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00:00Good morning everyone, this is the press conference of Torino-Milan.
00:04Let's start with Mauro Suma for Milan TV.
00:06Thank you Nicola, good morning coach.
00:08Coach, we always say that the next league game is important.
00:14This time, however, can we define the fact of drawing a line on the Champions League
00:22and really focus, with hunger, with attention, on the heritage we have in hand,
00:28in order to improve in the league?
00:30Without a doubt, it's a very important game against a difficult opponent.
00:36I think he only lost against Bologna in the last game,
00:40because in 2025 he hadn't lost yet.
00:42Historically, it's a difficult game for Milan.
00:45In the last 5-6 years, the results have not been positive.
00:49We have to focus on today and tomorrow,
00:53and do the work we did this morning in preparation for this game.
00:59Our attitude has to be exactly that.
01:01We have to see that our Champions League final is tomorrow's.
01:05We have to look at every game in this way.
01:09Coach, you have spoken several times about psychological aspects.
01:13In the last 48 hours, Ibra came here to Menello and spoke.
01:18Theo, from what we understood, apologized to the team.
01:21I don't ask you tactically or technically,
01:23but you know your players better than anyone else.
01:26How are they now?
01:28Is it easy or difficult to get them back on their feet?
01:33In football, for better or for worse,
01:36after a game, it's a constant restart.
01:40You say it like that, don't you?
01:42You restart a job for the next game that we have to play.
01:49Of course, it has cost us a lot.
01:51The day after, yesterday and today,
01:57I saw the team really focused on what we had to do for tomorrow.
02:04It has cost everyone.
02:06We knew we had to be stronger.
02:09We prepared well for the game against Feyenoord.
02:14Once I said that football is simple.
02:21It's about scoring goals and not conceding them.
02:24But within this simplicity,
02:26there is also the complexity of everything that has to be done
02:32to make football simple.
02:35When a team plays one or two touches,
02:38it's almost a memory.
02:39It's really simple.
02:41But to get to that point,
02:43there is a lot of work.
02:45A lot of work at various levels.
02:47It's important that we take all these details
02:54and try to make every player evolve
02:57in the way that I want for the team.
03:00I'm starting to see an interesting evolution.
03:04The last game gave me this answer.
03:07We have to continue this evolution and work on this.
03:14There is no time.
03:17It's our fault.
03:19We could have been in the Champions League.
03:22But this is the reality.
03:24We have to think about this fourth place,
03:30which is the minimum to get to the Champions League.
03:33Coppa Italia is also in the semi-final.
03:36I saw the lads play well.
03:40They prepared well for tomorrow's game against Turin.
03:47Hi Sergio.
03:48You said you appreciate the calmness.
03:51I have a direct question for you.
03:53Will Teo Hernandez play tomorrow
03:56or will he be punished for what happened the other day?
03:59Do you need a punishment?
04:01Do you let him play or not?
04:03I like the question about football.
04:08It's not good.
04:10It's football.
04:11You play football.
04:13It's not about the colour of your hair.
04:17For me, black, white and yellow are the same.
04:21It's enough that they are professionals
04:24and give everything for the club they represent.
04:27That's important to me.
04:29I talked about Teo at the end of the game.
04:32He is a treasure of the club.
04:36He has given the fans a lot of joy in other moments.
04:46He knew he did something that put the team in trouble.
04:51We already talked about this in the dressing room.
04:56I make a lot of mistakes.
05:00I'm not answering directly.
05:06He has a player available to play tomorrow, like the other 22 players.
05:12Good afternoon.
05:13When you arrived in Milan,
05:15when you signed,
05:16did you expect to find yourself in such a complex situation?
05:19Not so much technically, but everything else.
05:21360 degrees.
05:24I'm used to it.
05:27You know.
05:29You watch more other leagues than the Portuguese.
05:33There is a lot of pressure in Portugal.
05:37At all levels.
05:39In my life as a footballer,
05:41I've always been under pressure.
05:43I've always played for big clubs.
05:45I know the history of Milan.
05:47It's a fantastic story.
05:50The club has a lot of stars.
05:52Coaches, players, managers.
05:54People who have worked in different positions.
06:00I have a lot of respect for this story.
06:03For all of them.
06:05When you don't win in a club like this,
06:08there is always more talk.
06:11There is more fragility.
06:14We are in this club.
06:17It's a different moment than the ones they won.
06:20It's a completely different moment.
06:22At all levels.
06:24I knew it would be difficult to find a club like this.
06:29I'm here because I've had a lot of challenges.
06:34I've said it before.
06:37Situations where I could have gone elsewhere.
06:39I didn't go, I came here.
06:41I have this feeling for difficult things.
06:45It's good for me.
06:52I have a question for the fans of Milan.
06:55Joao Felix came to Milan
06:57and scored against Roma.
06:59He did well at Empoli.
07:02In the last few games,
07:04especially in the second half against Feyenoord,
07:06he had a bit more difficulty.
07:08Can you explain to the fans
07:10why it's important to keep him on the pitch?
07:12He stayed on the pitch for 90 minutes
07:14against Feyenoord.
