Dinamo Zagabria-Milan, Champions League 2024/25: la conferenza stampa della vigilia

A.C. MILAN OFFICIAL

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00:00The team for these games, which are all decisive in the different competitions we have,

00:06but one thing is to prepare with the blackboard and the video,

00:10another thing is on the pitch.

00:11Today we did it with the whole group on the pitch, 40 minutes.

00:15For me it's certainly not ideal, but we know this

00:20and we have to, with what we study from the opponent

00:26and what I know of my players, to play a positive game and win.

00:35Cristian, it's a different Milan.

00:37When you play in the Champions League, you seem very determined.

00:42Where do you think you can get, since you're very good in Italian,

00:47where can Milan get in this competition,

00:50since they have a different approach to the league?

00:55Yes, sorry, it's my first press conference in Italian.

01:00I'll try to do it in Italian.

01:02Yes, we did well in the Champions League this year.

01:07I don't know why we won the most in the Champions League,

01:11but we have a great chance tomorrow to get to the top eight.

01:17Yes, we have to go forward.

01:22Let's go to Carlos Passerini, Corriere della Sera.

01:26Hi Sergio.

01:27Hi Carlo.

01:28Listen, it's been a turbulent few days at Milan.

01:32I mean, you know what I mean.

01:34What are you talking about?

01:35Exactly.

01:39So I ask you, you said the other day,

01:41maybe all that has happened doesn't bring a bit of energy,

01:45maybe it's a shock.

01:47So I ask you, a few days have passed,

01:49did that episode shock you?

01:51I'm talking about Calabria and you at the end of the game.

01:54Did it shock the team?

01:56We don't need things that aren't interesting to shock us.

02:03The shock comes with hard work,

02:06with the motivation to play in this great competition,

02:10the best club competition in the world.

02:14Having done well in the Champions League at the moment,

02:19we want to finish this phase in the best way possible.

02:24That's the most important thing.

02:26We need motivation every day.

02:30Every time we go to Milan,

02:32I'm not there 24 hours a day,

02:36I have the responsibility to defend a club like Milan.

02:43That's the most important thing.

02:46Cristian, I have a question for you.

02:48What is missing at Milan at the moment?

02:51You've been here for a while,

02:53so you've seen a bit, you've been here for a while.

02:56What is missing from this team?

02:58What do you need to improve on?

03:01It's difficult to say exactly what is missing at the moment,

03:06but I think that in the last few games

03:09we've shown a good spirit as a team.

03:16At the end of the game, we want to start the game like that.

03:26I don't know what is missing the most.

03:31Andrea Ramazzotti from Gazzetta dello Sport.

03:36Hi, coach.

03:37Last Sunday you didn't make any calculations

03:42about Fufanacchia's defeat on the pitch.

03:47Next Sunday there's the derby.

03:50If the attitude is the same,

03:53you won't make any calculations this time either.

03:56What are your choices based on the players' condition?

04:00I wanted to ask if Morata needed a break

04:05because he played recently,

04:07or if he can play this game as well.

04:10Thanks.

04:11I understand the question.

04:14As I said, I think game by game.

04:20I don't make calculations in two games at once,

04:25because that's not good.

04:28It's not that I started yesterday,

04:32but the results are not good.

04:36We have to focus on tomorrow's game,

04:40which will be a big and difficult game,

04:43for a goal that we want.

04:46The first goal is to win the Super Cup,

04:49and we did that well.

04:51Now the second goal of the team

04:54is to get to the top eight

04:57and move on to the Champions League.

05:00That's what we're thinking about.

05:03We're focused on preparing for this important game

05:07in a short amount of time.

05:10We're not thinking about the derby.

05:12Tomorrow, on Thursday,

05:14when we get back home,

05:16that's what we'll be thinking about.

05:19Letizia, Francesco.

05:23Good evening, coach.

05:25Can this team win the Champions League?

05:29We're fresh from yesterday's press conference

05:32where Kai Walker admitted he asked for the Champions League prize,

05:36because he believes in us.

05:38What do you think about that?

05:40I'll ask Christian the same thing.

05:42In the dressing room, do you think

05:44we might win the Champions League

05:47Christian is going to answer.

05:50I have to say,

05:52there are many games left

05:54and our goal is to get to the top four.

05:58That's without a doubt.

06:04In the previous question,

06:07I said that we can't think about the derby.

06:12I imagine the Champions League is much further ahead.

