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00:00Good morning, this is the press conference at the Milan Bruges with Paolo Fonseca and Tijani Renders.
00:05Let's start with questions from Mauro Suma for Milan TV.
00:07Thank you Nicola. Good morning, good morning Tigi.
00:10Good morning.
00:11I wanted to start with you and then a question for Tigi.
00:14All experiences are part of the growth of a team.
00:18All experiences build a season, good or bad.
00:22The defeats with Liverpool and Evercusen were there.
00:26We hold on to them.
00:28They are moments of growth.
00:30There are conditions.
00:32Do you see confidence and determination in the team?
00:35Why can our Champions League, in terms of goals and points, start tomorrow?
00:39That's what we want.
00:41This is a different competition.
00:44Obviously we started against two teams that are, for me,
00:50one of the strongest teams in Europe at the moment.
00:53But I think it was two different games.
00:56Against Liverpool with difficulty,
01:00but against Evercusen with quality.
01:04Especially in the second half, I think we played a great game.
01:10We didn't win, but I think we showed growth.
01:16What we want is to continue to grow.
01:18Tomorrow we have a difficult game
01:21because Bruges is a great team that plays very well.
01:25But we have to continue to grow in this competition.
01:31We have to win if we want to continue in this competition.
01:39It's not a decisive game because we have more games.
01:44But it's an important game that we have to win.
01:48Tigi, good morning.
01:50You arrived in Milan last summer from Alkmaar,
01:54from a great club, Zed.
01:57Your reference club.
02:00You arrived in Milan, you became Milan's owner,
02:03you are more and more a fan of Milan,
02:05and you also became the owner and director of the national team.
02:09These are important years for you.
02:11What can the Champions League games in Milan give you
02:15for your growth starting tomorrow?
02:20For me it's important to be decisive as a midfielder.
02:35Assist, passing, driving.
02:40Together with the other midfielders, we are the engine of the team.
02:45At this moment, we can decide the game.
02:50Against Ludinese, we have to be decisive.
02:53We have played against Bene, Rosson,
02:57but it's very important that we play in the Champions League tomorrow.
03:02Francesco Rocchi, Rai.
03:06Good morning, coach.
03:08It's an important game, but not decisive.
03:11How important is it to get back two players like Leao and Teo Hernandez?
03:18Will they be available tomorrow?
03:20Is it important to get them back?
03:22Have the lads understood the situation?
03:25They will play two games tomorrow,
03:29in the first minute.
03:32What I expect from Leao and Teo is what I expect from the others.
03:39They can do their best to win for Milan.
03:45I believe in that, and that's why they start playing.
03:52It's a normal situation for the players.
03:59They will play tomorrow.
04:06In Europe, in the Champions League,
04:09do you expect a different referee?
04:14The other day, you didn't touch the player,
04:20but you got a red card.
04:22Do you think it's different in Europe?
04:29I don't know about that.
04:31We'll have to see tomorrow.
04:33It's very important not to get into a similar situation,
04:39where we don't have a Catalino Rosso.
04:43We have to be very careful.
04:45We have to be very careful together.
04:48I'm at risk of getting in contact with him,
04:53and I have to avoid that in the future.
05:01In the process of the team's transformation,
05:06there was a clear win in the derby,
05:09where everything went perfectly,
05:11even tactically, which surprised the opposition.
05:14Then there was the game against Udinese,
05:17where despite the great individual talents of the team,
05:22the team suffered.
05:24What's the way forward to get to the idea of Milan,
05:29which is dominated by football?
05:33As I've always said, it's a big change.
05:38I feel that little by little,
05:43we're getting to what I think will be important for the team.
05:51I think that in the first 30 minutes,
05:54we've seen so many things that are important, beautiful things.
06:00I expected to see more continuity,
06:03but with Tigi's face it was difficult.
06:08But it has brought other things that are important to me.
06:12A team is formed not only with what we do tactically.
06:21For me, this growth in terms of attitude,
06:27attitude, group spirit, is also an important growth.
06:32What I want for the future is that this attitude
06:39can be a normality in the team.
06:43If we have this attitude, we can build other things.
06:49But first, we must always be like this.
06:55This must be the normality of the team.
06:59And then we can grow, as we are growing.
07:03I think we are growing.
07:05And other things.
