Amorim on Martinez winner at Fulham and Rashford transfer latest

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Amorim on Martinez winner at Fulham and Rashford transfer latest  26/01/2025  Craven Cottage, London, Uk

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00:00Hi Reuben. I believe you've just, everyone is aware it's your big day tomorrow. I don't

00:23know if you're looking forward to it or dreading it getting over. But I believe you've told

00:28the TV already you feel like you're turning 50 after two months of managing Manchester

00:34United. I wonder if you could go into some depth about that please. Why do you feel like

00:38you're ageing quicker?

00:41First of all I say thanks to you guys then I regret right away because you are talking

00:47about that. It's just a funny thing because I win, we win and it's a good day for us.

00:55Of course it was not a great performance and we can see it but we fight for the win. We

01:03gave some time to the team to understand the game, not playing so well but gave us time

01:09to have that bit of luck that we need sometimes to win a football match. A clean sheet also

01:15so let's get this feeling to the next game.

01:21Do you feel that sort of fortunate really because maybe it was a deflected goal, you

01:27probably weren't at your best in the first half. I guess that's what my friend means

01:31about ageing. He was assessed today wasn't he?

01:35No, you need sometimes a little bit of luck and we had some games that we lost in the

01:40end. Nobody cared because the results, that counts. I remember some chances that we missed

01:47for example against Nottingham, Burnmount, some goals in the first minutes of the game

01:54that changed the game. So today I can see that we have a lot to improve. We didn't play

02:01so well with the ball but we gave time to the team and when you have time and talented

02:06players that can show in one play and they can change the game and today was that situation.

02:13Do you feel or do you have a bit of luck that it was about time and some came your way and

02:19if so does that help tactical coherence or the team to understand?

02:24It's like, again, we give time to the, we control the ball, we understand the momentum,

02:33when to go a little bit slow to the throw in, when to take a little bit of time, when

02:38to return to play against with the centre defenders. These kind of details are really

02:43important to give us time to have these kind of moments from Bruno, from Garner, from Ahmad.

02:48They will find the chance so we need to give time to our team to win the game. So it's

02:53a little bit luck because the kick changed direction but we had some situations in the

03:01last games that was the opposite so it was a good day today.

03:06Martial and Escoria go in a similar way to the Anfield game forward. Is that what we're

03:10going to see from your centre-back? Is that when you talk about back three, back five,

03:14having defenders that are being aggressive and scoring goals?

03:17Yeah, they are nowadays and sometimes they are the midfielders because you don't have

03:22a lot of space between the lines and you have to find this space and they are the players,

03:27they have the game in front and they have to be the midfielders so it's really important.

03:32I think when the centre defenders play well with the ball, we play well. It's something

03:38that Lichardt does really well and can take the ball. He has to continue and the other

03:44guys have to improve also in that area.

03:47Just on Rasmus, he had a bit of a difficult game. What's your view of his form at the

03:52moment in terms of hold of play and being next to the team?

03:56He wants really, really hard and then you can see that sometimes without training there

04:02is a disconnection. We can explain but without training sometimes he goes away when he should

04:08be near, sometimes go near when he should make a run so we don't have time to create that

04:14connection. We don't train these kind of things, we just talk about these things and of course

04:21he has a lot to improve like the teammates. Sometimes you have a good game and the other

04:27day you cannot have a good performance. The important thing is that I see every day that

04:33he wants really bad, he talks about that, he wants to train a little bit more in the

04:38end of training. That is the best thing to improve but as a footballer you have this

04:44young guy, he has to understand that sometimes you have a bad game but you have to continue

04:49to go to the next.

04:51Do you like how Martinez plays right on the edge or are you sometimes worried that he

04:55might go over the edge?

04:58In terms of with the ball?

04:59In terms of tackles. I mean just to say there's a lot of talk about his tackle, punch-by-array

05:05in the...

05:06I didn't see it. I cannot spend two months saying that we need to be more aggressive

05:15and fight more and then I say to Lisandro not to fight too much. It's a balance. The

05:24important thing is that Lichardt doesn't want to harm another footballer. That is the most

05:30important thing. He wants to win and he shows in every play.

05:37Can't actually start the last two games. Will he move in and is he staying in this one right now?

05:42That nobody knows. Anything can happen but I count with Garnaciu. He's improving in every

05:53department of the game. The way they recovered, the understanding of the game when they defend.

06:00I'm trying to find the best position for him. Today he played a little bit more open, not

06:06so much inside. So we need guys with one against one but like I say I don't know what

06:13is going to happen until the end of the window.

06:19You've mentioned Haaland obviously struggling with goals. Is there any way back for Marcus

06:27Weissman who's obviously got a pretty knack for it? He's got eight goals in his first

06:30game.

06:32It's always the same reason.

06:38What is that reason?

06:40The reason is the training. The way I see what a footballer should do in training, in

06:48life. It's every day, every detail. If things don't change, I will not change.

06:57So if he's still there after the window closes, it's the same situation?

07:00It's the same situation for every player. If you do the maximum, if you do the right

07:04things, we can use every player. You can see it today on the bench. We miss a little bit

07:12pace to go, to change the game, to move some pieces but I prefer like that. I will put

07:18Vital before I put a player that doesn't give the maximum every day. I will not change

07:26in that department.

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