Pereira ignores Wolves records after Utd win as he looks for strong finish to season
20/04/2025
OLd Trafford, Manchester, UK
20/04/2025
OLd Trafford, Manchester, UK
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00:00You go off and win at Old Trafford, so what's that like as awards head coach to celebrate three points with your fans and your players?
00:25In our job, the most important thing is to see the happiness in the players and the supporters and the people of the club. This is my satisfaction.
00:44What did you think of United State?
00:46They played well. After a huge win in the middle of the week, that brought them a lot of confidence with the full stadium. They played well. We were a bit reactive.
01:05It was today missing a bit of aggressiveness, in my opinion. But each time that we want to be aggressive, we are the foul against us, the free kick against us.
01:24And this is difficult to change. But today was not the best game that we played. But it was a game with a true spirit. Again, the players inside the pitch, outside the pitch.
01:45Because the players that came from the bench, they came to help the team. And sometimes, you know, sometimes if we don't swing because we are not in our day to play in our level, we must win with our hearts, with our souls, with our spirit.
02:12And that's what happens today. And that's what happens today. And in the right moment, when we had the chance, boom! And we won the game.
02:23This win put you safe mathematically. Obviously, it's been clear for a while that it was going to happen. But emotionally, is it feeling different now that you've sealed it officially?
02:34To be honest, I don't feel this. I don't feel that because I'm a bit tired today. The game got me, took me the energy, a lot of energy today.
02:53But I'm thinking about the next game. Trying to win the three points. Because we have quality to win the next game and to compete for the three points.
03:06And this is, I'm not looking for the relegation zone. I'm looking, I want to look, I want that my players, they look for the position that we can reach with the next three points.
03:27And this is the spirit that I want in my team.
03:30The next question is going to be about the same thing. But you said when you came in that you were confident. Did you believe that you could achieve it with five games to go?
03:39Quite comfortably in there.
03:42We cannot think about five wins in a row. We must think about the next game. We need to create the energy and the tactical plan to face the next opponent.
04:01But because in this moment, we feel that we create this positive spirit. We believe that we can win the next game. And this is the, we came here with the intention to win the three points, to compete for the three points and to win, not to draw.
04:27But in the end, if I look for the game, it was not our best game. We were a bit, I don't know, today I don't know why, but maybe because, because they play a good game.
04:43But in the end, the spirit was there. The happiness in the supporters and the support of them, every time was there. And I'm very happy because in the end, when I look at the smile of players and the faces of our supporters, this is everything for me.
05:05Vito, you've now won the Wolves in five games in a very top life for the first time in 50 years. First time they've done the double in the league over Manchester United for 45 years.
05:16Do those records bring you any joy whatsoever, knowing that you're making some history with this Wolves team at the moment?
05:23Of course the impact, of course the impact in Premier League is a world impact. Because what we do here, what we get here is something that they speak in my country, they speak everywhere.
05:39They speak everywhere. They speak everywhere. Because this is the best league in the world. But honestly, I'm not thinking about records. I'm not thinking about this.
05:51I'm thinking about to create identity, to create the confidence to play, if we play here or if we play home, to play with identity and with confidence, with quality and with the spirit.
06:08with the spirit that we have in this moment.
06:11And so on quality, that moment from Paolo Sarabia, that wins again, it's another quality.
06:16Fantastic, fantastic. He's a player with technical quality, but most important than this, the technical quality for me is a team player.
06:28He has the personality to help, to be professional every time.
06:34And even if he goes inside for five minutes, he will try to do his best.
06:41And the other players from the bench, with the same spirit.
06:45Bentley, you know what happens in warm-up.
06:50But why you went there and I didn't see a goalkeeper with nervous, I don't see...
06:59You know why? Because he works every day very hard to be ready, to be ready to help the team.
07:06This is what I ask from the players, that they are working without playing, to be ready because they must come with the spirit to help the team.
07:23And congrats for him because he plays very well.
07:27I was going to ask about his Wolves and Premier League debut came at this stadium two years ago.
07:32He hasn't played many games in that spell, so to come in short notice in the warm-up and put in a performance like he did is impressive.
07:40Of course.
07:41Of course.
07:42Of course.
07:43Of course.
07:44Of course.
07:45Of course.
07:46You've placed for him as an individual, the person he is in the dressing room, to have that moment and take it.
07:50Very confident.
07:51Very confident.
07:52I joke with Sa, I said Sa, you are an old man.
07:59Well, and he said to me, but coach, I just have one year less.
08:06And I said to him, but one year may make the difference.
08:09You are younger than him.
08:11But, you know, because...
08:14And I joke because...
08:16Because I trust, I really trust the players that...
08:23Because I know the work that they are doing in the trainings.
08:27And I know that they are...
08:30You will be ready for this game.
08:32You will be ready for this game.
08:33And it's not a surprise for me.
08:35Just one point on...
08:36No control getters today.
08:38Is that still a tactical decision?
08:40And if so, considering there's a 17-year-old in Mateus Mane ahead of him,
08:45what does that say about control in his future?
08:47He knows.
08:48He knows the message.
08:49He knows the message.
08:50I had a conversation with him.
08:51You know, he must be with the spirit.
08:53But I believe, I believe, the conversation that we had will change the things.
08:59Because he needs to be with the spirit to help.
09:04He needs to be with the right mentality to help the team.
09:11You understand?
09:12And I must be honest with him.
09:16I had a conversation with him.
09:18And I explained.
09:19I'm not liking what we are doing now.
09:22Because we have the level.
09:24He has the level.
09:25He has the level.
09:26To help.
09:27And I want him, until the end of the season, in conditions with mentality, to help us.
09:34Go ahead.
09:35Ito, just one question, really.
09:38When you came to Wolves, you had a big challenge.
09:42The club was in a difficult moment.
09:45And there was a lot of negativity around.
09:48And people thought that Wolves were going to get sucked into that group.
09:54And if any of the promoted teams were going to stay up, it would be Wolves at their expense.
10:00How satisfying, as a coach, is it that you've come in, in that situation, and created the
10:08right spirit.
10:09Created the soul of the players that they want to fight when things are not going well.
10:14Created the systems that allow them to win.
10:17And have done that, when clearly it's not an easy job, as Ruben Almren is finding at Manchester United.
10:27You look like my friend.
10:29For a long, long time.
10:30Because you are saying good things about me.
10:38Look, the most important, in my opinion, is to be a coach, is to create the connection between
10:50the people, between the persons.
10:53And it was my first target, was to create, to bring again the good energy, the confidence,
11:05to trust.
11:07When I look for my side, I know that I have players to help me.
11:12When a player looks on his side on the pitch, he knows that the player beside him will help
11:19him.
11:21Through spirit, we start to be more time together.
11:28To speak not only about football, but about our lives.
11:33To create connection.
11:35Trying, since the first day, to create a connection with the supporters.
11:40To make them believe, and to make them proud.
11:46And a tactical idea.
11:47A tactical idea with the principles that, since the first day until the last training, we are
12:02working and the players know that I like good football.
12:09Like a team playing with the ball.
12:13But, sometimes it's not possible.
12:16Because the opponent is strong.
12:18Because we are not in our day.
12:21And we need to know how to defend.
12:24Today, we had maybe the record of free kicks and corners against us.
12:34But, in the end, they didn't score any goal.
12:37Because, even in set pieces, we improved a lot our organization.
12:46Thank you very much.