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00:00The team for these games, which are all decisive in the different competitions we have,
00:06but one thing is to prepare with the blackboard and the video,
00:10another thing is on the pitch.
00:11Today we did it with the whole group on the pitch, 40 minutes.
00:15For me it's certainly not ideal, but we know this
00:20and we have to, with what we study from the opponent
00:26and what I know of my players, to play a positive game and win.
00:35Cristian, it's a different Milan.
00:37When you play in the Champions League, you seem very determined.
00:42Where do you think you can get, since you're very good in Italian,
00:47where can Milan get in this competition,
00:50since they have a different approach to the league?
00:55Yes, sorry, it's my first press conference in Italian.
01:00I'll try to do it in Italian.
01:02Yes, we did well in the Champions League this year.
01:07I don't know why we won the most in the Champions League,
01:11but we have a great chance tomorrow to get to the top eight.
01:17Yes, we have to go forward.
01:22Let's go to Carlos Passerini, Corriere della Sera.
01:26Hi Sergio.
01:27Hi Carlo.
01:28Listen, it's been a turbulent few days at Milan.
01:32I mean, you know what I mean.
01:34What are you talking about?
01:35Exactly.
01:39So I ask you, you said the other day,
01:41maybe all that has happened doesn't bring a bit of energy,
01:45maybe it's a shock.
01:47So I ask you, a few days have passed,
01:49did that episode shock you?
01:51I'm talking about Calabria and you at the end of the game.
01:54Did it shock the team?
01:56We don't need things that aren't interesting to shock us.
02:03The shock comes with hard work,
02:06with the motivation to play in this great competition,
02:10the best club competition in the world.
02:14Having done well in the Champions League at the moment,
02:19we want to finish this phase in the best way possible.
02:24That's the most important thing.
02:26We need motivation every day.
02:30Every time we go to Milan,
02:32I'm not there 24 hours a day,
02:36I have the responsibility to defend a club like Milan.
02:43That's the most important thing.
02:46Cristian, I have a question for you.
02:48What is missing at Milan at the moment?
02:51You've been here for a while,
02:53so you've seen a bit, you've been here for a while.
02:56What is missing from this team?
02:58What do you need to improve on?
03:01It's difficult to say exactly what is missing at the moment,
03:06but I think that in the last few games
03:09we've shown a good spirit as a team.
03:16At the end of the game, we want to start the game like that.
03:26I don't know what is missing the most.
03:31Andrea Ramazzotti from Gazzetta dello Sport.
03:36Hi, coach.
03:37Last Sunday you didn't make any calculations
03:42about Fufanacchia's defeat on the pitch.
03:47Next Sunday there's the derby.
03:50If the attitude is the same,
03:53you won't make any calculations this time either.
03:56What are your choices based on the players' condition?
04:00I wanted to ask if Morata needed a break
04:05because he played recently,
04:07or if he can play this game as well.
04:10Thanks.
04:11I understand the question.
04:14As I said, I think game by game.
04:20I don't make calculations in two games at once,
04:25because that's not good.
04:28It's not that I started yesterday,
04:32but the results are not good.
04:36We have to focus on tomorrow's game,
04:40which will be a big and difficult game,
04:43for a goal that we want.
04:46The first goal is to win the Super Cup,
04:49and we did that well.
04:51Now the second goal of the team
04:54is to get to the top eight
04:57and move on to the Champions League.
05:00That's what we're thinking about.
05:03We're focused on preparing for this important game
05:07in a short amount of time.
05:10We're not thinking about the derby.
05:12Tomorrow, on Thursday,
05:14when we get back home,
05:16that's what we'll be thinking about.
05:19Letizia, Francesco.
05:23Good evening, coach.
05:25Can this team win the Champions League?
05:29We're fresh from yesterday's press conference
05:32where Kai Walker admitted he asked for the Champions League prize,
05:36because he believes in us.
05:38What do you think about that?
05:40I'll ask Christian the same thing.
05:42In the dressing room, do you think
05:44we might win the Champions League
05:47Christian is going to answer.
05:50I have to say,
05:52there are many games left
05:54and our goal is to get to the top four.
05:58That's without a doubt.
06:04In the previous question,
06:07I said that we can't think about the derby.
06:12I imagine the Champions League is much further ahead.
06:16If we look ahead,
06:18we'll forget about the obstacles along the way.
