Juric on Utd comeback 3-1 Southampton win

Juric on Utd comeback 3-1 Southampton win  16/01/2025  Old Trafford, manchester, uk

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00:00You are up against London Forest at the end of this one this evening, Alfie, do you want to start us off, please?

00:07How do you feel about that? Obviously, brilliant for so long, but what happened there?

00:11No, I think we did really good for 70, 75 minutes, and then we had really bad managing the game.

00:19You cannot play 95 minutes at the same level, there is a moment that you have to manage things differently,

00:27we lose some ball in the middle and I didn't like it, and it's a real pity, it's a real shame that we play like this and lose the game.

00:37With hindsight, is there anything you have changed about the last 10 minutes of the game, where you managed to help the players?

00:42I have to be honest, I expected a little bit more of everybody that came in, they have to give us more energy, more intensity,

00:52and as a team I said we did a really good game, everything was almost perfect, we had to score more goals,

01:01but there is a moment you have to be a little bit more evil, I can say, manage the game differently, and we didn't do that.

01:11Is it a hope that kills you, how difficult is it going to be to lift everybody up?

01:16No, no, it has to be a positive thing for us, if they can play like this against Manchester United,

01:23they are competitive, they can play every game, and I think guys understand that today we have to work, for me even harder,

01:35to get fit even more, and we will see only the next game, I won't repeat the same game.

01:46Kamadi and Suleymane were particularly impressive, was that his best performance for Southampton?

01:51Like I said yesterday, since I arrived here he is working well, I think he had quality,

01:59I don't know why in these two years he didn't express himself, now he has to just continue playing like this, he is really good.

02:14We will see tomorrow if he has a problem with his ankle.

02:17Do you think that was a bit of a mentality thing, and if so, how do you work on that, how do you build that resilience and mentality?

02:31I am from Italy and we are like the best in the world in the mentality, how to win the game,

02:40and to my players they are missing this thing, that you are playing well, that you are confident,

02:46moving the ball, have lots of chances, but there is a moment you have to be Italian,

02:52lose the time, some foul, free throw, go back a little bit more, waiting for the right moment,

03:00and we are missing that, we are like kids, we are playing well and that's all.

03:07How do you get your players to play like that?

03:10I will show the situation, I will show the situation when you have to do other things than they did last 15 minutes.