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00:00Good morning, Milan Girona press conference with Sergio Cossessao and Yunus Musa.
00:04Let's start with the questions from Milan TV with Mauro Assuna.
00:07Thank you Nicola, good morning Mister, good morning Yunus.
00:10Mister, when in 2021 we faced your Porto in the Champions League,
00:15Milan had been absent from the Champions League for 8 years and it was obvious.
00:18But it was obvious that Porto was a Champions League team,
00:21used to the competition, with the DNA of the competition.
00:25So you know this type of trophy well.
00:29Milan is much better in the Champions League than in the Champions League.
00:33Is it a coincidence or is it because of the characteristics?
00:39Good afternoon everyone.
00:42I think the matches are all different, the competitions are also different.
00:49It's true that being in the best club competition in the world
00:56is always a great motivation.
01:00A great team like Milan has to work hard every year to be present.
01:07That's what we're doing in the league,
01:10we're trying to find the right continuity
01:13to get to the end of the year and once again be present in this competition.
01:21It's a great pleasure for me,
01:24because it's been 7 years,
01:26where in 6 years we were with Porto in the Champions League.
01:29We played three quarter finals, two quarter finals.
01:32Here we're trying to put Milan in this competition,
01:41in an advanced position where history says
01:47that we've already won a lot in this competition.
01:52It's a very difficult goal,
01:54but tomorrow will be an important match for us to move forward.
02:01I wanted to ask a question to Younus.
02:03Good morning again Younus.
02:04You've spent a year at Valencia Mestalla,
02:07three years at Valencia.
02:09You know the league well,
02:11you've seen Girona grow.
02:13What do you expect from our opponents tomorrow at San Siro, Younus?
02:19I think that when I came to the league,
02:22the teams didn't think they would be so good.
02:25Instead, they have players with a very good individual game,
02:31and collectively they play very well.
02:33They want to play a lot,
02:35from the goalkeeper, etc.
02:37Tomorrow will be a match where we have to be very solid defensively.
02:43Pepe Di Stefano Sky.
02:45Good morning, coach.
02:46You've won the seven Champions League titles,
02:50the glory and the history of Milan.
02:53Do you think that in the minds of your players,
02:55who live these ups and downs on the pitch,
02:59they can have an impact?
03:01It's the first time you've won the Champions League here in Milan.
03:04Did you notice anything strange or beautiful in the atmosphere,
03:08or is it the same old story?
03:10No, it's the same story.
03:12Honestly, this week,
03:15in the little time that we had to prepare for this match,
03:24the lads were focused on this preparation.
03:31I told you this after Juve,
03:37that this is a job,
03:39both emotionally and mentally,
03:41where I, as a coach,
03:43have to find the right mentality for them,
03:49the right attitude of the group.
03:51That's important.
03:53We have to be here every day.
03:55They know that,
03:57and they're showing me that.
03:59They're motivated every day to work,
04:01to have this evolution that we want as a team,
04:05on an individual level.
04:07Look, the jerseys don't play.
04:10The jerseys are worn by people,
04:12by players,
04:14who have to show what we want at all levels.
04:18That's what I expect,
04:20not just in the Champions League,
04:22but in the Coppa Italia,
04:23in the league,
04:24in all competitions.
04:26Let's go to Claudio Raimondi, Mediaset.
04:29Hi Sergio.
04:30Hi.
04:32You started in Razzo,
04:34but in the second half,
04:36you drew a different Milan,
04:38brave,
04:40on the nerves, hungry, as you say.
04:43In Turin, the opposite.
04:45In the first half,
04:47you had chances,
04:48like Tiri in Porta,
04:49better than Juve,
04:50you kept the black and white points.
04:53Then you disappeared.
04:54Since you do individual interviews,
04:56we saw this morning
04:58the training before your speech,
05:00what did you and your staff
05:02and the players tell you
05:04about the fact that so far
05:05there has never been continuity
05:07in the 90 minutes,
05:08either one half or the other?
05:10That's what we're looking for.
05:12It's true,
05:13I don't have to say the opposite,
05:16I have to defend myself
05:17with the words I had.
05:18I had those words
05:19that came from within.
05:21Anyway, I said,
05:23the group, the players,
05:25are aware of what we have to do.
05:27We didn't do well in the second half,
05:29and this is to look them in the eye,
05:31work on the pitch,
05:33believe in what we do
05:36in terms of tactical and technical work,
05:41and then they understand
05:45what didn't happen in the second half,
05:48especially in some phases of the game,
05:50even in the previous games,
05:52to get there and not be continuous
05:54in the match.
