De Zerbi fears for March after knee injury and claims Brighton struggling with squad size (Full presser part 2)
Brighton boss Roberto de Zerbi fears for Solly March after knee injury as he claims Brighton are struggling with squad size after their 2-1 defeat to Manchester City
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00:00 [inaudible]
00:07 [speaking in Italian]
00:13 Because we need Milner.
00:18 We need him today and we need him in the next games,
00:24 in the future, Thursday, Sunday.
00:27 The problem in the first half wasn't Milner,
00:33 because we gave too much time to the defender, the midfielder,
00:37 of City to find Dooku.
00:43 It's not a problem of Milner.
00:46 And I changed it in the half time because he couldn't play more than 60,
00:55 50, 55 minutes.
00:59 And I spent one change for Welbeck already,
01:04 and it was the best decision to change him in the half time.
01:11 [inaudible]
01:17 Yes, I would like Mitoma plays the first half
01:23 like as a second half.
01:26 And for it, I'm frustrated because I think we lost the first half
01:35 and we lost the possibility to play like Brighton with our quality,
01:42 with our DNA.
01:45 [inaudible]
01:50 About your...
01:53 Yes, it's okay.
01:58 [inaudible]
02:18 No, no.
02:24 Dank, Adingra, Pascal Gross, Bill Gilmore, Evan Ferguson,
02:31 they played in national team.
02:33 Last season, Gross and Dank, they didn't play in national team.
02:38 And we have to adapt.
02:41 We are not used to playing so many games.
02:44 And it can happen the first moment, but not only Dank and Gross and Adingra,
02:51 but João Pedro is not used to playing against City
02:59 because he played in championship last season.
03:06 If we want to compete against City at IAD,
03:12 we have to play with more energy, with more courage
03:17 because we are able to play better.
03:20 Because if I speak only about City,
03:23 City is the best team in the world when they are in a good condition
03:30 and it's difficult to play against.
03:32 But I work for Brighton and I have to be focusing on my team.
03:39 I think in the first half we can play better.
03:42 [inaudible]
03:45 I think no, because we didn't change nothing in the half time.
03:52 We pressed better, stronger in the second half.
03:56 The first half, it's like we were afraid,
04:00 "No, if I go to press, if I lose my opponent."
04:04 No, no, we have to press.
04:05 If we prepare to press, we have to press.
04:08 If we have to stay man to man, we go man to man, stronger than first half.
04:15 The second half I think we played with more courage.
04:20 Thank you.
04:24 [BLANK_AUDIO]