06:22We'll risk falling.
06:24I don't want that.
06:26We have to work hard every day.
06:29The next game,
06:31what lies ahead,
06:33is tomorrow's game.
06:37It's not like that for us.
06:39We think we don't play well in the league.
06:43We only focus on the Champions League.
06:46That's not the case.
06:48We always have to focus on every game.
06:51We do well in the Champions League
06:53and we want to continue like that in the league.
06:57Let's go to Maurizio Cardone
06:59and then Antonello Gioia.
07:01If there are any questions from the local media, please.
07:04Good evening, coach.
07:06Nariad Azzagabria,
07:08it's your first month at AC Milan.
07:10A month full of many things.
07:12You've been at AC Milan for a year.
07:14What has this team improved on
07:18since you've been here
07:20and what do you expect to improve on?
07:22One of the things you'd like to see from the start.
07:27There are many moments in the game
07:29that I'd like to improve on.
07:31We haven't had many chances yet.
07:36Sometimes we do well in the game
07:40and sometimes we don't.
07:42There are moments when we have the ball
07:47that are important for our balance
07:50and for our opponents to start again.
07:53I'm talking about the quality of the game,
07:57the space we occupy,
07:59our offensive play,
08:01our balance when we lose the ball,
08:03our reaction to the ball,
08:05our defensive transition.
08:07There are many things.
08:09The coaches always look for perfection.
08:13I wouldn't say 100%,
08:15but there's always a thousand percent perfection.
08:18We work on all these details.
08:20As I said before,
08:22this isn't an excuse.
08:24I know the schedule and I always repeat this.
08:27There's no time limit.
08:29It's more difficult.
08:31The players like to train on the pitch,
08:33to see the space,
08:35the corrections we need to make.
08:39In these moments,
08:41it's clear to everyone
08:43and everyone talks about it.
08:45But I also see other things that are positive.
08:48I see other things
08:50that seem like we haven't improved.
08:54In my opinion,
08:58we've already improved
09:00a little bit of what I want.
09:03The lads believe in us.
09:07It's true that I prefer to win four games
09:12and play a calm game
09:14rather than a comeback.
09:16But that's how it is.
09:18You can win a game at the first minute
09:20or at the last minute.
09:22It's important to look at the spirit
09:25and the attitude in the game
09:27and put other things into it
09:30that are very important for me
09:32so that I can win more easily.
09:38Good evening.
09:39I'll start with Cristian.
09:41Cristian,
09:42Leao said it's hell to be close to Conceicao
09:45because you can feel it on the pitch.
09:47You play both left and right
09:49so you're always close.
09:51How do you feel about that?
09:53I'm sorry, I don't understand.
09:56Leao said in an interview
09:58that when the coach is close to him
10:01on the bench,
10:03you can always hear him shouting.
10:06Do you often play close to him?
10:08What's it like?
10:12What can I say?
10:14He's a...
10:15Don't say anything.
10:16No, it's better if I don't say anything.
10:19He has a strong voice
10:22but he's not too...
10:26No, nothing.
10:30You've spoken a lot about Lazio's concert
10:34but it's not a question about controversy.
10:37There's a song of his that comes to mind
10:39that says,
10:40we'll be reborn together by ash
10:42and by these ashes,
10:44by these fires
10:45that AC Milan can be reborn with.
10:48Is that the spirit
10:49that you're trying to instil in the team?
10:52Yes, I don't need a song.
10:55We're working hard
10:59to get to the end of the season
11:03and to achieve these goals.
11:11As I said before,
11:13to be reborn from a negative situation
11:18we need to focus on our work.
11:20That's the most important thing.
11:22I get to know the players better every day.
11:25They get to know me better.
11:26What do we want on the pitch with the team?
11:30Concerts and things like that.
11:32They're all different things
11:34that make people talk.
11:39I'm Portuguese,
11:41I'm from a different culture
11:42but I've worked in Italy as a player for many years.
11:45In the end, the language of football is universal.
11:51There's training for an hour and a half,
11:54two hours a day,
11:56but then there's a whole life.
11:59The players understand how important it is
12:02to go out on the pitch
12:03and train for an hour and a half.
12:06It's not a call for attention.
12:09It's not that the world has fallen
12:12because four or five players went to see the concert.
12:16It's not that.
12:19You don't even have to start
12:21from what happened at this level.
12:23For me, it's in the past.
