Amorim delighted with Manchester Utd performance in 4-1 Soceidad Europa league win
13/03/2025
Old trafford, Manchester, UK
13/03/2025
Old trafford, Manchester, UK
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00:00Microphone for questions, please.
00:18Can I ask you about Patrick Dorgoo,
00:20that his performance seemed to have good end product as well,
00:26but also he was seen asking, telling the referee
00:30that he didn't think it was a penalty when he won in that fact.
00:35As a manager, do you like to see that sportsmanship?
00:37It depends. It's the right thing to do, so I'm quite proud of him, but it depends.
00:45I cannot say if he's nil-nil or losing if I have the same response, so he did well.
00:52He did a great performance, he was improving during the game,
00:58so he's learning a lot in that position.
01:01He has the physicality, he's clearly able to play in our league,
01:07so it was a good game and a good action from Dorgoo.
01:12We speak a lot about Bruno Fernandes,
01:16people criticising him, you said before,
01:19but today when you're losing and you need someone to step up, he's done it again.
01:25Can you just explain what he brings to your performance?
01:29I think it's not just the team, it's the club.
01:32We already spoke about Bruno a lot of times.
01:36We know that he sometimes is frustrated.
01:39We know that he wants to win so bad,
01:42that sometimes when we are not playing well, he's changing position and going after the ball,
01:51and sometimes he needs to trust a little bit more in his teammates to allow them
01:57to do their job and help him also to play better.
02:01But when we need it, he's always there.
02:04In the set-pieces, he can change position, he can bring the ball forward,
02:09he can score goals, he can make transitions,
02:11like he showed today in the last 10 minutes of the game.
02:15He can defend, so he's a perfect captain for our team
02:19and we need to help him to win titles because he deserves a lot.
02:22Do you agree that in that number 10 role, that maybe seems to unleash a little bit of what you're doing,
02:31so you're carrying the ball, being out of possession, pressing for a title.
02:34What are your thoughts on the performance?
02:36I think all the team played really well.
02:39I think the moments that we lost some of the control of the game was our fault.
02:46But I think we did a very complete exhibition.
02:50We defended quite well, sometimes one against one in the back.
02:54We tried to play, we showed some moments and Josh was part of that.
02:59I think he's improving.
03:00He's more aggressive when he doesn't have the ball,
03:05so if he's improving without the ball, that can help Josh a lot with the ball
03:11because he has the talent.
03:12In some plays, I think he can be more direct.
03:16He has a lot of class touching the ball, but sometimes he needs to think more as a striker.
03:23I need to score, no matter what.
03:24It doesn't need to be the most beautiful goal or control, but he's improving.
03:30Was that the best or the most complete performance you've seen since you came in?
03:38I think I felt during the week that we showed that we are ready for this kind of games.
03:56I think our exhibition against Arsenal was not beautiful, but helped a lot.
04:03That second half helped us a lot to believe.
04:06Then I felt that the team, even before the match, was full of confidence.
04:12We suffered a goal, but we continued to play the same thing and that can show that
04:18since the first minute, we believed that we could go to the next stage.
04:24But this is also a different competition.
04:27I think the physicality of our team made a great difference in these two games.
04:36What have been the improvements from the tactical point of view in relation to other games?
04:56I think we had more time to think.
05:01Real Sociedad usually press a little bit higher and today we had more time to think.
05:08Again, we suffered a lot, especially in our league, in some games with the physicality.
05:15We felt that we could let three against three in front because we feel that with our physicality,
05:21we can recover position and we can deal with the players one against one.
05:26So everything in this game helped us a lot to play better.
05:31With the ball and without the ball.
05:40I think he's improving his game and I'm improving the way I should use a player like Casemiro.
05:47I'm not trying to put Casemiro pressing really high.
05:52I think we are.
05:53You can feel that our team is more connected, even defending.
05:57That can help a lot Casemiro because he's so smart and intelligent reading the game.
06:06In short spaces, he can understand where the ball is going.
06:10So it's everything together.
06:11The team is better.
06:12The players can play better.
06:14I understand better the characteristics of the players.
06:17So everything combined can help us to win games.
06:20How important was it tonight to win this game?
06:26Not just to win the game, but what it does for your season?
06:30Your season is still alive.
06:33The feeling and you can feel it, the fans, the noise.
06:37It's hard to explain.
06:40You feel confident from the supporters.
06:43The players.
06:44It was a really good night and we have this competition.
06:47We have the Premier League.
06:48It gives us a lot of energy and confidence to go to our games in the Premier League.
06:54We feel we can go to the next stage and we believe that we can go to another stage.
07:02This week was a different week.
07:07We dealt with a lot of problems of the president.
07:10We showed the future.
07:13It's not finished because we have a game on Sunday.
07:15This game today was really good for everybody in the club.
07:18The staff, the players and especially the fans.
07:21And you can finally enjoy your games?
07:24Yeah, the feeling is completely different.
07:28Not just the result, but the way we play.
07:32So it's the same job, but it's completely different.
07:38But the good thing and the bad thing is that after this game it's over and tomorrow we
07:43are going to think about Sunday.
07:44It's going to be hard.
07:47The next game in the Premier League.
07:50Congratulations for the victory.
07:51The question was about the three penalties and especially the last one.
07:56And what would you think if this had happened on the other side?
08:02In the United, would you be angry?
08:07The last one?
08:10No, I don't see the image.
08:12The last one was Patrick.
08:14Yes, Patrick, if it's not a penalty.
08:16What I think is that I never speak about and we have the opposite.
08:23But when there is no penalty, it's no penalty.
08:26When it's a penalty, it should be a penalty.
08:28So that's it.
08:30I think VAR brings more fairness to the game.
08:36But I didn't see clearly the image.
08:39OK, thank you.