07:15What makes him different from the others?
07:18Yes, I can explain.
07:20It's a specific situation.
07:22He's talking about that change
07:24that I didn't make in the second half
07:26against Feyenoord.
07:28It's my option.
07:30I'm a coach and I paid for it.
07:32Until the moment I made the two substitutions,
07:35the first two,
07:38we were equalising.
07:45Yesterday, as I saw,
07:47Santiago had a bit of a problem
07:51in the last two or three weeks.
07:57I asked him how he was
07:59and he told me he was very tired.
08:02There were two options.
08:04Either to score a goal for him,
08:06with Abraham in front,
08:08or to be a bit more mobile
08:10when we had the ball
08:12and to be a bit more incisive
08:14at the start of the game.
08:16I opted for this second option.
08:18At the end of the game,
08:20if you ask me,
08:22I think I could have done it differently.
08:24In the end,
08:26we're all great coaches.
08:30I won every game at the end of the game.
08:32That's how it is.
08:34Franco, you're up next.
08:38Here we are, Sergio.
08:42First of all,
08:44I'd like to ask about the team's overall condition.
08:48Jiménez told me
08:50he had a problem on Tuesday night.
08:54Pulisic also has a bit of a problem.
08:58It seems to me
09:00that the team is falling
09:02in terms of performance
09:04compared to the first half of the season.
09:06I'd like to know
09:08if all of these particular conditions
09:10–
09:12I don't think Walker is available
09:14for tomorrow –
09:16will lead you to make
09:18particular decisions
09:20or not?
09:24It depends on the situation
09:26of everyone
09:28who is talking to me.
09:32If you ask me
09:34if Pulisic has 90 minutes
09:36at the moment,
09:38no.
09:40Santi is getting better
09:42every day,
09:44but he's not at the top
09:46as we want him to be.
09:48We're working on that.
09:50The way I want to play,
09:52they have to be at the top
09:54physically as well.
09:56That's what I want to do.
09:58I want to be as intense
10:00as possible during the 90 minutes.
10:02When I arrived
10:04I found some players
10:06who were struggling,
10:08many of them were injured.
10:10If you remember,
10:12when we went to the Super Cup
10:14some of them didn't come back.
10:16I came back,
10:18like Ruben, for example.
10:20I'm talking about Loftus-Shield.
10:22Now,
10:24what happened to Cairo?
10:26I've been playing every three days
10:28for a month and a half
10:30since I've been here.
10:32I'm talking about
10:34my experience.
10:38Playing every three days
10:40and always
10:42playing decisive matches
10:44for me and for them.
10:46You know,
10:48if you draw here at Milan
10:50you lose two points.
10:52It's not about winning one.
10:54That's why we're always
10:58on the red line.
11:00It's not easy
11:02to manage that.
11:04We try to do it
11:06as Carlos Passerini said.
11:08No, not Carlos.
11:10Marco Guglielmo.
11:12This management
11:14is someone who knows
11:16in detail
11:18how each and every player is.
11:20Sometimes it seems
11:22that I'm not the right person
11:24but it's my job
11:26and I have to do it.
11:28Federico Masini.
11:30Good evening, coach.
11:32I'd like to follow up on Carlo's question
11:34about the physical condition of the team
11:36and tomorrow's opponent,
11:38Torino, who always put Milan in trouble
11:40in terms of intensity and physicality.
11:42What kind of match are you expecting
11:44and how did Torino perform
11:46in the last two days?
11:48Yes, that's what I'm expecting.
11:50It's going to be a tough match
11:52with a lot of intensity
11:54because
11:58many times when they're playing
12:00their goalkeepers
12:02and central defenders
12:04try to play straight forward.
12:06There are players
12:08who are fast forward
12:10and midfielders
12:12who are very interesting
12:14like Enrici for example.
12:16Players with intensity
12:20who really
12:22put the opposition in trouble
12:24if we don't have the same intensity
12:26and aggressiveness.
12:28Historically,
12:30Torino is a tough team
12:32and in the way they approach
12:34every game
12:36I see them as a team
12:38that really wants to
12:40achieve a positive result
12:42based on the characteristics
12:44that we talked about.
12:46We need to be at our best
12:48on all levels.
12:50I'm talking about
12:52aggressiveness
12:56and attention
12:58on the counter-attacks
13:00because they're a strong team
13:02even in that moment.
13:04They're a team that
13:08historically
13:10has won a lot
13:12in the last 10 games
13:14but they never lose.
13:16It's going to be a tough game
13:20and we're Milan
13:22and we need to win
13:24and bring them on the path we want.
13:26Francesco Letizia, Sport Italia.
13:32Good morning coach.
13:34I have a question about you.
13:36You're a person
13:38that has come here
13:40from day one
13:42with a lot of sincerity
13:44and you're a person
13:46that has always
13:48faced difficulties
13:50and you've always
13:52turned them into positive things.
13:54Now in Milan
13:56it's a difficult period
13:58for a thousand reasons.
14:00We write in the papers
14:02that the player Totte is not good
14:04and so on.
