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00:00Welcome everyone, before I start with the new Milan coach I want to thank Paolo Fonseca for what he has done, for the professional he is, for the time he has been here.
00:18I have a lot of respect for Paolo Fonseca, I have a lot of respect for him, I have a lot of respect for Sonero because he hasn't been able to keep up with the results.
00:31When you are in Milan the results are fundamental.
00:35The decision we made about Sonero and Paolo Fonseca was after the game, we made the mistake of sending him to the press conference and I apologize to Paolo Fonseca and the fans.
00:48The fans understand and we have a lot of respect for them.
00:55We are the first team not to be satisfied with the situation in the league and we will not be satisfied until we reach our objectives.
01:04The Super Cup is one of our objectives that we are aiming for this year and this will be important for us.
01:13The responsibility is not only for the coach, the responsibility is for everyone and we have to take responsibility.
01:28In good and bad times a club like Milan is always prepared for the next step.
01:36There is no surprise or panic, everything is prepared in good and bad times.
01:45It's time to introduce the new coach of Milan, Sergio Concecao.
01:52I don't need to introduce him, I think everyone knows who he is.
01:57The reason why I chose Sergio is that he is a very direct person, he has character and he is a winner.
02:07He had the experience of entering a team in the middle of the league and he did very well.
02:14He was in Porto and he made great results.
02:18He already has clear ideas and objectives in his head.
02:22Yesterday he arrived and he wanted the team on the pitch to work.
02:26Our job now is to put the team in the best condition to do the best we can.
02:32I welcome Sergio Concecao.
02:36Let's start with questions.
02:40Thank you Nicola, good morning Zlatan.
02:43Welcome coach.
02:45Yesterday in your first statements at Milan TV we saw how proud you are to be here in Milan.
02:53How important is your pride and how important will San Siro be?
02:56You have seen the San Siro Rossonero.
03:01It's a stadium with very important fans.
03:06They will be important for you, for your team and for the technical project that starts today.
03:12Good morning everyone, it's a pleasure.
03:15Thank you Zlatan for the words.
03:18It gives me even more responsibility.
03:20I am very proud.
03:23It's a pleasure for me to come and work with such a great team.
03:29I have known them for a long time.
03:34Even as a coach, because I faced Milan three years ago in the Champions League.
03:39Some of the players are still here.
03:42For me it's a pleasure, a pride and a step forward in my career.
03:46The fans are the soul of the club.
03:55Without them it's difficult to live and grow.
04:00We have to respect these values.
04:05We have to work hard to show that we are at Milan's level.
04:10At the moment they are here.
04:13It's not a good sign.
04:16Zlatan said it very well.
04:21It's not the fault of one person.
04:24It's the fault of many people.
04:27The club, the team, all the departments that work with the team.
04:36We have to reflect.
04:38We don't have much time to work on our first game against Juve.
04:45But it is what it is.
04:48We don't complain, we don't look for excuses.
04:51We are here to work and try to win.
04:54They will find a very competitive team.
04:57Questions for the coach.
05:00Good morning coach.
05:02Yesterday you spoke about work and little time.
05:04Today you spoke about work and little time.
05:07What are the concepts you will work on with Sesao?
05:10And finally, did you have the chance to hear your son?
05:15He will have to face it right away.
05:18I have five children.
05:22Every day.
05:25Francisco will be a Vernadier opponent.
05:29Professionally he is an opponent.
05:31At home he is my son.
05:34Like all parents.
05:37On the first question.
05:40I said to the boys.
05:44We can change the system.
05:47Play 4-4-2, 3-5-2, 4-3-3.
05:50Whatever you want.
05:53There is the spirit and mentality of the team.
05:56This is not negotiable.
05:58This is not negotiable.
06:01This intensity, this desire, this hunger.
06:05To get to the end of the game.
06:08Knowing that we have given everything to win.
06:11It's not easy.
06:14I am a fan.
06:17I know you have counted how many times I have been kicked out of my career.
06:20I live the game intensely.
06:23I want the players to live with this passion.
06:26Like the fans.
06:29They live with this passion.
06:32There is work to be done.
06:35They have to understand.
06:38They have to have the spark in their eyes.
06:42When they enter the Minarello.
06:45To go to the limit of what they can do.