06:16If we look ahead,

06:18we'll forget about the obstacles along the way.

06:22We'll risk falling.

06:24I don't want that.

06:26We have to work hard every day.

06:29The next game,

06:31what lies ahead,

06:33is tomorrow's game.

06:37It's not like that for us.

06:39We think we don't play well in the league.

06:43We only focus on the Champions League.

06:46That's not the case.

06:48We always have to focus on every game.

06:51We do well in the Champions League

06:53and we want to continue like that in the league.

06:57Let's go to Maurizio Cardone

06:59and then Antonello Gioia.

07:01If there are any questions from the local media, please.

07:04Good evening, coach.

07:06Nariad Azzagabria,

07:08it's your first month at AC Milan.

07:10A month full of many things.

07:12You've been at AC Milan for a year.

07:14What has this team improved on

07:18since you've been here

07:20and what do you expect to improve on?

07:22One of the things you'd like to see from the start.

07:27There are many moments in the game

07:29that I'd like to improve on.

07:31We haven't had many chances yet.

07:36Sometimes we do well in the game

07:40and sometimes we don't.

07:42There are moments when we have the ball

07:47that are important for our balance

07:50and for our opponents to start again.

07:53I'm talking about the quality of the game,

07:57the space we occupy,

07:59our offensive play,

08:01our balance when we lose the ball,

08:03our reaction to the ball,

08:05our defensive transition.

08:07There are many things.

08:09The coaches always look for perfection.

08:13I wouldn't say 100%,

08:15but there's always a thousand percent perfection.

08:18We work on all these details.

08:20As I said before,

08:22this isn't an excuse.

08:24I know the schedule and I always repeat this.

08:27There's no time limit.

08:29It's more difficult.

08:31The players like to train on the pitch,

08:33to see the space,

08:35the corrections we need to make.

08:39In these moments,

08:41it's clear to everyone

08:43and everyone talks about it.

08:45But I also see other things that are positive.

08:48I see other things

08:50that seem like we haven't improved.

08:54In my opinion,

08:58we've already improved

09:00a little bit of what I want.

09:03The lads believe in us.

09:07It's true that I prefer to win four games

09:12and play a calm game

09:14rather than a comeback.

09:16But that's how it is.

09:18You can win a game at the first minute

09:20or at the last minute.

09:22It's important to look at the spirit

09:25and the attitude in the game

09:27and put other things into it

09:30that are very important for me

09:32so that I can win more easily.

09:38Good evening.

09:39I'll start with Cristian.

09:41Cristian,

09:42Leao said it's hell to be close to Conceicao

09:45because you can feel it on the pitch.

09:47You play both left and right

09:49so you're always close.

09:51How do you feel about that?

09:53I'm sorry, I don't understand.

09:56Leao said in an interview

09:58that when the coach is close to him

10:01on the bench,

10:03you can always hear him shouting.

10:06Do you often play close to him?

10:08What's it like?

10:12What can I say?

10:14He's a...

10:15Don't say anything.

10:16No, it's better if I don't say anything.

10:19He has a strong voice

10:22but he's not too...

10:26No, nothing.

10:30You've spoken a lot about Lazio's concert

10:34but it's not a question about controversy.

10:37There's a song of his that comes to mind

10:39that says,

10:40we'll be reborn together by ash

10:42and by these ashes,

10:44by these fires

10:45that AC Milan can be reborn with.

10:48Is that the spirit

10:49that you're trying to instil in the team?

10:52Yes, I don't need a song.

10:55We're working hard

10:59to get to the end of the season

11:03and to achieve these goals.

11:11As I said before,

11:13to be reborn from a negative situation

11:18we need to focus on our work.

11:20That's the most important thing.

11:22I get to know the players better every day.

11:25They get to know me better.

11:26What do we want on the pitch with the team?

11:30Concerts and things like that.

11:32They're all different things

11:34that make people talk.

11:39I'm Portuguese,

11:41I'm from a different culture

11:42but I've worked in Italy as a player for many years.

11:45In the end, the language of football is universal.

11:51There's training for an hour and a half,

11:54two hours a day,

11:56but then there's a whole life.

11:59The players understand how important it is

12:02to go out on the pitch

12:03and train for an hour and a half.

12:06It's not a call for attention.

12:09It's not that the world has fallen

12:12because four or five players went to see the concert.

12:16It's not that.

12:19You don't even have to start

12:21from what happened at this level.

