Amorim delighted with Manchester Utd performance in 4-1 Soceidad Europa league win

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Amorim delighted with Manchester Utd performance in 4-1 Soceidad Europa league win  13/03/2025  Old trafford, Manchester, UK

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00:00Microphone for questions, please.

00:18Can I ask you about Patrick Dorgoo,

00:20that his performance seemed to have good end product as well,

00:26but also he was seen asking, telling the referee

00:30that he didn't think it was a penalty when he won in that fact.

00:35As a manager, do you like to see that sportsmanship?

00:37It depends. It's the right thing to do, so I'm quite proud of him, but it depends.

00:45I cannot say if he's nil-nil or losing if I have the same response, so he did well.

00:52He did a great performance, he was improving during the game,

00:58so he's learning a lot in that position.

01:01He has the physicality, he's clearly able to play in our league,

01:07so it was a good game and a good action from Dorgoo.

01:12We speak a lot about Bruno Fernandes,

01:16people criticising him, you said before,

01:19but today when you're losing and you need someone to step up, he's done it again.

01:25Can you just explain what he brings to your performance?

01:29I think it's not just the team, it's the club.

01:32We already spoke about Bruno a lot of times.

01:36We know that he sometimes is frustrated.

01:39We know that he wants to win so bad,

01:42that sometimes when we are not playing well, he's changing position and going after the ball,

01:51and sometimes he needs to trust a little bit more in his teammates to allow them

01:57to do their job and help him also to play better.

02:01But when we need it, he's always there.

02:04In the set-pieces, he can change position, he can bring the ball forward,

02:09he can score goals, he can make transitions,

02:11like he showed today in the last 10 minutes of the game.

02:15He can defend, so he's a perfect captain for our team

02:19and we need to help him to win titles because he deserves a lot.

02:22Do you agree that in that number 10 role, that maybe seems to unleash a little bit of what you're doing,

02:31so you're carrying the ball, being out of possession, pressing for a title.

02:34What are your thoughts on the performance?

02:36I think all the team played really well.

02:39I think the moments that we lost some of the control of the game was our fault.

02:46But I think we did a very complete exhibition.

02:50We defended quite well, sometimes one against one in the back.

02:54We tried to play, we showed some moments and Josh was part of that.

02:59I think he's improving.

03:00He's more aggressive when he doesn't have the ball,

03:05so if he's improving without the ball, that can help Josh a lot with the ball

03:11because he has the talent.

03:12In some plays, I think he can be more direct.

03:16He has a lot of class touching the ball, but sometimes he needs to think more as a striker.

03:23I need to score, no matter what.

03:24It doesn't need to be the most beautiful goal or control, but he's improving.

03:30Was that the best or the most complete performance you've seen since you came in?

03:38I think I felt during the week that we showed that we are ready for this kind of games.

03:56I think our exhibition against Arsenal was not beautiful, but helped a lot.

04:03That second half helped us a lot to believe.

04:06Then I felt that the team, even before the match, was full of confidence.

04:12We suffered a goal, but we continued to play the same thing and that can show that

04:18since the first minute, we believed that we could go to the next stage.

04:24But this is also a different competition.

04:27I think the physicality of our team made a great difference in these two games.

04:36What have been the improvements from the tactical point of view in relation to other games?

04:56I think we had more time to think.

05:01Real Sociedad usually press a little bit higher and today we had more time to think.

05:08Again, we suffered a lot, especially in our league, in some games with the physicality.

05:15We felt that we could let three against three in front because we feel that with our physicality,

05:21we can recover position and we can deal with the players one against one.

05:26So everything in this game helped us a lot to play better.

05:31With the ball and without the ball.

05:40I think he's improving his game and I'm improving the way I should use a player like Casemiro.

05:47I'm not trying to put Casemiro pressing really high.

05:52I think we are.

05:53You can feel that our team is more connected, even defending.

05:57That can help a lot Casemiro because he's so smart and intelligent reading the game.

06:06In short spaces, he can understand where the ball is going.

06:10So it's everything together.

06:11The team is better.

06:12The players can play better.

06:14I understand better the characteristics of the players.

06:17So everything combined can help us to win games.

06:20How important was it tonight to win this game?

06:26Not just to win the game, but what it does for your season?

06:30Your season is still alive.

06:33The feeling and you can feel it, the fans, the noise.

06:37It's hard to explain.

06:40You feel confident from the supporters.

06:43The players.

06:44It was a really good night and we have this competition.

06:47We have the Premier League.

06:48It gives us a lot of energy and confidence to go to our games in the Premier League.

06:54We feel we can go to the next stage and we believe that we can go to another stage.

07:02This week was a different week.

07:07We dealt with a lot of problems of the president.

07:10We showed the future.

07:13It's not finished because we have a game on Sunday.

07:15This game today was really good for everybody in the club.

07:18The staff, the players and especially the fans.

07:21And you can finally enjoy your games?

07:24Yeah, the feeling is completely different.

07:28Not just the result, but the way we play.

07:32So it's the same job, but it's completely different.

07:38But the good thing and the bad thing is that after this game it's over and tomorrow we

07:43are going to think about Sunday.

07:44It's going to be hard.

07:47The next game in the Premier League.

07:50Congratulations for the victory.

07:51The question was about the three penalties and especially the last one.

07:56And what would you think if this had happened on the other side?

08:02In the United, would you be angry?

08:07The last one?

08:10No, I don't see the image.

08:12The last one was Patrick.

08:14Yes, Patrick, if it's not a penalty.

08:16What I think is that I never speak about and we have the opposite.

08:23But when there is no penalty, it's no penalty.

08:26When it's a penalty, it should be a penalty.

08:28So that's it.

08:30I think VAR brings more fairness to the game.

08:36But I didn't see clearly the image.

08:39OK, thank you.

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