06:48This is the most important thing.
06:51There is the organization, the strategy for the game.
06:53This is another thing.
06:56If we have this mentality.
06:59We will be the strongest team.
07:02Good morning coach.
07:05I wanted to ask you.
07:08You said that if you are here.
07:11It means that something went wrong.
07:14I imagine that you have seen several Milan games.
07:17What did not work?
07:20Is it a problem of the head?
07:23In my opinion.
07:26It's like the people involved in a team.
07:29There is no problem of one thing.
07:32There are many things that do not work.
07:35Some prefer to talk about the organization.
07:38Tactics, other physical problems.
07:41Other mental problems.
07:44I think that Paolo had.
07:47I have to give him a hug.
07:49I have seen some beautiful games.
07:52I liked some of them.
07:55Others not so much.
07:58This is part of the job of a coach.
08:01We want to be perfect.
08:04We always look for perfection.
08:07But it is not possible.
08:10We play against quality opponents.
08:13Every week there is a difficult test.
08:16In the Champions League it is the same.
08:19I do not want to go into details.
08:22Because it was not right for me.
08:25A serious coach.
08:28A person I have known for many years.
08:31Francesco Rocchi, Rai.
08:34Good morning, coach.
08:37Welcome back to Milan.
08:40We met you here in Italy as a player.
08:43Now we find you as a coach.
08:46Who is Sergio Rocchi?
08:49What do you think about him?
08:52What are the differences between him and today's coach?
08:55It is all different.
08:58It is all different.
09:01We think that when we are players we understand everything about football.
09:09It is not like that.
09:12We think about our own garden.
09:15We do our own things.
09:17The coach does not sleep at all.
09:20It is difficult for me to sleep at night.
09:23There is a lot of information.
09:26You understand because you are in football.
09:29The stress of wanting to know all the little things here.
09:34The people.
09:36Everyone is doing their job.
09:38Everything is important.
09:40From the goalkeeper who does the grass in the field.
09:43He has to be at the top for training.
09:46Everyone is important.
09:49We want to get to know everyone as soon as possible.
09:54We want to burn important stages.
09:57We want to get to know everyone as soon as possible.
10:03Quickly.
10:05Because the time is short.
10:08Bernardini is playing in the semi-final of the Super Cup.
10:12We want to be there.
10:15We want to show what we want.
10:18We have ambitions in this match.
10:21Angelo Radice, Mediaset.
10:23Good morning and welcome.
10:26Zlatan said that the decision to change coach was made after the match with Roma.
10:32The decision was made in a very short time.
10:36What convinced you?
10:38What stimulated you to say yes to AC Milan?
10:42Another curiosity.
10:44Was there a chance to go to AC Milan this summer?
10:49Maybe it didn't happen because of your situation with Porto.
10:53My situation with Porto?
10:55It wasn't an easy decision.
10:57I don't even want to talk about it.
11:00The timing for me is not the most important thing.
11:04The timing of the people at AC Milan.
11:07We talked about it.
11:08Every week there was a club that put me on the press in Portugal.
11:14Imagine that.
11:16It was a club that was interested in me.
11:19They always talk about it.
11:21It's normal because there are news that we can't control.
11:26The timing of AC Milan is not important to me.
11:30It was a quick decision.
11:32I arrived yesterday.
11:34I had a lot of work to do.
11:36If I hadn't done it, I would have done it.
11:39I respect you and all the fans.
11:43We had to do it.
11:45We did it today.
11:47It was all very quick.
11:49As you can understand.
11:51Why did I come to AC Milan?
11:54I'm coaching one of the best teams in the world historically.
11:59I couldn't say no.
12:02Even if I had other situations that I respect a lot.
12:07The big clubs.
12:09My choice was AC Milan.
12:12That's why I came to AC Milan.
12:17Marco Pasotto from La Gazzetta dello Sport.
12:20Hi coach.
12:22Fonseca, among the things he has done,
12:25he has drawn a line between the coach's approach to some players.
12:33Let's call it a line.
12:36Something that has affected everyone, both the fans and the work.
12:41You are famous for being a coach that is not exactly soft.
12:46I wanted to understand your approach and your relationship with the players.
12:53More stick, more carrot.
12:55It depends on the situation.
12:58It's not that I have to change now.
