammates do to me.
04:28As far as the captain's belt is concerned,
04:30I don't think it's right to talk about it right now,
04:32because we have players who are wearing it,
04:35and I respect them a lot,
04:37and I think they are very important players for us.
04:40Consequently, it is my dream,
04:42but you know what my story is,
04:44what my desire is for this team,
04:46but it is not something that steals some energy from my head.
04:52On the contrary, it is something that I think about minimally,
04:56and if one day it were to happen,
04:58I would be very happy,
04:59but it is not something that is in my thoughts right now.
05:02Let's go to the back, Luca Bianchini, La Gazzetta dello Sport.
05:05Hi everyone, a question for Matteo.
05:07Two statistics have struck me after the first Champions League games.
05:11At the moment, you are the last to fail,
05:13and the penultimate to score a goal.
05:16Other data, for example possession,
05:18instead you are in the top eight.
05:20I came to ask you, why?
05:22Are you too good?
05:23Or is it a way to play the team?
05:25It is something that we have to improve,
05:27because sometimes, as the coach often tells us,
05:30we don't stop the action in some moments where we should,
05:35and consequently we make a few mistakes.
05:37There are different currents of thought.
05:43We are a team that sometimes plays more as a team,
05:47maybe less as a team,
05:49so we manage to get ahead in some situations.
05:52Not being a man-to-man,
05:54we are not forced to make an intervention
05:57where you take the ball or you take the man.
05:59Consequently, those are data that have to be taken for what they are,
06:04but certainly from a point of view of mistakes,
06:07it is something that we are trying to improve,
06:09especially on when to stop the opponent's action
06:12in an area where a great danger does not arise.
06:16Carlos Passerini, Corriere della Sera.
06:18For the coach.
06:20Paolo, these days you have spoken a lot about the post-match in Bergamo
06:25and your words.
06:27A lot has been said about it.
06:29Now I ask you if, after three cold days,
06:33you continue to think about what you said that day,
06:36that is, that Milan is not very respected,
06:39this is what you said,
06:41or if these days have helped to relax the nerves and the situation.
06:47I understand the curiosity,
06:49but today I just wanted to talk about the Champions League game.
06:54Let's go behind, Antonio Vichiello.
06:57Hi coach.
06:58I would like to go on a single, on Teo Hernandez,
07:01because in the last period we have seen him really down,
07:05from every point of view.
07:07How can you help Teo Hernandez to bring him back to the levels of once?
07:12I ask you if there are only field problems,
07:16how are you seeing it?
07:18I see it well, he trains well.
07:21We are always talking,
07:23showing the action on the field that must improve.
07:32I think he has improved what I have spoken with him.
07:37He must continue to work to improve other things,
07:42but he's fine, he's working well.
07:46Francesco Letizia, Sportitalia.
07:49Good morning coach, a question for you.
07:52You said you will play Loftus-Cic instead of Pulisic,
07:55clearly they are not the same type of player.
07:58What changes for Milan,
08:00maybe also on the right wing?
08:02So maybe Milan is forced to build something more on the right,
08:07so Ciuquez instead of Mousa?
08:13It wasn't to know the shape.
08:15Let's talk about the difference of having a three-quarter player like Pulisic.
08:19Obviously they are different players,
08:24with different characteristics,
08:28but the role is the same.
08:30The role is the same,
08:33what I want from Loftus is the same as what I want from Cristian.
08:39The decisions, the techniques are different,
08:43but we can do the same with Loftus.
08:52Obviously Loftus is a player that brings the ball more.
09:00Here in the Champions League the games are more open,
09:08maybe we have more space for him.
09:11I'm confident.
09:14Fabio Conte, Agenziare.
09:17Good morning Paolo,
09:19a question about this.
09:21In the last Champions League games,
09:23Milan has a lot of forward attraction,
09:26but in the last game they took a risk with a team that wasn't so strong.
