Milan-Napoli, Serie A 2023/24: la conferenza stampa della vigilia
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00:00 Napoli are a team of great quality, with great attacking players and great physicality.
00:05 We will have to be very careful and put in the field high-level performances,
00:11 both in terms of quality of play, of attention and of organisation.
00:16 For Milan, being in the top means winning something.
00:19 We have to aim for that.
00:22 We know it's very difficult, that the competitiveness in the league and in the Europa League will be very high.
00:30 I don't think we should think too much about it, or look too far ahead.
00:37 The seasons are built match after match, brick by brick.
00:44 We are doing well in this period and we want to continue,
00:47 but we can only do it if we face tomorrow's match better and if we can put in the field high-level performances.
00:52 We have worked well, we are in good shape, we are in good shape.
00:57 We have had a period of one match a week that has helped us in our individual work,
01:02 in our programming, in our loads, in our recovery, which is important, both physically and mentally.
01:08 We will be very good in this period,
01:13 we will have at least five games in 15 days and then we will face them one at a time.
01:19 We are more focused on attacking play,
01:21 this is certainly a bit for the characteristics of the players and a bit for the average play.
01:26 We have always been like this.
01:27 There have been times when we have been more solid,
01:29 there have been times when we have left a bit of room.
01:32 We are working hard, but I think we have to insist on our positive aspects
01:38 and, as always, try to minimize as much as possible those situations
01:44 that are not yet so precise, so careful, so effective in our defensive phase.
01:48 I always tell my defenders that we have chosen a role that is the most difficult,
01:55 the most complicated, where the effectiveness, the attention and the reliability must be total
02:02 because we cannot make a mistake in our attitude, we cannot miss a ball,
02:05 we cannot make a mistake in our position.
02:07 So, of course, we emphasize in all defensive situations all these things that are very important.
02:15 But this is true, I repeat, when we talk about the defensive phases of Milan,
02:18 it is not a discussion exclusively about the defensive line or Mike,
02:22 but about the whole team, because they are special people,
02:25 who make the difference in the attitude, the sacrifice, the running, the communication.
02:30 And we are working on it.
02:31 The same goes for Napoli, they are of a high level, both in terms of percentage and quality.
02:37 It is the team that has the most precise passing,
02:39 and we are second.
02:41 Sometimes they close and then they start again well,
02:44 because they have quality and speed,
02:46 but I repeat, Napoli shoots a lot in goal, creates a lot of chances,
02:51 often with a lot of territory, compared to the opponents.
02:54 So, it will be a game where we have to be very careful,
02:58 if we want to command the game, we have to manage the ball very well when we will have it.
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