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.
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