14:06Is your goal in the next three months
14:08to turn
14:10all these negative things
14:12into positive things
14:14and reach your goals?
14:16Yes.
14:18I'm not a calculator
14:20because
14:22thinking about the end of the season
14:24doesn't suit me.
14:26I live things
14:28with a lot of intensity every day.
14:30I spend 7, 8, 9 hours
14:32even when I go home
14:34to work.
14:36My family is not happy
14:38and so is my wife.
14:40If I'm there to think about football
14:42I have to work.
14:44I'm very passionate.
14:46I'm not always
14:48doing things well
14:50but I'm very passionate.
14:52My staff and I work a lot
14:54to succeed.
14:56I think about today
14:58and about the training we did.
15:00We trained from yesterday
15:02and we went out on the pitch.
15:04The players have to see
15:06what we trained for.
15:08This is my job.
15:10This is my challenge.
15:12This is my concern.
15:14Every day I have to give my best.
15:16It's difficult
15:18because I was afraid
15:20when I was little.
15:22Today is February 21st
15:24and my mum died at 31.
15:26It was very difficult
15:28because I was 18
15:30and two years later I lost my dad.
15:34These are the difficulties.
15:36Today
15:38I'm not afraid of anything.
15:40Nothing in life.
15:42Nothing.
15:44So I go on my way.
15:46I know there are many episodes
15:48where normal people
15:50talk about it.
15:52We talked about the pressure
15:54of a big club like Milan
15:56but I go on my way
15:58and that's what I have to do.
16:00Michael Cuomo from Lombardia.
16:02Good afternoon.
16:04Your predecessor
16:06often used the word leadership.
16:08I'm asking you
16:10because we heard you
16:12apologised to Teo
16:14and Ibra.
16:16The team closed down
16:18in the dressing room.
16:20Did you talk about it?
16:22I guess you want the team
16:24to look each other in the eye
16:26and solve their own problems.
16:30Yes, I like it
16:32when it's like that.
16:34It's better to say
16:36what you think
16:38because sometimes
16:40you tell your team-mates the truth
16:42and you're their true friend.
16:44You don't say anything
16:46or think about something
16:48and your actions are different
16:50from what you think.
16:52This truth
16:54has to be there.
16:56I think the team
16:58is happy about it
17:00and they're growing
17:02from this point of view
17:04because they have someone
17:06in front of them
17:08who can tell them
17:10when things are going well
17:12and when they're not
17:14we have to understand
17:16what we haven't done
17:18and what we have to do.
17:20All of us, including me
17:22have to be honest
17:24and move on.
17:26They know me
17:28and I prefer to say
17:30what I think
17:32because it's a good thing
17:34but there's a big problem
17:36behind it.
17:38I agree with you
17:40because that's the way
17:42I want things to be.
17:46We have a question
17:48from Daniele Longo.
17:54I'm joking.
17:56A month and a half ago
17:58when you sat down
18:00on the Milan bench
18:02you said you had already
18:04identified the problems
18:06and that you couldn't
18:08plan the season
18:10from a physical point of view
18:12and from a player's point of view
18:14even if you had the window
18:16open in January.
18:18You said you had already identified
18:20the problems of a team
18:22and from my point of view
18:24it's great to celebrate
18:26the best moments
18:28but you can't confirm
18:30the best moments
18:32even in games that seem
18:34to be on paper.
18:38Yes, I identified them
18:40and we talked about it
18:42every day in the team
18:44and we work on these points
18:46I don't know if the answer is short.
18:50I'll talk about the specifics later
18:52and it's not worth it.
18:54You know what it is, like me.
18:56Good morning, coach.
18:58I wanted to go back
19:00and talk about the positives
19:02in the game against Feyenoord
19:04in the first 50 minutes
19:06with a team that crushed
19:08their opponent in the half
19:10and didn't allow them to win.
19:12Is this what we should expect
19:14in every game
19:16or was it a special case
19:18because the game was 1-0
19:20in the first half
19:22and the opponent allowed them to win?
19:24It's also an answer
19:26to those who said
19:28those four players can't play
19:30because they did well
19:32and didn't suffer anything.
19:34It's true, it's what we want
19:36and what I want for the team.
19:38From this point of view
19:40we're improving
19:42in a positive way
19:44it's not that we're at the top
19:46it's not true.
19:48We're much better
19:50and it gives me confidence
19:52to go further
19:54and be even better
19:56in recovering the ball
19:58with more aggressiveness
20:00and not allow the opponent
20:02to come to our goal.
20:04It will come
20:06sometimes
20:08but also
20:10in the previous games
20:12we worked on this.
20:14I like the team
20:16and I think all the coaches
20:18agree with me
20:20it's a short, compact
20:22and tall team.
20:24I think
20:26we can play
20:28this type of game
20:30always
20:32with an important balance
20:34because what we're talking about
20:36is this
20:38balance
20:40to know how to take
20:42high opponents
20:44but we have a goal to defend
20:46and we have more space for them.
20:48It's all connected
20:50in the defensive phase
20:52of the attack
20:54and vice versa.
20:56Thank you all and good luck.