AC Milan v Roma, Serie A 2023/24: the pre-match press conference

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00:00 The second half of the season is starting tomorrow.

00:02 I think that improving in the second half of the season would guarantee you the third place.

00:08 If you want to think about something more, you have to improve it a lot.

00:12 Of course we have suffered another disappointment, like the Champions League and the Coppa Italia.

00:20 But we have to turn this disappointment into great energy and determination to try to get back on our feet.

00:27 Playing against Roma is never easy, they are a very physical and organised team.

00:31 They give you little space and they have a lot of attacking players.

00:35 They are very dangerous on the attacking pitch, so we have to put in a good performance to try and win.

00:41 Now there are two competitions left and we have to get back into the league.

00:45 We will have four weeks of clean football and then we will go back to playing in the Europa League.

00:50 Our biggest drawback is the goals we conceded.

00:55 This is a goal for all the players, and there are no role models.

01:01 There are no defenders, no goalkeepers.

01:04 There is a team that has to defend better, work harder, sacrifice more, be more attentive, collaborative and organised.

01:11 It is true that we are the second best attacking team, but we are also the sixth best defending team.

01:19 We all have to work together and work together to get better results.

01:28 I think we should have put the players in their own role.

01:31 Depending on the game, the characteristics of my players and the opposition's positions, we should try to have the right balance.

01:38 I'm sorry, but this is a situation we have to improve.

01:43 We have to keep on conceding goals where we are in the top of the table.

01:48 If we concede a goal, when we concede a goal, we lose the game.

01:53 When we concede a goal, we are not paying attention and we are not communicating.

01:59 This is another goal we have to focus on.

02:01 It is an open and compact challenge.

02:04 It is a difficult challenge because the opposition is a very experienced team.

02:07 They are physically strong and have a lot of quality.

02:09 We don't come in thinking we are the best.

02:14 We have to show that and we have to be careful and determined to do better than our opponents.

02:21 contendent.