05:59You know, the beauty of football
06:01is that we have to start again,
06:04continuously,
06:06after a good game,
06:09we have to start again
06:10to prepare for the next one,
06:11because it has to be even better.
06:13After a bad game,
06:14we have to start again
06:15to prepare for the next one.
06:17This restart means
06:19an opportunity to improve
06:21and to have this evolution.
06:23That's important.
06:25Very fast.
06:26Younus, do you feel it,
06:28on behalf of the whole team,
06:30with the coach there,
06:31to say, yes, I promise,
06:32the next one will be the game
06:34in which we will all play
06:35the two halves at the maximum intensity?
06:37And if you can tell us
06:39about these first days,
06:41what is Sergio giving you?
06:43Yes, it's not that we don't want
06:45to play all 90 minutes at the maximum,
06:47we give our best,
06:49but yes,
06:51that's what we are also trying
06:53to train and improve.
06:55We are working hard,
06:56watching the videos
06:57and training on the pitch
06:59to try to play 90 minutes at the maximum.
07:02Since the new staffer came,
07:04we have had a good time in Arabia,
07:08winning against two great teams.
07:11This gives us a lot of motivation
07:14and a lot of confidence
07:16that we can do great things.
07:18Let's go behind Andrea Ramazzotti,
07:20the Sports Agency.
07:22Here I am.
07:23Hi, coach.
07:24Hi, Andrea.
07:25I wanted to finish
07:26the question I asked you
07:28to Raimondi.
07:29I wanted to know
07:30if you have a career as a coach
07:32that is already important,
07:34something like that,
07:36a team that manages
07:38to play one half alone
07:40and the other not.
07:42In any case,
07:43you have two performances
07:45in two completely different times.
07:47Has this ever happened to you in your career?
07:49And how did you intervene
07:51to eventually solve this problem?
07:57It has happened to me even worse.
08:00I didn't really get involved
08:02in other games,
08:03but it happens.
08:04But we also play against opponents,
08:06opponents of quality, of value.
08:09No, no, no.
08:10It's not that a team...
08:12Even if you play against a team
08:15that is theoretically much lower than us,
08:18there are moments in the game
08:20when the opposing team is on top.
08:22This is part of football.
08:24It's part of every game.
08:26Every game has its own story,
08:28the opponent,
08:29the moments of the game
08:31that can come back
08:33and change this game.
08:35Therefore, there are many details
08:38that are important
08:40in a football game.
08:42You have to understand
08:44the most important thing,
08:46the basis,
08:47which must not be negotiable,
08:49as I always say.
08:50We are also working on this.
08:52We have to suffer,
08:53we have to suffer,
08:54we have to defend more,
08:55we have to defend more.
08:57In the end,
08:58what is more beautiful or less beautiful
09:00will always be the result
09:01of what you see.
09:03Because sometimes,
09:04not playing so well,
09:05I tell you one thing,
09:06in the first half,
09:07in terms of strategy,
09:09in terms of tactics,
09:11it was very, very positive.
09:13Juventus scored once.
09:15Once.
09:16Then we could have scored two or three goals.
09:18Maybe the game would have changed.
09:20Did we miss something in the second half?
09:22Definitely yes.
09:23We are here to evaluate,
09:24to look into their eyes.
09:27They are aware of what we have to do
09:29to improve.
09:30That is the basis,
09:31the most important thing,
09:32to accept this message,
09:34to go forward
09:35and the team to have this evolution
09:37that we want.
09:39Let's go to Passerini.
09:40Good evening.
09:41Hi Sergio.
09:42Hi.
09:43After the game against Juventus,
09:45at some point you said
09:47in the press conference,
09:49talking about the changes,
09:51you said the changes of Juventus
09:53are of a certain type,
09:55the changes that I have to make,
09:56that I can make,
09:57are different.
09:58The reference was that you put
09:59in your 16-year-old boy,
10:01like Camarda,
10:02who will become very good,
10:03but who is 16 years old,
10:04to name one.
10:05So I ask you very simply,
10:07without asking you
10:09which player you expect
10:11from this market,
10:12but what do you think
10:13this market can bring
10:15to your Milan?
10:16What can this Milan
10:18bring to this market?
10:21I said that,
10:22it wasn't a criticism,
10:23it was a reality.
10:25I didn't say anything,
10:27it's the truth right now.
