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00:00Hi everyone, if you have a question raise your hand and we'll come to you, see a few hands coming up.
00:10We'll just wait for the guys to get everything here.
00:13Mikkel, how proud are you for your team tonight?
00:18Mostly very proud, I mean, we had a very complete and big performance collectively
00:24and you need that in terms of organisation, in terms of what we had to do to dominate the game
00:29and to create Madrid problems and then this night is about all the two factors.
00:34One is the atmosphere that we created, 15 minutes before kick-off already something I haven't seen before
00:39so playing with that energy, with that commitment, with your crowd makes a huge difference
00:44and then magic moments, individual moments that decide for matches
00:48and the first two goals of Declan is just, I think it sums up the night.
00:53OK, we'll do a few questions in English and then we'll go to Spanish questions.
00:57Was Declan always determined to take those free-kicks and tell us about his quality?
01:03Because I think the first that he scored from direct free-kicks...
01:07He's been very determined because we have talked in the last few months,
01:10we haven't scored a direct free-kick since September 2021.
01:14Burnley away, Martin Odegaard.
01:16So it's been a long time, so to score two goals in 12 minutes of that magnitude of that quality
01:22from the same player, a player that has never scored a free-kick before in his career.
01:26I mean, what are the odds? But he's done it tonight and I'm a big believer.
01:30I think the crowd played something with the energy that they put in
01:33and it helped us massively to win the game.
01:36OK, Gary Contro with his customers.
01:38Michael, congratulations.
01:40Everything you asked for in the build-up to this match,
01:42from the fans, from the players, from yourself,
01:45I don't know if you have wild dreams,
01:49but in your wildest dreams, did you ever think that this could happen?
01:53I did. I mean, I was very convinced because I could sense in the preparation
01:57that we were really at it, that we had that belief and that trust
02:01that we could create a lot of problems.
02:04But then it was the theme of the game, make it happen.
02:07Then you have to make it happen.
02:08But you have that mindset and that belief that things can happen
02:11and I will deliver it today.
02:14We just have time, but we are very happy.
02:16Sam from Tilakoff.
02:18Hi, Makao.
02:19Hi.
02:20Are Kaio and Dek both OK? What were the issues?
02:22Yeah, I think Dek had an issue with the foot,
02:24I don't know if it was a tackle or what was it,
02:26and Bukai after he got tackled on the foul,
02:29I think he had a knock and he had to go up.
02:32Serious?
02:33He doesn't look serious, man.
02:35Alex from the BBC.
02:36Hi, Makao.
02:37Just a word on Marz-Louis Skelly, another step on his journey,
02:40another excellent performance and assist,
02:42and stepping up to the occasion tonight.
02:44I mean, collectively when you play the way we played
02:47and have the performance that we had,
02:49you need individuals at the highest level.
02:51And I think they all took the game to a different level,
02:54their individual performance,
02:56to the standards that are required to beat this incredible team.
02:59So, very happy.
03:00Now it's about consistency.
03:02Mikel, there's so much talk about your signing a striker,
03:06but have you already got him in Mikel Moreno?
03:10Well, it's been a season that we have to adapt constantly,
03:14and we went through a lot of things.
03:16We lost probably our best defender as well for four months,
03:20and Jakub comes in and he delivers the performances that he's delivering.
03:24It's not a coincidence the way they train,
03:26the way they apply themselves,
03:27and the way they help each other, I think, produces those moments,
03:31and with Mikel is, again, his commitment,
03:34his desire to learn the position,
03:36to constantly be thinking what he can offer to the team,
03:39and the team adapting to his qualities to try to deliver the best outcome.
03:43Hi, Mikel.
03:45There's always a lot of talk about Madrid's aura,
03:48and it's going to come up before the second leg.
03:50I mean, did you work on that kind of psychology of the team beforehand,
03:53like breaking them down, just looking at them as a mortal team?
03:57Yeah, well, especially that it was about us.