07:12Jokingly, you said a few days ago that it doesn't matter where you start,
07:17but you didn't solve the doubt.
07:20If you're an 8, a 10, a 4,
07:23we have the coach here.
07:25Is it a topic of discussion between you,
07:28where to place you, if you're at the top or at the bottom?
07:36I think I'm known as a typical box-to-box player.
07:41I'm a box-to-box player,
07:44from the area to the area.
07:49I've played in all the positions in the midfield.
07:54I always call myself the ideal number.
07:58But I can't play as a 6 or as a 10.
08:04I've also occupied those positions.
08:07For me, it's not a problem.
08:09The coach and the coach, as David said, need me.
08:14Carlos Pasterini, good evening.
08:18Good evening, coach.
08:20The warm-up phase of the season starts now,
08:25including Saturday's game.
08:27AC Milan play seven games in 21 days.
08:30It's important to have a number of players.
08:35Tomorrow AC Milan are on the attack.
08:38Jovic is not on the list.
08:40Abram got injured.
08:42Morata and Camarda will be on the attack.
08:47The rose is a bit short.
08:50Will AC Milan have to come back in January?
08:55I'm very satisfied with the players I have.
09:00It's not a normal situation to have Abram and Jovic on the bench.
09:09Normally, we always have a solution.
09:13We also have Camarda.
09:16He's a player we believe in.
09:20I don't think we need more players in this position.
09:29Andrea Ramazzotti, Gazzetta dello Sport.
09:32Hi, coach.
09:33Apart from the players you said you'd use tomorrow,
09:38like Teo Hernandez and Leao,
09:40what are Gabbia's conditions?
09:42Will he be able to get back on the bench tomorrow?
09:47He mentioned a turnover on Friday.
09:52Will he be able to use it tomorrow,
09:56apart from the two changes he mentioned?
09:59Or do you think the rest of the team needs continuity
10:03after a win on Saturday?
10:06Last week I didn't say anything about the team.
10:09Today I'll say everything.
10:13Gabbi approved today's training session.
10:18He'll play tomorrow.
10:22Yes, it's important to have all the players available
10:33to make this turnover because we need them.
10:37There are seven games now and we need all the players.
10:43I believe in all the players.
10:45I think everyone can be important right now.
10:52Antonio Biciello.
10:55Hi, coach.
10:56The most important response against Udinese
11:00was that you can now count on many players.
11:03You said that all the players can be used by you.
11:09Was that the most important message?
11:12Can you use that in the rest of the games
11:16starting tomorrow against Bruges?
11:20Can you use Ciucuezzi, Okafor, Pavlovic?
11:25Can you have more players?
11:27Taraciano too.
11:32I think we can talk about Ciucuezzi and Okafor.
11:36For me, Okafor was important
11:39because they're quality players
11:43but they need confidence.
11:46I think they played with confidence.
11:50They played well.
11:52It's very positive for a coach
11:55to have the players at the same level.
11:59Then you can choose depending on the game
12:02and the characteristics of the opponent.
12:05I was very satisfied
12:09because these players told me and everyone
12:14that we can count on them to play and help the team.
12:20I'm very happy to have this opportunity
12:25because the players are ready.
12:29Let's go to Viscogliosi.
12:31You often talk about leadership.
12:34It's a game like that,
12:36the one against Udinese.
12:38You suffered and won 10-0.
12:40Who do you think led the group?
12:43I think Fofana and Morata.
12:46Did you have an answer in such a complex game?
12:51It's hard to talk about one player or another.
12:56All the players worked very hard together.
13:03It's true that Fofana and Pulisic did a great job.
13:08But I think that all the players on the pitch
13:12and the players that came on were very important.
13:19It's obviously important
13:22because it's the feeling that they give to the team,
13:27to me.
13:31I think that everyone was on a very good level.
13:36But I wanted to say that it has to be the norm
13:42for those who play in Milan.
13:45Federico Masini, Tuttosport.
13:47Good evening, coach.
13:48Good evening.
13:49You said it was an important game,
13:51not a decisive one.
13:52What is Milan's aim in the Champions League?
13:55Do you think they can make it to the top eight?
13:58Or are they aiming for a place in the play-offs?
14:00How many points do you think they need to score
14:02to qualify for the next six games?
14:04I don't think about the long term.
14:09The truth is that we didn't win the first two games.
14:14I think we have to think about the next game.
