Ambrosini: "La Champions è sempre stata speciale"

A.C. MILAN OFFICIAL

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00:00The Champions League has always been special, from the moment it was born.

00:09For us it has always been something really special.

00:12And I think it is guilty special, in the sense that we have,

00:17let's say, reserved too much energy for the Champions League compared to the league.

00:22In other words, we could have done better in the league in our years.

00:27I was in the hotel when Oscar Washington Tabarez told me that I would play in the evening,

00:34because Svone Boban had a fever.

00:37I remember the exact moment when I was pressing the elevator button.

00:41He came and told me,

00:43did you understand that you are playing tonight?

00:45I said, yes.

00:47Mentally, I remember the emotion of that moment.

00:51And from then on, from the afternoon until the evening,

00:54there were strange feelings that crossed my mind.

00:58I am ready, I will be ready.

01:00Also because that team was...

01:02I saw the formation of that evening again.

01:06It gave me goosebumps.

01:12If you analyze the player,

01:14he was predisposed for the way he was going to play.

01:16Because he was a great personality,

01:19and also a great determination.

01:21If you are a midfielder,

01:23and you have a good technique,

01:25but you spend a lot of time like him in Liverpool,

01:27you also have a bad reaction,

01:30which is fundamental in England.

01:33So, when I played against him,

01:35I had the perception that he was a player who made the ball travel well.

01:38He had a great personality,

01:40but he also had a great physical ability.

01:43In the final, three or four times,

01:45we went against each other in a heavy way.

01:48But in general, he was a great player.

01:50So, he also had a great personality.

01:52As a coach, he is amazing,

01:54because of the speed with which he is doing huge things.

01:57Playing against Bayern is tough.

01:59It's tough.

02:01It will be a very tough game.

02:06First of all, the cold.

02:08If you talk to any of us,

02:10the first thing they tell you about Dortmund,

02:12about that famous big game,

02:14is that it was 10 degrees below zero.

02:18I remember when we went out to warm up in Dortmund,

02:21you knew it was cold,

02:23but we had passed from the hotel,

02:25to the bus, to the stadium,

02:27we had noticed it.

02:29When we got out to warm up,

02:31the first time you take the air,

02:33you breathe,

02:35the air is frozen in your lungs,

02:37and you say, how can we play like this?

02:39And then it went well, because I scored a goal.

02:41Even in Monaco, we won the quarter-finals.

02:44No, no, he told us well.

02:47In Madrid,

02:49I have a great memory of Madrid,

02:51because we won.

02:53We won 3-2 against Leonardo,

02:55with a goal from Pato.

02:57I don't remember.

02:59We were a bit unlucky there,

03:01because the game went well in general.

03:03But no, Carlo is Carlo.

03:05There's nothing else to say.

03:07If we start talking about Carlo,

03:09we'll be here until tomorrow.

03:12If I tell you now,

03:14on the first day,

03:16I have some doubts about the charm

03:18of this first phase.

03:20I have the feeling that,

03:22even after the first game,

03:24there's no feeling of sports drama

03:26if you lose.

03:28If you didn't do well in the first

03:30and in the second game,

03:32you had the perception that

03:34you were almost out.

03:36So the first games were very important.

03:38Now, I hope I'm not wrong,

03:40there's the feeling that

03:42you have many more chances.

03:44You can get back into the situation.

03:46So there's a bit of charm,

03:48a bit of that feeling that

03:50the first game and the second

03:52are fundamental.

03:54Maybe I'm wrong.

03:56We'll see.

03:58It's definitely an advantage

04:00for those who, like Milan,

04:02had a hard time in the first game.

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