Costacurta: "This Champions League is a new challenge"

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00:00It's clear that the away games are, especially in those periods where there were direct eliminations,

00:09the champions of that nation, difficult conditions, very good teams,

00:17but we, paradoxically, found stimuli, pressures, all positive elements to make great games.

00:27I remember that the slightly difficult conditions charged us,

00:31then we knew that at home everything would have been simpler,

00:35but it was a challenge, it was a challenge for us to silence the public at home.

00:43These types of demonstrations do nothing but confirm the fact that when you do your job well,

00:48that when you collect what you sow during the week,

00:52you are rewarded for the attitude of those who paradoxically could be your opponents,

00:59because even the recognition of the opponents on the field was extraordinary.

01:04It is clear that when you go out to applaud the audience after playing ten,

01:08it is clear that after the end they understand the commitment you have put in,

01:12the quality of the team, morals and above all physics.

01:16I believe that there are certain teams that every child would like to face in becoming a footballer

01:22and when you have the opportunity to face certain teams,

01:25I believe that Milan, Bayern, Real Madrid, Manchester City in this period,

01:29I believe that in a sense you can only enjoy playing in certain stadiums and facing certain teams.

01:35We have been at the top of the European championships for 20 years

01:43and so in a sense these are all manifestations of what we have sown

01:47and this can only give us satisfaction.

01:54I believe that the news in a sense gives a little bit of enthusiasm,

01:57changing things a little bit I believe that there is a different energy.

02:02In the past years, after three or four games,

02:05the rounds were practically, I would say almost half,

02:10they were practically acquired results.

02:12So the last two games did not show that energy, that concentration.

02:18So you know that until the end you have to get to the end,

02:22because the criteria to get ahead are of course the points,

02:26but then it becomes the goals, the goals on the road,

02:28so it becomes a new challenge.

02:31In my opinion, new challenges always bring some good motivation.