14:18Tomorrow we don't have to make big plans for the future.
14:25We have to win the next game.
14:27I think that's the most important thing at the moment.
14:30Also because we have so many games to play.
14:33Now we have to think game by game.
14:37Valentin Paoluzzi, Equipe.
14:40Good evening.
14:41I wanted to come back to the captains.
14:44You explained that in the press conference.
14:46But the decision of Meno to be captain in France
14:49made a lot of people talk.
14:51Because during the international break
14:54Mbappé wasn't there.
14:56He was one of the favourites.
14:59In the end he didn't have him.
15:01It seems that he was disappointed.
15:03Is it a coincidence that you made him captain
15:05against Udinese a few days later
15:07to cheer him up?
15:08And could he still be captain tomorrow?
15:11My decision has nothing to do
15:17with what happened in the national team.
15:21My decision is the fact that
15:25I have spoken to Mike for some time.
15:31Because I think that Mike is a group leader.
15:36I think that now he has the possibility
15:39to lead the team.
15:42But he is a player that I said
15:45I wanted to add to the team.
15:51Daniele Longo, Calciomercato.com
15:53I have two questions.
15:55One to the coach and one to Tijani.
15:57The first question to the coach.
15:59You were angry against Udinese.
16:01You wanted to send a message.
16:03The message was received.
16:05You often say that the coach
16:07is sometimes angry and sometimes not.
16:09How have you been these days?
16:11Have you seen the team respond
16:13to your request?
16:15And for Tijani,
16:17I would like to ask you.
16:19Those who love football
16:21hardly love players like you.
16:25You are part of a Dutch school.
16:27The Dutch school here in Milan
16:29has done a lot.
16:31Seedorf, Gullit, Rijkaard.
16:33We are talking about different times.
16:35What do you miss in your career
16:37to mark your history in Serie A
16:39and maybe in the Champions League?
16:41What do you need to improve
16:43to reach a higher level?
16:51I think
16:53what I learned
16:55three years ago
16:57is very important
16:59with assists
17:01and also with ratings.
17:05This is important
17:07for any team.
17:11The idea of what these other players
17:13have won,
17:15for me too,
17:17is the goal
17:19to win trophies
17:21every season.
17:25The questions,
17:27as the group has answered,
17:29are always good.
17:31The other week
17:33before the match
17:35against Diné,
17:37when we spoke,
17:39the team
17:41has always trained well.
17:45Now,
17:47I must say
17:49it is more difficult to evaluate
17:51because we cannot train.
17:53There is no intensity
17:55in training.
17:57But it seems to me
17:59that the team
18:01is doing well
18:03with confidence.
18:05That is what is important
18:07for me.
18:09Antonello Gioia.
18:11Good morning.
18:13I have a question for the coach.
18:15There is a statistic.
18:17Milan is one of the least
18:19successful teams in Europe.
18:21In the Champions League,
18:23it was 35th out of 36.
18:25It is the fifth
18:27less successful team in the league.
18:29It has made very few mistakes.
18:31On Saturday against Udinese,
18:33only three in 100 minutes.
18:35Yet, in both competitions,
18:37it is one of the best teams
18:39and also with several goals in Serie A.
18:41How do you explain this?
18:43Is it just a problem of malice
18:45to grow from that point of view
18:47or is it also a problem
18:49of refereeing,
18:51which is not always favourable?
18:55As a coach,
18:57I cannot say that I defend
18:59what my players do.
19:05I always have to defend
19:07the game,
19:09the football.
19:11We have to play.
19:13But they know what we talked about
19:15these days.
19:17How can I say this?
19:21We are a bit
19:23like saints.
19:27We have to be more like
19:29what we are, like devils.
19:35Maybe it is a sign of
19:37aggressiveness,
19:39but we have to improve.
19:43I know that I really like
19:45football and the game,
19:47but doing it
19:49is part
19:51of the intelligence
19:53of a team.
19:55We talked about this
19:57and I think that
19:59we have to improve
20:01on this as well.
20:03For me, it is to do
20:05what we need to do,
20:07without
20:09being violent
20:11because we don't need it.
20:15It is not nice in football,
20:17but we have to be
20:19intelligent.
20:37I haven't decided.
20:39It is something
20:41that I have to think about.
20:43I have thought about it today,
20:45Teo is a possibility
20:47because he is a captain.