09:32Is Milan always aiming to score one more goal?
09:35It's the same question I would like to ask Matteo.
09:38How do you see the offensive phases?
09:41Do you think you can give more to the offensive phase?
09:47Or do you need to talk more with your teammates for the defensive phase?
09:53I think we have improved a lot defensively,
09:59not only in the Champions League,
10:01but also in the league.
10:05This was the last game in Bratislava,
10:09it was a special game,
10:12but I think the team has learned a lot defensively.
10:20I'm sure we'll be good defensively tomorrow,
10:28because the team is doing much better.
10:33I agree with what the coach said.
10:37We're trying to improve some aspects of our defensive phase,
10:43but it's not only when the others don't have the ball,
10:46but also when we have the ball.
10:48We need to put ourselves in a position
10:52where we can stop a counter-attack.
10:55Sometimes we, the defenders, make mistakes,
11:00even though we know it's the right thing to do.
11:03Sometimes it's our responsibility,
11:05but I think that together with the coach and his staff,
11:08who have shown us different ways to improve,
11:12we're more organised on the pitch
11:16and we know what we need to do 100%.
11:19As the coach said, the defensive phase is improving
11:24and will continue to improve.
11:26We have a question from Andrea Ramazzotti.
11:33Hi coach, I have a question for you.
11:36Looking at what you just said,
11:39that the defensive phase is improving,
11:44with Gabbia next to you,
11:47you usually play the next day's game in the Champions League.
11:56Gabbia is doing very well right now,
12:00paired with Chao.
12:02Should we expect some changes in defence for tomorrow's game,
12:06or do you prefer the line of continuity
12:11for the central defenders?
12:17Maybe we'll change a few things,
12:19but not the central defenders.
12:24A question for Matteo.
12:26This year, Milan play two extraordinary games
12:30against Inter and Real Madrid,
12:32and others, frankly, far below expectations,
12:35which have brought you to a bad place in the table,
12:39far from the Scudetto and the Champions League.
12:43After the defeat against Atalanta,
12:45how did the team react?
12:47Were you angry?
12:49Or do you feel that something is always missing?
12:52From the outside, it looks like a team
12:54that isn't used to these ups and downs,
12:56but that doesn't have the strength and direction
12:58that we expect in some circumstances.
13:02No, I'm not...
13:07What you said doesn't happen.
13:11When the team doesn't win,
13:14it's angry.
13:16When the team doesn't win,
13:18in the dressing room, there's an atmosphere
13:20that's the right one.
13:22Negative, but eager to do more
13:25and get rid of this moment of difficulty,
13:28as the points say in the league.
13:31Obviously, none of us are happy
13:33with the points we have in the league,
13:35but looking back on what we did wrong
13:39serves to improve, but it's not enough.
13:42We need to have the strength to take
13:44all the negative situations that happened
13:47to improve for the future.
13:50But the team doesn't adapt,
13:53it doesn't bother in a defeat.
13:56This has never happened,
13:58and I think it will never happen
14:00for the players we are.
14:02Valentin Paoluzzi, L'Equipe.
14:04Good morning, coach.
14:05So, for you, isn't it possible
14:07to change the way you dealt with Leao,
14:09who had a moment of difficulty,
14:11you put him on the bench and it worked
14:13because he came back to score,
14:15to assist.
14:16Teo got used to it in all these years,
14:18but now it's been more than two months
14:20that it's not decisive anymore,
14:22no goals, no assists.
14:23If I think about changing?
14:25No, you put him on the bench
14:27like you did with Leao.
14:28The same way you dealt with Leao,
14:30for Teo.
14:31They're different situations.
14:33They're different situations.
14:35Here.
14:38No, if you want to finish.
14:40No, I don't want to.
14:42Not even a little bit.
14:45Coach.
14:47Where?
14:48Here.
14:51Coach, in these days you still talked
14:53about your future,
14:54also in relation to what happened on Friday.
