Manuel Akanji and Pep Guardiola faced questions from the media in Switzerland ahead of Wednesday's Champions League encounter against Young Boys.
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00:25 Hi, Manu.
00:26 Pep spoke at the weekend about a sort of hangover
00:29 from winning the treble.
00:30 You've all kind of found it difficult to lift yourselves
00:34 back up after last season.
00:36 How have you found it?
00:39 I think we started really well into the season.
00:41 Obviously, we didn't win the community shield.
00:44 We should have done better in this game.
00:46 But after that, I think we had a long streak of winning games.
00:52 And then, yeah, the three losses in a row-- or not in a row.
00:54 We had the Champions League game in between.
00:56 But in England, we lost three games in a row.
00:58 And that obviously wasn't good for us.
01:01 But it's good that we've shown a reaction
01:03 after the national team break and won
01:04 the game on the weekend, which wasn't easy.
01:06 Just on a kind of personal level, physically and mentally,
01:12 you've probably not had much break over the summer.
01:16 Do you feel like you've got another long season in you
01:19 and you're ready to go for all that?
01:22 Yes, I'm ready to go.
01:22 Guys?
01:28 Jack?
01:29 Just going back to the treble last year, Manu,
01:31 is there a mental thing with players
01:34 that it's quite difficult to get away from the fact
01:37 that you have basically achieved everything?
01:39 So it must be quite difficult to get yourselves up
01:42 for going again.
01:45 Not for me.
01:47 I mean, I can't speak for all the guys.
01:49 Everyone has their own opinion.
01:50 But for me, I want to go again this year.
01:53 I want to win everything that's possible.
01:55 Unfortunately, we are out of the Carabao Cup,
01:57 so we can't win this anymore.
01:59 But I hope in all the other competition,
02:01 I hope we can fight for the titles and be up there
02:03 and hopefully lift some more trophies at the end of the year.
02:07 Paul?
02:09 Hey, Manu, you've played for Raphael Wiki before.
02:13 What is he like as a manager and what are you expecting
02:15 from young boys tomorrow?
02:18 It's kind of hard to say.
02:19 It's some time ago.
02:20 I only had him for half a year, if I'm guessing right.
02:25 He was a really good manager,
02:26 but I think he developed as well as a manager.
02:29 He was in America, then now back in Switzerland,
02:33 doing a good job at the young boys.
02:35 So it's hard to tell.
02:37 I think they won't be scared.
02:40 I think they try to play their football.
02:42 I think they try to be brave.
02:44 But in the end, yeah, we're coming here.
02:46 We got to focus on ourselves and we come for the three points.
02:52 Hi, Manu.
02:53 Are there any concerns for players going from a turf pitch
02:58 to an artificial pitch?
03:01 Yeah, it's not the same.
03:03 We're not used to playing on the artificial,
03:06 but we got a training here today.
03:08 We'll see how it feels.
03:09 It's not my favourite one, but it is what it is.
03:12 We can't change it anymore and we got to do our best tomorrow.
03:15 Just at the back there, please.
03:18 Thank you.
03:20 Hi, Manu.
03:21 Just going back to last weekend,
03:22 how frustrating was the red card?
03:24 And do you feel you have a point to prove tomorrow?
03:27 I was really frustrated.
03:29 I think it was wasn't even a foul.
03:32 I saw him going the other side.
03:34 I touched him a little bit on the hip,
03:35 but then I let go of him after not even a second.
03:38 And he takes two steps, he falls down and the referee thinks it's a second yellow.
03:43 I'm not even sure if he first thoughts or if it's a second yellow,
03:45 but then after he gave it to me and I was I was really disappointed.
03:50 I'm happy that we won the game,
03:51 but obviously I would have loved to play next weekend in the derby.
03:56 OK, guys, take some questions in Swiss German, please.
03:58 Take a show of hands.
03:59 Sven.
04:02 Hi, Manu.
04:03 You're one of the only people here who understands German.
04:08 You'll be the translator for the team during the game,
04:10 or did you get one or the other task?
04:14 So far I haven't got a task.
04:16 I don't know if anyone will ask me to translate something.
04:21 But we'll see how it goes tomorrow.
04:24 The question was, since he's speaking German, will he be the translator?
04:28 Will he listen to what the young boys players say?
04:31 And he says no, he doesn't have such a task to do tomorrow.
04:38 Just there, please.
04:42 Yeah, that's fine.
04:44 If I've looked at the statistics correctly,
04:46 you've played against Eibar four times in your life,
04:48 and won once.
04:49 Is there any reason why you shouldn't win tomorrow?
04:52 So you can't win a second time against Eibar.
04:55 Yes, of course.
04:56 It's a football game.
04:57 Anything can happen in a football game.
04:59 Eibar can show a great game,
05:01 and we can't play that well,
05:02 and they can win.
05:03 They're not in the Champions League for nothing.
05:05 And they're opponents we take very seriously.
05:07 And we have to show a good performance in this game.
05:10 And that's what we're preparing for.
05:12 And hopefully I can win a second time.
05:16 He's been playing against young boys four times in his career.
05:19 He just won one game.
05:22 The question was, can he, can they lose tomorrow?
05:25 And Manu says it's a football game.
05:27 Everything can happen.
05:28 They take it very seriously to be prepared tomorrow.
05:33 Just there, please.
05:38 Manu, can you describe what has changed since the treble,
05:41 since the summer?
05:43 Or has nothing changed at all?
05:45 How has Pep developed you again now?
05:48 Yes, he as a coach has of course experienced it before.
05:53 And he said,
05:54 the season after the treble won't be easy.
05:56 We have to be even more prepared,
05:58 if I can put it that way.
06:01 And we're trying to do that again this year.
06:04 We're still at the beginning of the season.
06:07 We've had nine league games.
06:09 We're in the Champions League.
06:10 And now our third game.
06:11 We started with two wins.
06:14 And we want to do that again tomorrow.
06:17 And yes, we have to be prepared.
06:18 Every opponent wants to achieve what we have achieved.
06:22 And we have to prove that we can do it again this year.
06:26 And the question was, what is different since winning the treble?
06:30 How has the manager prepared him for this season?
06:32 Manu says the manager warned us,
06:34 since he has experienced that before.
06:36 And we need to be even more focused.
06:39 And they're still at the beginning of the season.
06:41 Luckily, they started with two wins in the Champions League season.
06:45 And they know that every opponent will be prepared against them
06:48 and will beat them and will achieve what they have achieved.
06:51 Thank you guys.
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