10:28Tomorrow we have 12,
10:31let's see,
10:3212-13 players
10:34from the main team.
10:35We have three goalkeepers,
10:37the three boys,
10:39Camarda,
10:40Zeroli,
10:41Bartesaghi.
10:42So that's a message
10:45for the fans,
10:47who are the soul of the club.
10:49They have to understand,
10:50beyond all the sympathy
10:51they can have for me,
10:53for the players,
10:54for the management,
10:55Milan is Milan.
10:57They have to defend
10:58and look at the symbol.
11:00Right now,
11:01we are here.
11:02They have to support,
11:03they have to be the number 12 player.
11:07We 12,
11:08I think we are the first,
11:10the 12th player.
11:12No,
11:13we are the first,
11:14because without them,
11:15the club doesn't exist.
11:17Without the soul of the fans,
11:19of those who are passionate
11:22about the Milan club.
11:24Today,
11:25we are here to defend the club.
11:27I will do everything,
11:28the players will do everything,
11:29but they also need their passion,
11:32their support,
11:34their support,
11:35the fans.
11:37Tomorrow is very important,
11:39because we are in a difficult moment,
11:41for one reason or another.
11:42There are a lot of absences,
11:43a lot of people who are unlucky,
11:45others who are disqualified,
11:46who die a lot.
11:47We are in an emergency.
11:49We need everyone,
11:51because tomorrow we will win everyone,
11:52we will draw everyone,
11:53we will lose everyone.
11:54That is the truth.
11:56This is an appeal I make to all the people.
12:00I am not nice,
12:01I am not nice,
12:02but I am here now.
12:05All the support I can give
12:07is to those who go in
12:08and win the games.
12:10They also feel the atmosphere outside.
12:12It is important to put ourselves all like this,
12:14with the differences we need to have,
12:16with the sympathies we can have or not,
12:18with all the past.
12:20For me,
12:21at this level,
12:22it is not that I care so much,
12:24for me it is important to prepare the team to win.
12:27But I had to say this,
12:28because I feel it,
12:29and I had to put this out,
12:31because I see too much division
12:33in a historic club,
12:35and who loses?
12:36Who loses?
12:37It is Milan,
12:38nothing else.
12:39No, no, no.
12:40I am not here tomorrow.
12:42They also have their career,
12:43their path,
12:44at the professional level,
12:46at the level of professionals they are.
12:48And Milan,
12:49the fans of Milan,
12:50they start with a year,
12:52and finish when they leave,
12:5380, 90, I don't know.
12:55I wait a long time,
12:57all my life I am a fan.
12:59We have to see and look at this thing,
13:02because in my opinion it is very important.
13:05Let's go to Vitiello,
13:06Corriere dello Sport.
13:07Hello coach,
13:08good morning.
13:09He talked about many absences,
13:11I ask you if Pulisic will be part
13:13of tomorrow's call-ups,
13:15and then in these days he talked a lot
13:17about hunger,
13:18the desire to win,
13:19to fight.
13:20I haven't eaten yet,
13:21I'm hungry too.
13:22The empty fridge,
13:23the full fridge.
13:24Let's explain ourselves.
13:25I ask you,
13:26a player like Walker,
13:28can bring a winning mentality to Milan?
13:31He won many trophies,
13:32experience,
13:33leadership.
13:35Look,
13:36how did the question start?
13:38Pulisic.
13:39Ah, Pulisic.
13:40Yes, Christian,
13:41stay with us,
13:42tomorrow he will do it again,
13:44because we have training tomorrow morning.
13:47He will do it with us,
13:48we'll see how he is.
13:49I don't really want to risk losing
13:51Christian for a month,
13:52two months,
13:53I don't want to.
13:54If he is 100%,
13:55he can help us.
13:56He can also go on the bench,
13:58if we need him during the game.
14:00If not,
14:01I don't want to risk it.
14:03This is the situation,
14:04but stay with us,
14:05he is with the team.
14:06Because he said 12,
14:0713 players,
14:08let's count on that.
14:09After,
14:10on other things,
14:11tomorrow's game is the most important thing.
14:14Let's go behind,
14:15from Andrea Sereni,
14:16Repubblica,
14:17please,
14:18microphone.
14:22Good morning,
14:23coach.
14:24Good morning.
14:25I wanted to ask you,
14:26what do you think,
14:27what do you think,
14:28what do you think,
14:29what do you think,
14:30what do you think,
14:31what do you think,
14:32I wanted to ask you,
14:33wanted to ask you,
14:34what do you think of your performance,
14:37that your forwards,
14:38Morata and Abram,
14:39are doing,
14:40Morata and Abram,
14:41have done so far.