14:56I ask you, from the club, from its managers,
14:58do you feel supported, protected,
15:03do you still feel this?
15:06Always.
15:07You spoke to each other in these days.
15:09Yes, yes.
15:10I always felt the support of the club.
15:14Always.
15:17Antonio Gioia.
15:19Good morning coach,
15:20hello to Matteo,
15:21a question for you.
15:22I spoke about the club,
15:24but the club can't be,
15:26and certainly is not happy
15:27with what is happening.
15:29Because Ibra,
15:30when he came here
15:31he spoke about making history,
15:33winning,
15:34fighting for the title.
15:35He said he wanted to make the fans proud.
15:37It's December,
15:38and the fans,
15:39unless what happens,
15:40are in deep disappointment,
15:41also in deep distrust.
15:43What can you say to change,
15:45is it still possible to change the idea
15:47about this story?
15:48We're working to change.
15:50We're working to change.
15:53I'm here because I still believe
15:56that we're improving
15:59and we'll get to the end
16:01in another position.
16:03I have no doubt about that.
16:06That's why I continue to work every day
16:09with the same confidence,
16:11with the same positivity
16:14that I had on the first day.
16:18I understand,
16:20I understand if we look at the standings,
16:23the feelings of the fans,
16:28but we believe
16:30and we're working to improve.
16:34Let's go to Maurizio Cardone.
16:36Good afternoon,
16:37a question for Matteo.
16:38Matteo,
16:39you've always been a Milan fan,
16:40it's a very important week for you,
16:42for the fans,
16:43it's the week that brings us closer
16:45to our 125th anniversary.
16:46Is it an extra incentive for you
16:48to face this match?
16:49Is it a picture,
16:51I ask the coach,
16:52a picture of the Red Star
16:53that is your opponent?
16:55No, it's definitely a historic moment
16:57for the club,
16:59for the club.
17:01Surely Sunday will be
17:03a special day.
17:05We should be able
17:07to make the fans proud,
17:10but as we always want to do.
17:12Consequently,
17:13our work should not change
17:19for the club's 125th anniversary,
17:22but it should be an incentive
17:24for us to do even more.
17:26I'm sure that my team-mates,
17:28the coach,
17:29the staff,
17:30we all want to do our best
17:32to win.
17:35The Red Star
17:38is a physical team,
17:39a team that
17:41tries to play,
17:43but the main point
17:45is the counter-attack.
17:46They have three attackers
17:48who are good,
17:50they are very, very fast
17:52and they are a very dangerous team
17:55in the counter-attack.
17:58Let's go behind,
17:59from Stefano Bressi.
18:00Good morning,
18:01a question for both of you.
18:02For the coach,
18:03I wanted to ask,
18:04since he has already said
18:05that tomorrow
18:06Loftus-Cheek will play
18:07as a three-pointer,
18:08if it is to be excluded
18:09the possibility
18:10or if it becomes less likely
18:12in general
18:13to see Abraham and Morata
18:14together again,
18:16which was a solution
18:18adopted several times.
18:20And instead for Matteo,
18:21I wanted to ask you
18:22if,
18:23given the situation
18:24in the league,
18:25since in the Champions League
18:27Milan did well
18:28against Real Madrid,
18:30they also beat
18:31the biggest favourites,
18:32if the Champions League
18:33can start to become
18:34a dream
18:35or a goal
18:36to follow?
18:43No,
18:44tomorrow
18:45Morata and Abraham
18:46won't play.
18:49It is always
18:50a solution.
18:51I have thought
18:52about this possibility.
18:54At the beginning,
18:55no.
18:56Maybe during the game
18:57it can happen.
18:58Or it can happen
18:59in the next games,
19:00we'll see.
19:01But it is always
19:02a possibility.
19:10I think that,
19:11as I said before
19:12to your colleague,
19:13we need to have
19:14the capacity
19:15and the strength
19:16to be able
19:17to bring
19:18the maximum
19:19concentration
19:20in both competitions.
