Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzic and full back Julian Ryerson preview their UEFA Champions League clash with AC Milan
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00:00 It's out here.
00:26 Buonasera from San Siro. We're delighted to be here for our game against AC Milan.
00:32 I'd like to welcome our head coach Edin Terzic and our player Julian Riasson.
00:40 I'd like to ask you to ask your questions.
00:43 Our interpreter Dario will be there to translate the questions for our Italian colleagues.
00:48 Thank you.
00:49 Janik Huber from the Bild newspaper.
00:55 Edin, you had to take on Niklas Süle's suspension.
01:06 How do you plan to deal with that if someone else is to be suspended?
01:11 You have no substitutes in that position.
01:13 How are the other two players doing?
01:17 I'll start with the other two players.
01:19 You're playing against Karim Adeyemi and Sepp Haller, who weren't here last weekend.
01:24 Sepp Haller was able to train with us yesterday and joined us today.
01:28 Karim wasn't able to train with the team yesterday, but he'll be joining us on the training pitch.
01:33 We'll have a training session tomorrow morning, so we can assume that it's enough for both of them to be in the squad.
01:39 Niklas Süle told us this morning that he wasn't doing well,
01:42 so we decided this morning that he wouldn't be travelling to Italy.
01:47 Nevertheless, we know that we don't just have the three guys who have played for us in the central defence,
01:55 but also Emre Can, who's a very experienced player and has often played in the central defence.
02:01 Rami Benzebaini has not only played for Gladbach, but also for us in the pre-season.
02:07 He played for the Algerian national team in the four-man squad.
02:10 We also have our U19s in Milan, and you've probably heard that we've brought Henry Blanc in twice
02:19 for the games against Newcastle, to be prepared for all possibilities.
02:24 How will the win against Gladbach help the team against Milan tomorrow?
02:39 Basically, every win helps.
02:42 We haven't had an unimportant win yet, and I think the way we were able to develop so much strength
02:52 in the first half of the final phase, speaks for the quality that's inside of us.
02:58 Of course, we want to take that positive feeling into this task tomorrow,
03:03 but we also know that we have to be ready for the next game.
03:07 We know that tomorrow in the Champions League, it won't be allowed to make many mistakes against such an opponent,
03:15 and we'll be optimally prepared for that.
03:27 Leao is the most representative player in the team, so how much advantage does that give Borussia?
03:39 Who would you take out of the Milan squad that is expected tomorrow night?
03:43 Traipulisi, Simenjan?
03:52 First of all, it's always a shame when a player is injured.
03:55 I'm not 100% sure that he can still come on tomorrow.
03:59 We'll have to wait and see how things go.
04:03 Of course, he's an extremely good and important player for Milan.
04:07 Secondly, I don't want to give an answer, because that would only be a headline
04:12 for who I think is good and who I think is less good.
04:15 I think Milan have an outstandingly good team, but so do we, and we're very happy with our team.
04:21 Good evening, Antonio Gioia, Tutto Mercato Web.
04:24 A question for Mr Terzic.
04:26 Piolli said that Milan knew what the yellow wall was,
04:31 but Borussia Dortmund don't know the strength of the Milan San Siro in the Champions League.
04:37 What kind of environment are you expecting tomorrow,
04:39 and if the San Siro, seen against Paris Saint-Germain,
04:42 can also scare a team that is prepared at the level of the environment, like Borussia Dortmund?
04:49 I was lucky enough to be able to be there in 2019,
04:54 when we played here in this stadium.
04:56 At that time it was a different opponent,
04:58 but we don't just know about the beauty of this building,
05:03 but of course also about the emotionality.
05:05 We know that Milan can count on the support of their fans tomorrow,
05:09 just as we can do with our away team.
05:12 So that's something that this stadium may not know yet.
05:15 We're looking forward to that support for a guest team.
05:19 We're very lucky that we were able to experience many beautiful stadiums in this group stage.
05:25 In every stadium it was very emotional, very loud.
05:28 We're used to it from the Bundesliga,
05:30 but we also know that we have to be very alert and be there immediately,
05:35 especially in the starting phase tomorrow.
05:38 Of course, they will try to pull the audience aside immediately with the first actions,
05:42 but we're used to that and we'll be very aware of that.
05:48 Jannik has already asked you in that direction.
05:52 I would like to continue, I think without translation.
05:54 I have to come back to the inside defence.
05:56 It was heard here that Nico Schlotterbeck should be a little cold.
06:01 He may not be able to train right away.
06:03 Can you confirm that?
06:05 Nico has come to the training ground a little cold today.
06:10 However, the examinations with him were much better than those with Niklas Süle.