03:59My feeling was that the team was super convinced,
04:02and we had the trust that we could do it,
04:05because we've done it for now big periods
04:09against the best opposition that you can face in football for two years.
04:12And if you can do that, you can do it on the day,
04:14and especially with our crowds.
04:16At that level, I think it elevates the level of the team,
04:19and we have managed to beat them.
04:21Was it important to get this big win in Europe as well?
04:24Obviously, Bayern was the first match against one of these major clubs.
04:27Was this kind of a threshold?
04:29Yeah, you have to continue to make the steps,
04:32and tonight we have one in the right direction for sure,
04:35and now it's half-time, and now we have to go to the Bernabeu,
04:37we're going to have to elevate the level again
04:39to be the team that we want to be there,
04:42and to prepare the game to win it.
04:44Amy Atherton.
04:45Hi, Mikel.
04:46Is it possible to put some perspective on this kind of night,
04:49in the sense that people are talking about it being maybe the best performance
04:52at the Emirates in the history of this stadium?
04:54And when you think about when you came into a team that wasn't always in Europe,
04:58had to spend some time in the Europa League,
05:00get back into the Champions League step by step,
05:02can you feel that perspective of what a result of this significance does,
05:08how people feel about how you feel about your team and what they can do?
05:12Yeah, I do because I know how much work and how many decisions a lot of people
05:17have made in this football club to leave the night that we had tonight.
05:21I told them thank you so much for making us enjoy the journey to come here,
05:26and thank you for me feeling so convinced that tonight we're going to do it
05:31and we're going to make it happen.
05:32And it was a genuine feeling because I think we are prepared to do that,
05:36and now we have to go to the Bernabeu and do it,
05:39and that will be another step.
05:40After the draw against Everton, how did you get the players up against their side-key?
05:45Of course, when you look at the start from top to bottom,
05:50how did you get them so ready for it?
05:52Well, a completely different game, two different walls of football
05:55and demands from the opposition, and you could sense,
05:59I mean, they've been waiting for this game, you know.
06:01The moment that we got the draw, there isn't a team, that club,
06:05that is going to motivate you there for the right reasons,
06:07because they changed the history of the competition,
06:10and they are the best team by far in the competition,
06:13and our challenge opportunity was to face them and try to beat them.
06:17It's obviously just the first leg,
06:19but do you think you've accomplished something here by 0.35 round three?
06:22We're going to enjoy the win, because we feel it is safe to do that,
06:25but we know it's just half-time,
06:27and we're going to have to be even better in Madrid to go through.
06:31OK, last two in English. Firstly, James from CBS.
06:33Michael, you said the word half-time a lot already,
06:36and I'm sure you'll be saying it a lot over the next eight days.
06:38Does it in any way help that it's Real Madrid and it's at the Bernabeu,
06:42and the players know what happens there?
06:44Is that going to help them keep focus and make sure they don't think the tyres won?
06:48Yeah, well, they were talking about it immediately.
06:50You know, great, enjoy it, and now let's prepare Saturday very well,
06:53and then we'll have the time to prepare the next challenge in Madrid,
06:57but they are all very excited.
06:59Phil, for you.
07:00Hi, Mikel.
07:01I know you keep saying it's only half-time,
07:03but what sort of message does that win send to the rest of Europe,
07:06and do you think Arsenal should now be considered the favourites to win this?
07:09No, because we have a tie that we are just, again, in the middle of it,
07:13at half-time, however you want to call it,
07:15and there is still so much to do here.
07:17Okay, questions for the Spanish media.
07:19First, final for Lockheed.
07:21Hello, Mikel.
07:22Ayer me comentabas que estos tipos de partidos se suelen resolver en un 33% de estrategia.
07:29Hoy han sido los dos primeros.
07:31Hemos visto unas imágenes de Nicolás Gobert diciendo que hiciera la banana
07:34antes de que The Clan Rice marcar el primer gol.
07:36¿Estos dos primeros goles los consideras estrategia o simplemente calidad del jugador?