12:23For me, it's in the past.

12:25I've spoken to the players.

12:28I have my own rules.

12:33The club has its own rules too.

12:36It's in the past.

12:37It doesn't matter for tomorrow.

12:39It's not important for tomorrow.

12:42The most important thing for tomorrow

12:44is to focus on Dynamo

12:47and, above all, on our team

12:49and what we can do tomorrow

12:52to win and get the three points.

12:56Any questions from the local media?

13:03No?

13:04No.

13:05We'll do it on Radio Rai.

13:07The last one is from Carlo Pellegatti.

13:11It's not important for tomorrow,

13:13but I'd like to ask you

13:15about the rules and the discipline

13:20of this team in general.

13:23Is it like the other teams you've coached?

13:28Honestly, no.

13:30I don't see a team like this.

13:32I see a team that is very good.

13:34My players are good men

13:38and they understand that

13:40I have my thoughts on football

13:43and our sporting life

13:45and our profession.

13:46That's all.

13:47I believe in them a lot

13:48and I have a lot of faith in them.

13:50From the moment they know

13:52how we work as a group,

13:55they are very respectful of me

14:01and of them too.

14:03The coach has to see

14:05which group is leading.

14:07They are a good group at this level.

14:10When I joined, I changed a lot of things

14:15and in the end they accepted

14:17the way we play.

14:19It may seem like he hasn't changed,

14:21but we want to change a lot.

14:23I'm happy with that group at the moment.

14:29Good evening.

14:30A question for Cristian Pulisic

14:32and one for the coach.

14:33I'll start with Cristian Pulisic.

14:35I'll speak slowly.

14:37There was an interview with Fabio Cannavaro,

14:40coach of Dinamo Zagreb.

14:42He said,

14:43I haven't seen many differences

14:45between Fonseca's game

14:47and Conceição's.

14:49I'll ask you.

14:51In terms of training,

14:53in terms of the game,

14:55what are the differences

14:57between the coach from before

14:59in your way of playing

15:01and training?

15:05As he said,

15:07it's not easy

15:09because we don't have time

15:11to train.

15:13We play every three days.

15:16It's not easy.

15:18I don't know what I said before.

15:23The spirit has changed a bit.

15:26I think we have this mentality

15:30that the game is never over.

15:33It's difficult to say

15:35if there's a difference

15:37because we don't have a lot of time,

15:39as he said.

15:43Sergio Conceição.

15:44Once I was talking to Massimiliano Allegri

15:47and Juventus had to face Porto.

15:50Maybe you weren't there yet,

15:52but Porto was.

15:53He said,

15:54I'm more afraid of teams like Porto

15:57that have European DNA

15:59than of strong teams

16:01that have a bit of European heritage.

16:05You realise,

16:06first of all,

16:07there's no difference between Porto and Milan

16:10in the sense that the DNA is in both.

16:12Did you realise when you coached Milan

16:15in the Champions League games

16:17that there was something different

16:19compared to the other teams?

16:22They're two great clubs.

16:24I think Porto is one of the top three

16:27with the most presence in this competition,

16:29in the Champions League,

16:30with Barcelona and Real Madrid.

16:32Milan is the second club

16:34that has won the most trophies

16:36in this competition, seven.

16:38So there is weight.

16:41History doesn't play,

16:43it doesn't go into play.

16:45But it matters.

16:46Even your opponents,

16:48when they face Milan,

16:49are more concerned

16:51than when they face a great team

16:53that doesn't have it in them.

16:55Yes and no,

16:56but there's no doubt

16:57that the DNA is very important.

16:59The atmosphere around this competition

17:03is great

17:04when you have to play against these teams.

17:08For example,

17:09these two that I coached,

17:11Porto and Milan in the Champions League,

17:14it's clear.

17:15There's also the motivation

17:18that they have

17:19to face such historic clubs.

17:22Tomorrow we have a team

17:24that still has the hope

17:26of going to the play-offs

17:28and it will be very tough.

17:29It will be a very, very difficult game

17:32for these reasons.

17:33For the motivation to go to the play-offs

17:35and then to face a team

17:37that is a historic team

17:39in the Champions League

17:41and not just in the Champions League

17:43but in other competitions.

17:44Milan and Porto

17:46have already been world champions

17:48and there's no doubt about that.

17:50On the one hand it's positive

17:52and on the other hand

17:53it's positive for the opposition.

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