06:14 He will stay in the hotel today and have a unit at the hotel individually.
06:19 But the very clear plan is that he will complete the unit with us at 11 o'clock in the morning
06:24 on the training ground to be ready for tomorrow evening.
06:27 That was Kevin Pindow from the Ruhr Nachrichten.
06:30 Now it goes on with Patrick Kleinmann from Kicker.
06:33 I'll conclude with a defence question.
06:35 You haven't conceded a goal in the last three games in the Champions League.
06:38 You have conceded a goal, much better or more often than in the Bundesliga.
06:42 Is there an explanation for the discrepancy?
06:44 Maybe also to Julian, who was involved as a defender in the games so far?
06:48 Especially in the Champions League, you know that if you don't just see the excuses,
06:55 but basically in the Champions League, you know that you can't afford to make many mistakes.
06:59 And that the probability of winning a game is much greater if you defend the zero first.
07:04 We did quite well until the first matchday in Paris,
07:08 even though there was a very steady penalty.
07:12 But you can't just see that we conceded few goals, but also didn't score too many.
07:17 That means that all the games were very hard-fought and very close.
07:20 And we expect exactly the same thing from us tomorrow,
07:24 that we invest everything again tomorrow to defend the zero,
07:27 and then increase the probability of winning.
07:30 A colleague from Italy.
07:33 I think he wanted to ask Julian again.
07:35 He was very quiet. If you can repeat that.
07:42 Patrick Kleimer again, sorry.
07:45 Maybe the question to you Julian, is it better now?
07:49 I'll try it a little bit louder.
07:50 The microphone is very quiet, I think.
07:52 It was about you playing three games to zero in the Champions League.
07:55 In the league you conceded 19 goals in 12 games, so a slightly worse quota.
07:58 Is there an explanation for that, that it's better for you in the Champions League to defend than in the league?
08:03 Maybe the games are a bit more controlled than in the Bundesliga.
08:08 But I think we played good games in the Champions League,
08:12 where we played to zero.
08:14 The games are close, and the coach has already said the rest.
08:21 The colleague in the front.
08:25 How much has the experience of a collaborator from Jurgen Klopp served you from 2010 to 2013?
08:32 What advice does he need for his career?
08:36 It's not quite the truth.
08:45 I wasn't his co-coach, or maybe that's the wrong translation.
08:48 I was in the youth team as a co-coach,
08:52 but I was also allowed to work in scouting and do a lot of analysis.
08:56 It was a huge gift for me,
08:58 not just to be there to see everything, but also to ask one or two questions.
09:03 And to this day the relationship is still very good, and that's extremely important to me.
09:08 Because Jürgen made sure that we don't have to invent a lot of new things at BVB,
09:14 but just have to remember a lot of things.
09:16 The colleague in the front, also from Veterinär.
09:21 Good morning, coach.
09:23 What Dortmund did we see in the first half?
09:27 A standard Dortmund, or do you generally play better or worse?
09:33 I think it was a very close game, a very balanced game.
09:42 Sometimes there was a phase where we were closer to leading,
09:47 but then there was a phase, especially towards the end, where Milan could be very dangerous.
09:51 I think, and my co-coach will agree with me,
09:55 that both teams didn't show their best faces.
09:58 It was a very careful game, but it was a good game, not a bad game.
10:04 There weren't many mistakes, both teams defended very well and very passionately.
10:08 Nevertheless, I think both teams left the game with a dissatisfied feeling.
10:13 Tomorrow is a new challenge, both for us and for the opponent.
10:19 We have a lot of respect for the task, we have a lot of respect for the opponent,
10:24 but we also have a lot of confidence in our own strength.
10:27 The colleague in the front, in the first row.
10:31 Luca Marini, Tissimpre Milan.
10:34 Coach, what is the mistake that Dortmund shouldn't make tomorrow,
10:38 especially at the psychological level?
10:41 It shouldn't happen to us that the game is not important for us from the first second.
10:50 We have to go into the whole day tomorrow with absolute focus,
10:55 prepare for this big challenge that awaits us, but also for the big chance.
11:00 We have now worked on something.
11:03 After the first matchday we had to ask ourselves if it had already been in the death's dome,
11:08 because we lost in Paris.
11:11 After the draw on the second matchday it was already over for us.
11:14 Now we are at the top after four games.
11:17 We know about the tight situation in the group, everything is still possible.
11:22 Every team can continue to qualify, but we have the best starting position.
11:26 We are at the top and we have worked hard on this starting position.
11:30 We want to use it tomorrow to move into the knockout phase as the first team.
11:34 Jürgen Kors from the Ruhr Nachrichten.
11:37 Good evening.
