Parma v AC Milan, Serie A 2024/25: the pre-match press conference
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00:00I expect a very difficult match, against a very particular team that fights a lot, runs a lot, and I think that if we don't understand what kind of match we will have tomorrow, it will be difficult.
00:25I think that to win Parma it's not just about playing, I think that we have to suffer, we have to fight, and then with the ball we have to play, but I think that this is a type of match in which we have to increase our level of defensive aggressiveness, because otherwise it will be difficult, and we have worked on this this week.
00:55I have to say that we have done very good things in the pre-season, it's not a match against Turin that makes you doubt what we have done.
01:09We have to follow our path with confidence, but knowing that there is so much to work on, so much to improve, so much to change, and that maybe things take time and take longer when we don't have all the players at the same level, but I continue to be more confident with the team that we have.
01:38I have to be very honest, tomorrow Okafor will play, and he will play because I think it will be a different match.
01:47First because we want to have a different level of pressure than we had in the last match.
01:58We tried during the week, Okafor gave a good answer, and also because the characteristics of the match go against the characteristics of Okafor.
02:12This team has been playing together for a long time, it is a team that has a strong identity, it is a team that is very aggressive defensively and also very aggressive on the counter.
02:30But the external players are very dangerous and we have to pay attention to this moment when we lose the ball so as not to let these players come out on the counter.
02:49It is a very combative team, very aggressive, I have no doubt that it will be a difficult match.
02:59To be continued...