19:21Obviously,
19:22the Champions League
19:23is a dream.
19:24Tomorrow
19:25is a very important
19:26game for us
19:27because it can
19:28give us
19:29a step
19:30towards
19:31what can be
19:32the round of 16.
19:33Consequently,
19:34it is a competition
19:35that
19:36is very fast,
19:37that does not last
19:38many games
19:39like the league.
19:40Consequently,
19:41it is beautiful
19:42to play,
19:43beautiful to live,
19:44where we can
19:45take beautiful
19:46satisfactions.
19:47So,
19:48obviously,
19:49we take it
19:50with the maximum
19:51energy,
19:52but not for this
19:53we give less importance
19:54to the league.
19:55Absolutely not.
19:56Federico Masini,
19:57Tuttosport.
19:58Good evening.
19:59A question for the coach.
20:00After the first two
20:01Champions League games,
20:02I asked him
20:03what could be
20:04Milan's goal.
20:05He told me
20:06game by game,
20:07let's see how it goes
20:08because it started
20:09in a certain way.
20:10Now,
20:11thanks to the victory
20:12of Madrid,
20:13can Milan have
20:14the goal
20:15to win the next
20:16three games?
20:18I think
20:19the most important
20:20is to win
20:21the next game,
20:22but
20:23I cannot
20:24say
20:25that
20:26we do not think
20:27that we have
20:28this possibility.
20:29Maybe,
20:30if we win
20:31the three games,
20:32we have the
20:33possibility
20:34to enter
20:35the top eight,
20:36but
20:37I always
20:38say
20:39that
20:40if we do not
20:41win
20:42the next
20:43game,
20:44it will be
20:45difficult
20:46because
20:47we have
20:48to think
20:49about
20:50the Red Star
20:51tomorrow
20:52and then
20:53we will
20:54look at
20:55the other
20:56games.
20:57Let's do
20:58the last one
20:59behind
21:00with
21:01Carlo
21:02Pellegatti.
21:03Good
21:04morning.
21:05Last
21:06year,
21:07your path
21:08in Europe
21:09with Lille
21:10was a
21:11prestigious
21:12path.
21:14When
21:15you train
21:16the team
21:17for the
21:18Champions League
21:19or for the
21:20European competitions,
21:21have you
21:22already absorbed
21:23the spirit
21:24of Milan
21:25that has
21:26always been
21:27a team
21:28with a European
21:29vocation
21:30since the
21:31times of
21:32Rizzoli?
21:33Do you
21:34feel
21:35that there
21:36is something
21:37different
21:38between
21:39preparing
21:40a European
21:41game and
21:42preparing
21:43a Champions League
21:44game?
21:45Champions
21:46League is
21:47always
21:48a different
21:49competition.
21:50I think
21:51that for the
21:52players it
21:53is a
21:54different
21:55motivation.
21:56The
21:57way we
21:58prepare
21:59the game
22:00is the
22:01same
22:02because
22:03we always
22:04want to
22:05win.
22:06We
22:07always
22:08want to
22:09play
22:10well
22:11and
22:12we
22:13always
22:14want to
22:15win.
22:16What is
22:17different
22:18is maybe
22:19the
22:20opponents,
22:21the
22:22strategy,
22:23the
22:24structure.
22:25It is
22:26a little
22:27different.
22:28But
22:29I have
22:30in my
22:31head
22:32that
22:33Milan's
22:34prestige
22:35in Europe
22:36is great
22:37and we
22:38have to
22:39understand
22:40that
22:41we
22:42have to
22:43play well
22:44in the
22:45Champions
22:46League
22:47because
22:48Milan is
22:49a Champions
22:50League
22:51team.
22:52It is
22:53a different
22:54and special
22:55competition.
22:56Thank
22:57you all
22:58and good
22:59luck.
23:00Thank you
23:01Milan.