13:01I'm 50 years old.
13:03It's difficult to change now.
13:05I've been coaching for 13 years.
13:09I didn't start yesterday.
13:11I changed my way of doing things.
13:14They know that they have someone in front of them who is right and direct.
13:19There will always be 11 more happy.
13:21Those who come to the dugout a little less.
13:22Those who stay at home are really...
13:26I don't have to say a word.
13:29They are really...
13:31It's difficult.
13:33This is the management of the group.
13:35There is this direct communication.
13:38Eyes in the eyes of the players.
13:40Training to the maximum.
13:42They can be a little sadder because they don't play much.
13:47There are always small things in a team that can happen.
13:51But this must give strength.
13:53It's like pressure.
13:55They tell me there is a lot of pressure.
13:57Pressure is part of football.
13:59In big clubs, if you don't want pressure, what do you do?
14:02Pressure is part of it.
14:04There is a bad moment.
14:06There are bad moments.
14:08You have to move on to a better moment.
14:10If it gets worse, it will be difficult.
14:14We are confident.
14:17Confident to do a good job.
14:19As I said to the players, words are words.
14:23I can speak very well here.
14:25Then it's the results.
14:27We try to get results too.
14:30Let's go next to Franco Ordine, Il Giornale.
14:36Welcome.
14:38I wanted to ask.
14:40Milan goes from Fonseca, who when he arrived,
14:44was introduced by Zlatan,
14:47he said he wanted a dominant game,
14:49to Fonseca, who seems to have different characteristics.
14:53Do you think that at this moment,
14:55having very little time available,
14:58zero time,
15:00you can change a tactical, strategic route for Milan?
15:06Or is it better to continue on that path
15:11and then make corrections little by little?
15:13No, I don't have to go depending on the environment.
15:20I go with my convictions as a team,
15:23at the level of work, organisation and tactics.
15:27As I said before, the system for me
15:30is not as important as the dynamics
15:32and what for us must always be on the pitch.
15:36Then, of course, we have the strategy,
15:41depending on the opponent,
15:43but the basis, the work is on our team,
15:45my principles,
15:47they have to understand what they are.
15:50The dominant game, in the end,
15:53because football for me is simple,
15:55very simple,
15:57there is a goal to score and another not to score.
16:00The dominant game, in the end,
16:03for me, is the result.
16:05If you talk about possession,
16:09about these things,
16:11for me it's tiki-taka and putting it in.
16:35Honestly, do you think that this team
16:38can reach the Champions League?
16:40It's eighth in the table,
16:42especially in a moment
16:44when there is a difficult environmental situation
16:47here in Milan,
16:49the protest of the fans, the protests.
16:51Does Milan have the potential
16:53to recover these positions
16:55in the Serie A table?
16:57And then, which players will recover
17:00for the Italian Super Cup?
17:02We will do everything to get there.
17:05There is a lot of work to be done,
17:08there are players who can't play at the moment,
17:16players who have been important
17:19in this period,
17:21the first six months in Milan,
17:24but we have to work with those who are available.
17:27Don't find excuses,
17:29we have a squad that I trust,
17:31all of them,
17:33and we will fight to get to this game
17:42and win it.
17:44It's clear that for a coach
17:46it's better to have everyone available,
17:49no injuries,
17:51but injuries are part of football
17:53and we have to look at those who are available.
18:03I read your statement a few years ago
18:06where you said,
18:08for you the players are all the same.
18:10I wanted to know if this is true,
18:12and if you spoke to Rafa Leao
18:14and Teo Hernandez,
18:16who in the previous cycle
18:18ended up on the bench
18:20and maybe suffered a bit
18:22from the previous coaching.
18:24The first part of the question?
18:26Did you say that for you
18:28the players are all the same
18:30or that two strong players
18:32are worth playing for?
18:34For me they are all the same
18:36in terms of how I manage the dressing room.
18:39They are all the same,
18:41it doesn't make a difference
18:43if you are 17 or 37.
18:45It depends on what you do
18:47every day in training.
18:49You work in a serious way
18:51to the maximum,
18:53but not what they think is the maximum.
18:56The maximum is another maximum,
18:58another limit at the end.
19:01For me it doesn't make a difference.
19:04It really doesn't make a difference.