12:25I've spoken to the players.
12:28I have my own rules.
12:33The club has its own rules too.
12:36It's in the past.
12:37It doesn't matter for tomorrow.
12:39It's not important for tomorrow.
12:42The most important thing for tomorrow
12:44is to focus on Dynamo
12:47and, above all, on our team
12:49and what we can do tomorrow
12:52to win and get the three points.
12:56Any questions from the local media?
13:03No?
13:04No.
13:05We'll do it on Radio Rai.
13:07The last one is from Carlo Pellegatti.
13:11It's not important for tomorrow,
13:13but I'd like to ask you
13:15about the rules and the discipline
13:20of this team in general.
13:23Is it like the other teams you've coached?
13:28Honestly, no.
13:30I don't see a team like this.
13:32I see a team that is very good.
13:34My players are good men
13:38and they understand that
13:40I have my thoughts on football
13:43and our sporting life
13:45and our profession.
13:46That's all.
13:47I believe in them a lot
13:48and I have a lot of faith in them.
13:50From the moment they know
13:52how we work as a group,
13:55they are very respectful of me
14:01and of them too.
14:03The coach has to see
14:05which group is leading.
14:07They are a good group at this level.
14:10When I joined, I changed a lot of things
14:15and in the end they accepted
14:17the way we play.
14:19It may seem like he hasn't changed,
14:21but we want to change a lot.
14:23I'm happy with that group at the moment.
14:29Good evening.
14:30A question for Cristian Pulisic
14:32and one for the coach.
14:33I'll start with Cristian Pulisic.
14:35I'll speak slowly.
14:37There was an interview with Fabio Cannavaro,
14:40coach of Dinamo Zagreb.
14:42He said,
14:43I haven't seen many differences
14:45between Fonseca's game
14:47and Conceição's.
14:49I'll ask you.
14:51In terms of training,
14:53in terms of the game,
14:55what are the differences
14:57between the coach from before
14:59in your way of playing
15:01and training?
15:05As he said,
15:07it's not easy
15:09because we don't have time
15:11to train.
15:13We play every three days.
15:16It's not easy.
15:18I don't know what I said before.
15:23The spirit has changed a bit.
15:26I think we have this mentality
15:30that the game is never over.
15:33It's difficult to say
15:35if there's a difference
15:37because we don't have a lot of time,
15:39as he said.
15:43Sergio Conceição.
15:44Once I was talking to Massimiliano Allegri
15:47and Juventus had to face Porto.
15:50Maybe you weren't there yet,
15:52but Porto was.
15:53He said,
15:54I'm more afraid of teams like Porto
15:57that have European DNA
15:59than of strong teams
16:01that have a bit of European heritage.
16:05You realise,
16:06first of all,
16:07there's no difference between Porto and Milan
16:10in the sense that the DNA is in both.
16:12Did you realise when you coached Milan
16:15in the Champions League games
16:17that there was something different
16:19compared to the other teams?
16:22They're two great clubs.
16:24I think Porto is one of the top three
16:27with the most presence in this competition,
16:29in the Champions League,
16:30with Barcelona and Real Madrid.
16:32Milan is the second club
16:34that has won the most trophies
16:36in this competition, seven.
16:38So there is weight.
16:41History doesn't play,
16:43it doesn't go into play.
16:45But it matters.
16:46Even your opponents,
16:48when they face Milan,
16:49are more concerned
16:51than when they face a great team
16:53that doesn't have it in them.
16:55Yes and no,
16:56but there's no doubt
16:57that the DNA is very important.
16:59The atmosphere around this competition
17:03is great
17:04when you have to play against these teams.
17:08For example,
17:09these two that I coached,
17:11Porto and Milan in the Champions League,
17:14it's clear.
17:15There's also the motivation
17:18that they have
17:19to face such historic clubs.
17:22Tomorrow we have a team
17:24that still has the hope
17:26of going to the play-offs
17:28and it will be very tough.
17:29It will be a very, very difficult game
17:32for these reasons.
17:33For the motivation to go to the play-offs
17:35and then to face a team
17:37that is a historic team
17:39in the Champions League
17:41and not just in the Champions League
17:43but in other competitions.
17:44Milan and Porto
17:46have already been world champions
17:48and there's no doubt about that.
17:50On the one hand it's positive
17:52and on the other hand
17:53it's positive for the opposition.