07:41Bueno, hay mucho entrenamiento detrás de eso,
07:44y The Clan lleva mucho tiempo entrenándolo,
07:46pero la realidad es que llevamos tres años y medio sin hacer un gol de falta directa,
07:50y hemos sido capaces de hacer dos en doce minutos.
07:53Al final, la calidad individual juega un papel gigante, enorme, en esta competición,
07:58y hemos tenido la suerte que nuestros jugadores han sido capaces de sacar dos momentos,
08:04y el tercero, que es un golazo, creo, a nivel colectivo, para poder ganar el partido.
08:09Hola, Mikel, muy buenas.
08:11Antonio Romero, un directo con el arguero de la cadena SER.
08:13Hoy se ha visto una gran diferencia entre el Arsenal y el Real Madrid hasta tal punto
08:17que el resultado ha sido poco para los méritos que ha tenido su equipo.
08:21Pero se ha sentado ahí Carlos Ancelotti, después de reconocer el gran partido del Arsenal,
08:25ha terminado la edición de Núñez.
08:27En el Bernabéu a veces ocurren cosas.
08:29¿Está capacitado el Real Madrid para que dentro de una semana ocurran cosas en el Bernabéu?
08:33Bueno, eso es parte de la historia. Creo que lo han demostrado y por eso.
08:37Creo que nosotros tenemos muy claro el partido que hemos hecho y los motivos por los cuales lo hemos ganado.
08:43Y hablaremos de lo que tenemos que hacer en el Bernabéu en Madrid para ir a ganar el partido y que pasen muchas de las cosas que han pasado hoy.
08:51Y para eso hay que ir allá y hay que demostrarlo.
08:53Gracias, señor presidente.
08:55Miquel, después de cinco años aquí transformando el club, progresando, ¿cuántas ganas tenías de demostrar que tu Arsenal puede ganar un partido como este?
09:05Bueno, creo que hemos ganado muchos partidos, pero es que cuando llevas 20 años sin enfrentarte a este rival, cuando llevas tantos años sin hacer un camino de verdad en esta competición,
09:16pues hay que crear tu historia. Y las historias se crean con noches como esta, se crean con un público que está entregado antes del partido
09:24y que eleva el nivel colectivo individual de nuestros jugadores y se acordarán durante mucho tiempo.
09:30Y es un paso, pero obviamente nos quedan muchísimos por dar.
09:33Hola, Miquel, tú has trabajado un par de años, tres, con Guardiola, y seguramente si alguien sabe lo que es vivir un partido en el Bernabéu de Champions
09:44en estos últimos años en Guardiola y con su City, su fiesta remontada, su fiesta mística...
09:49Bueno, no sé si en estos días se te va a ocurrir levantar el teléfono y pedirle consejo a él de qué hacer o qué no hacer
09:56según qué situaciones que puedan ocurrir en el Bernabéu.
10:00He aprendido muchísimo de él, de situaciones profesionales, personales, y en los últimos días
10:05habíamos hablado porque tenía ganas de hablar con él y creo que él también conmigo porque se alegra enormemente
10:11de las cosas buenas que nos pasen. Y nada, aprender de los mejores y los que han tenido experiencias
10:18de los mejores y de los mejores y de los mejores.
10:20Creo que es una cosa de gente inteligente y yo he tenido mucha suerte de tener gente muy buena al lado, que me ha ayudado mucho.
10:25¿De todas las cosas que han ocurrido esta noche, de qué se siente más orgulloso?
10:32Creo que de la conexión y de la energía que hemos generado entre el público y el equipo. Y lo he dicho muchas veces.
10:39Para noches grandes, momentos grandes, competiciones grandes, este estadio tiene que transformarse en algo mucho mayor
10:47de lo que hemos hecho hasta ahora. Y luego tiene que nacer el rendimiento individual.
10:51Tienen que pasar momentos mágicos y hay jugadores que tienen que elevar eso. Y hoy hemos tenido dos cosas
10:56que creo que en el futuro nos van a ayudar.
10:58Gracias.