14:42This season they have scored both in six runs,
14:44this season they have scored both in six runs,
14:45in all competitions,
14:46in all competitions.
14:47Are you expecting more?
14:48Are they the functional forwards of your game?
14:53And,
14:54what can the team help you with,
14:56to make a little more?
15:00Yes, that's right. As a coach and as a former player I have always had the opinion that it is not that the central defenders are the goalkeepers, they are the culprits of the goal we take.
15:16I don't even agree to say that the team doesn't win because the attackers don't score, because this is a collective process.
15:24It's a dynamic that the team must have. I have had teams where we have had the best scorer of the season for more than a year.
15:36The wingers and the midfielders didn't score as much as we did. I have also had the opposite of fantastic players with other characteristics who didn't score as much as we did.
15:49We have to find a balance. If they do what I ask them to do and in every moment of the game it's good for me because if they don't score, other players do.
15:58The important thing is the final result and the team winning, that's the most important thing for me.
16:02It's clear that the attackers live a bit of goals, you see these statistics, which is also right, but I see other things as a coach. I don't know if I'm disappointed with this answer.
16:19Federico Masini, Tuttosport.
16:25Good morning coach, I wanted to ask you how Pavlovic is doing, given that tomorrow he has to play for the other teams. How do you see him as a player?
16:36No, he is at the disposal of the group, as he was in the previous games. He is not to blame if he hasn't had minutes with me yet.
16:47He has always trained well, sometimes with an incredible desire that comes out of the position.
16:54I don't like the way he plays, but I am happy with what he is doing, day by day he is at the disposal of the group.
17:07Tomorrow we have two central defenders, I can put him as a midfielder.
17:18Francesco Letizia, Sport Italia.
17:24Good morning coach, one of the things that has caught the eye in the last few games, perhaps with Como and Juventus in particular, is the difficulty of the midfield.
17:33Often, especially at Como, the midfielders ran back to the opponent, they didn't anticipate it.
17:38You said against Juventus in the post-match that it is not a problem of fatigue.
17:42So what is the problem? Characteristics? Quality? Quantity? What is missing in this department?
17:48It's the coach's problem. The coach has to explain and work on these things.
17:54The players try to do what the coach asks, and they really try to do what I ask.
18:00I am the one who has to do a little more, I am here for that.
18:06Let's do the last one with Carlo Pellegatti.
18:10Yes, I will speak to both of them.
18:12Yes, if you don't stay here, I won't stay.
18:16In fact, in fact.
18:18You have seen on television many times the Super Bowl, which is famous in the United States.
18:25This Champions League, as an atmosphere, you discovered it when you were here.
18:31It's a special atmosphere. When you go to America, what do you want to say to your teammates who don't play in Europe?
18:37What is the Champions League?
18:39Yes, we are really lucky to be able to play in this competition.
18:45Because my teammates in America, who play in MLS, for example, look at us like that.
18:52They get up early to watch the games, etc.
18:55It's the most beautiful competition for the club to play for us.
19:00We are very hungry to play.
19:03Everyone dreamed of playing when I was in Valencia.
19:07I wanted to be in this competition, and that's why I came here.
19:12Sergio, you made a beautiful sentence.
19:16It will be the title sentence.
19:18This appeal to the fans, the division, and it is fundamental.
19:22Another motto of pride.
19:24A Milan player who plays like in the first half with Juventus for 90 minutes.
19:28Or he plays like Real Madrid, his colleague Fonseca, who played the most beautiful match of this season.
19:35Can he beat his personal record and reach the final, at least in the Champions League?
19:40Or is it exaggerated?
19:42Of course he has to focus on Girona.
19:44But to say a nice sentence could load, but he has to think about it, obviously, not to give it away.
19:49Yes, of course.
19:50Thank you for these expectations.
19:55Excuse me, we are Milan.
19:57Of course, it's right to say so.
20:01I was very close when we faced Chelsea and Liverpool in the quarterfinals.
20:10It's a dream.
20:12I have this dream to get as far as possible.
20:16This year will be after the quarterfinals and the final.
20:21When? I don't know.
20:23You and this team.
20:25I hope so.
20:27We do our job for that.
20:29We don't start every match 0-0 to win.
20:35We prepare the matches for that.
20:37What I can say is that from tomorrow we will try to do our best to get as far as possible.
20:47We'll see.