20:53He has trained well
20:55these days,
20:57today as well.
20:59He is fine.
21:01Teo is a player with
21:03a lot of experience.
21:05He is fine.
21:15Milan didn't win
21:17because they were less hungry,
21:19less willing to run
21:21compared to Fiorentina.
21:23If Milan won with Udinese,
21:25it is because they were more hungry,
21:27more willing to run and sacrifice.
21:29Milan can't always
21:31keep this level
21:33of grit.
21:35How can you
21:37keep it so high?
21:39For Partigiani,
21:41there was a moment
21:43when you said you didn't
21:45like the two of them together.
21:47Did you change anything?
21:49Did you work differently?
21:51Did you say anything different?
21:53Did you change anything?
21:57Can I answer
22:01this question
22:03about Tigi?
22:07What I said is that
22:09seeing Tigi
22:11permanently
22:13next to
22:17Fofana
22:19doesn't exalt
22:21Tigi's main characteristics.
22:23They asked
22:25if it was a 6
22:27or an 8.
22:29In this way of playing,
22:31I think he is both.
22:33If we are
22:35in certain moments,
22:37we can see Tigi
22:39as a number 6.
22:41If we go further,
22:43we can see Tigi
22:45as a three-quarter.
22:47In this way,
22:49he can
22:51be both.
22:53Not permanently,
22:55but in certain moments
22:57depending on the area
22:59we are playing in,
23:01if we are under pressure or not.
23:03He can be both.
23:05What do you do
23:07to keep him?
23:17For me,
23:19I create
23:21demands in the group
23:23at all times.
23:25Obviously,
23:27we talk a lot
23:29and I think
23:31this is a problem
23:33today.
23:35As a coach,
23:37I have to understand
23:39what I have to do
23:41to improve the team
23:45in terms of attitude,
23:47willpower
23:49and what I am doing.
23:51I have to be more
23:53demanding.
23:57Maurizio Cardone.
23:59Here we are.
24:01Good afternoon, coach.
24:03Since you have already told us a lot
24:05about the team tomorrow.
24:07Can I know the rest of the team?
24:09If you want, yes.
24:11I would like to ask you
24:13a picture of the opponent,
24:15Bruges.
24:17From a purely symbolic point of view,
24:19it looks a bit like the derby.
24:21It is a match that should
24:23take you to Europe.
24:25I would like to ask Tigi
24:27I have watched
24:29Bruges.
24:31It is a team with
24:33great offensive quality.
24:35It is a team that,
24:37if we look at the match against Dortmund,
24:39they lost, but they dominated
24:41and created a lot.
24:43That is why I think
24:45it is important
24:47to defend well.
24:49It is not defending a lot,
24:51but when we have to defend, we have to defend well
24:53because they are a team
24:55with offensive quality.
24:57A lot of offensive quality,
24:59a lot of individual quality from the outside.
25:01The midfielder
25:03with great quality,
25:05also.
25:09I think
25:11we have to be
25:13very focused on
25:15the defensive moment,
25:17not let this team have the
25:19possibility to attack
25:21because they are very dangerous.
25:23Against Dortmund
25:25they created a lot.
25:27They lost the match,
25:29but offensively they created a lot.
25:37I think it is different.
25:39The characteristics
25:41of the opponents are different.
25:45I think the competition
25:47is different.
25:49I think it is different.
25:51Good afternoon, coach.
25:53I wanted to ask you
25:55about Pavlovic.
25:57It has been a long time since he played.
25:59His match against Udinese
26:01made a lot of discussion.
26:03I want to ask you
26:05if his characteristics
26:07match Gabbia.
26:09Do you want to know
26:11if Gabbia plays?
26:13No, he doesn't.
26:21Look,
26:23this is
26:25a different reality
26:27for Pavlovic.
26:29It is a different way
26:31to play
26:33than the one he had
26:35in the last club.
26:39I think
26:41that in the first match
26:45Pavlovic
26:47did good things,
26:49he did things
26:51that he needs to improve
26:53in the defensive phase.
26:59We worked
27:01during
27:03these times.
27:05I think
27:07he grew
27:09in this match.
27:11He was
27:13more balanced.
27:15Pavlovic is
27:17a physical player
27:19that always wants
27:21to anticipate.
27:25We want
27:27a more balanced
27:29central defender.