19:06In front of everyone in the dressing room
19:08they know that
19:10the speech is the same for everyone,
19:12the demand is the same for everyone.
19:15Then there are personal speeches
19:18that someone comes to speak to me alone.
19:21Surely my speech with Leao
19:24will be different with another guy
19:26because we have different characters.
19:28We have to meet.
19:30I like to understand
19:32the story of every player
19:34that I have at my disposal.
19:36I go and see who is the father,
19:38the mother, the brother.
19:40But I like it,
19:42because sometimes
19:44there is a story behind
19:46to have behaviours
19:48within a team
19:50that justify
19:52their story at the end.
19:54I like these little things.
19:56In this sense,
19:58individually,
20:00in the dressing room,
20:02who deserves to play
20:04is the work that gives me these answers.
20:14Good morning.
20:16I wanted to ask you this.
20:18In the global management
20:21of the team,
20:23the management of Milanello
20:25and Milanello's life,
20:27what kind of coach will you be?
20:29Will you be a coach
20:31that wants to manage every aspect
20:33and then relate
20:35daily with Zlatan,
20:37with Jeff,
20:39with Furlani
20:41or do you feel
20:43the need to have
20:45a person next to you
20:47as it can be in other realities
20:49with whom to face
20:51daily?
20:53Do you want to work alone
20:55or
20:57how did you manage
20:59in the past
21:01your relationship
21:03with the sports management?
21:05Everyone has their own job
21:07to do.
21:09We communicate
21:11every day.
21:13But I really like
21:15to enter
21:17different departments
21:19with the doctors,
21:21the physios,
21:23the physiotherapists
21:25and the players
21:27who come once a day
21:29or two times a day.
21:31For example,
21:33today I spoke
21:35with a nutritionist
21:37who is very important.
21:39I like to enter
21:41different departments.
21:43This is my job
21:45so everything is fast
21:47and there is a lot of information.
21:49We try to get to know each other
21:51as soon as possible.
21:53With the management
21:55they need to come
21:57and they come every day.
21:59We are all here
22:01to work in the same direction
22:03in this case
22:05to row in the same direction.
22:07Is that how you say it?
22:09To row.
22:11We all want one thing
22:13and that is that Milan
22:15arrives
22:17in these four places
22:19in front of us
22:21in the Champions League
22:22because we have two important games
22:24against Girona
22:26and Zagreb.
22:28We want to see where we end up
22:30because we are Milan.
22:32Let's do the last two
22:34and then we'll switch to Riad.
22:36Good morning, coach.
22:38Good morning.
22:40I would like to ask you
22:42about the transfer window
22:44in January.
22:46Did you talk about that?
22:48Does this team need
22:50any intervention?
22:52No, the first thing I said
22:54is that I want to get to know
22:56not only the first team
22:58but the future of Milan
23:00and get to know the guys
23:02who are here.
23:04It wasn't even my part
23:06to ask something
23:08knowing only the players
23:10I haven't played with
23:12because we have already
23:14done all the images
23:16of the last nine games
23:18of Milan in detail
23:20and it's not right
23:22but we'll talk about it
23:24if we need to change anything.
23:26Let's do the last one.
23:28Good morning.
23:30Zlatan Ibrahimovic was born here.
23:32I met him as a coach
23:34not so much in Porto
23:36but I followed him in Nantes.
23:38He took Nantes
23:40in the penultimate place
23:42with 35 points in 18 games
23:44and came in seventh.
23:46So he already has
23:48half a season experience.
23:50What are the analogies
23:52with the current team?
23:54Yes, it's a different situation.
23:57The period is the same.
23:59It's true.
24:01It was a great job
24:03by everyone in France
24:06where the atmosphere
24:08was different.
24:10It's all different.
24:12You can't compare it.
24:14It's true that the situation
24:16is similar
24:18but it's not the same
24:20because the pressure
24:22is different.
24:24I have the pressure
24:26to be a bit better
24:28than I was yesterday
24:30so I have this pressure
24:32and this need.
24:34This pressure
24:36and this environment
24:38must give us
24:40something more
24:42and not the opposite
24:44and make us afraid.
24:46No.
24:48We have to take this
24:50with responsibility
24:52and we know
24:54we have a difficult job ahead
24:56but we're confident
24:58of what's to come.