11:38 A question to Julian.
11:40 You are versatile, you can play left and right.
11:43 In the past weeks you have played very offensively on the right side due to tactical changes.
11:50 What challenges does that bring for you?
11:52 What are your strengths that you can bring in?
11:55 What would you like to learn in this area,
11:58 if you play with the three-man formation on the right side, almost as an outside striker?
12:03 I have played a lot in the past at the Union.
12:08 You talked about improvements.
12:12 More goals, more assists.
12:14 This position is also possible, where you are a little higher.
12:18 An interesting position, a little different, but still familiar to me.
12:23 The colleague in front with the microphone.
12:27 Good evening, Terzi from Sky Sport.
12:30 You said you wanted to be in the top flight.
12:35 But to come here to San Siro and bring home a point
12:39 could be a good result for Borussia Dortmund.
12:43 Or, aiming for the top spot, you come here to win tomorrow against Milan.
12:47 I always find it dangerous when something is translated.
12:55 I didn't say that our goal is to put the group on the first place.
12:59 We have a great chance.
13:01 That's what's in our hands tomorrow.
13:04 A victory that won't be easy, but is possible.
13:09 If possible, we will give everything and try to get to ten points.
13:13 That's what qualifies us for the next round.
13:17 But of course you have to wait for the history and dynamics of the game.
13:23 How it all develops.
13:26 Even if it's an important game, it's still a football game.
13:30 There's everything.
13:32 There are red cards, penalties.
13:35 So it's hard to say how it will all turn out tomorrow.
13:38 We will prepare for going home as winners tomorrow.
13:41 And then go into the next round.
13:43 That's our clear goal.
13:45 The colleague in front.
13:48 Good evening, Massimo Canta from Carta Canta.
13:51 Welcome, coach.
13:53 Today Pioli said it will be a different game than the one against PSG.
13:59 Because you have two different ways of playing.
14:02 What impressed you the most about Milan against PSG?
14:07 Thank you.
14:08 Of course I saw it.
14:15 What impressed me the most was that you know how PSG can develop.
14:21 Especially when they are in the lead and can play on the counter.
14:25 I think they were not satisfied with how they fell behind.
14:28 Very early on, with a avoidable corner.
14:31 But when you saw how quickly they backed up.
14:34 How many chances they could create.
14:36 And that's what I said before.
14:38 Italian teams are always said to be able to defend very well and cleverly.
14:43 And when you saw with what discipline, with what passion,
14:47 how they defended the win in the final phase.
14:50 And PSG barely got a chance to score.
14:53 That was what impressed us about this performance.
14:56 Thomas Kulski from ZDF.
14:58 Edin, hello.
14:59 These are the weeks of truth in all three competitions.
15:03 If you look at the DFB Cup.
15:06 Can you really watch every game for yourself?
15:09 Under the motto, the next game is the most important.
15:13 Or are there any conceptual considerations in mind?
15:17 That this is the most important.
15:19 Or in this game I bring the absolute top team.
15:23 The weeks of truth started with the game against Schott Mainz.
15:29 The first competitive game.
15:31 And so we go through the whole season.
15:33 That sounds like I repeat myself like every coach in recent decades.
15:38 That the next game is the most important.
15:41 But that's the only way to get there.
15:44 We have already discussed it once.
15:46 That Niko Stotterbeck can't train this afternoon.
15:49 That Niklas Süle had to stay at home.
15:52 And that's why it's about us taking the task tomorrow as the most important task.
15:57 That sounds a bit silly and a bit easy.
16:00 But that's exactly how it works.
16:02 We want to go to our maximum every day.
16:05 We have said together in the summer that we don't want to make a difference anymore.
16:10 In which competition we play.
16:12 The only difference is between winning and losing.
16:15 We take care of that in a three-day rhythm.
16:18 The last question comes from Patrick Kleinmann.
16:21 Thank you.
16:22 I would like to ask you a personal question.
16:25 I think we didn't even talk about Marcel Sabitzer.
16:28 Can you give a brief account of what it looks like for him?
16:31 He was replaced at the weekend.
16:33 Marcel has been replaced because he felt a bit on his thigh.
16:37 We decided not to take the risk of having him on the pitch.
16:42 He was able to train individually yesterday.
16:44 He will also stay individually today to train with us early tomorrow.
16:48 The prospect of a job is very high.
16:51 Thank you for coming.
16:53 Thank you Julian.
16:54 Thank you Edin.
16:55 And thank you to the two colleagues with the microphones.
16:57 That worked out very well.
16:58 Thank you.
16:59 Thank you.
17:00 Grazie.
17:02 Bye.
17:04 Bye.
17:06 Bye.
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