27:31I think
27:33that in this match
27:35he did better.
27:39He was more balanced.
27:41But I think
27:43he needs
27:45to improve.
27:47He didn't play
27:49without mistakes.
27:51But he did good things.
27:53If we compare him
27:55with Pavlovic
27:57in the last match,
27:59he grew a lot.
28:01But there are still
28:03things that we need to improve.
28:09I would like
28:11to ask Pozzi
28:13a pre-question.
28:15If Cuk will play tomorrow,
28:17I would like to play as well.
28:21Cuk.
28:23I will say the team of tomorrow.
28:27Mike.
28:29Emerson.
28:31Gabbia.
28:33Tomori.
28:35Theo.
28:37Fofana.
28:39Tigi.
28:41Rafa.
28:43Pulisic and Morata.
28:47I am in a tactical situation
28:49and with a lot of modesty
28:51because it's not my job.
28:53But I start with a portuguese phrase
28:55that is also said in Italy.
28:57I prepared it.
29:01Perfection leads to
29:03the asylum.
29:05And since
29:07on Sunday we played
29:09it was perfect.
29:11But there is still
29:13the mistake we saw last year
29:15with Pjoli.
29:17Pavlovic was the attacker
29:19and the midfielder
29:21was Reinders.
29:27Last year
29:29Ciao was sent off
29:31because Kane left.
29:33You don't want to go to the asylum
29:35but you can't improve there.
29:37Yes, yes.
29:39We showed this to the players.
29:43It's not a criticism.
29:45They are different
29:47ways of playing.
29:49Let's talk about
29:51the defensive moment.
29:53I have to say
29:55it wasn't...
29:57I think it's one of the things
29:59we improved the most
30:01in my way
30:03of defending.
30:05The team
30:07today is short
30:09with more concepts
30:11of rational occupation
30:13of space.
30:15But
30:17it wasn't easy
30:19to change this.
30:21When
30:23there were always
30:25individual references.
30:31In the moment
30:33of
30:35Rosso and Tigi
30:37there was
30:39a change
30:41between
30:43Terracciano and
30:45Tigi.
30:47It was planned
30:51and it could have been
30:53another way.
30:55But there is
30:57an attraction
30:59of Pavlovic
31:01that shouldn't be here.
31:03And more
31:05when the team is short.
31:07More when the team
31:09has so much space
31:11on the back.
31:13What's the problem?
31:15What's the problem
31:17if the attacker gets the ball
31:19there and turns for our defender?
31:21We have Terracciano, Tigi,
31:23Pavlovic, Malik
31:25and Emerson. What's the problem?
31:27We shouldn't
31:29be attracted
31:31in this moment.
31:33It was a mistake.
31:35We already talked
31:37about this.
31:39They understood, they watched.
31:41These are things
31:43that happen
31:45but we have to learn.
31:47Gianni,
31:49I want to exaggerate.
31:51The coach
31:53said
31:55that you can score 6-8.
31:57Bernard Schulten,
31:59a Dutch journalist, said
32:01that you were one of the first
32:03box-to-box midfielders.
32:05Neskens, a great player
32:07that just disappeared.
32:09Can you be inspired by Neskens
32:11who was the first
32:13box-to-box player of the Netherlands?
32:15Are you working
32:17to become Neskens
32:19or am I exaggerating?
32:23I never
32:25saw
32:27Neskens
32:29before
32:31my birth.
32:33But we have
32:35different cultures
32:37in each period.
32:39We have different cultures
32:41but
32:43they always
32:45offer my qualities.
32:49They are box-to-box players.
32:51Who is
32:53a box-to-box player?
32:57Who is it?
32:59What is it?
33:03It's the others.
33:05It's the attackers,
33:07not the defenders.
33:09They all have to be box-to-box.
33:11In football,
33:13they all have to be box-to-box.
33:15It's true.
33:17Are there any
33:19other players?
33:21There are many.
33:23Look.
33:27Son,
33:29from Tottenham.
33:31He is a box-to-box player.
33:33He is.
33:35But you said Reinders is unique
33:37in his way of being box-to-box.
33:39I think that
33:41when you associate box-to-box
33:43it's more because they are
33:45box-to-box players.
33:47But they are all
33:49box-to-box.
33:51Let's say that when Leao
33:53will be box-to-box,
33:55he will have reached his maximum.