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00:00Welcome to the press conference on the eve of the match against Elas Verona.
00:07We all know that every match is important, we repeat it every time, not just, also friendlies,
00:19but tomorrow's match against Verona is really important, or do you think it has a saying
00:27on the rest of the season, how important is it?
00:32I think every day I arrive here at Milanello and I say they're all important matches, like
00:41the other matches, this is obviously an important match, I think every match until the end of
00:49the season will be important, it's a match, it's a difficult match obviously, but as I
00:59always say, we've worked hard to get to this match in the right, to arrive at this match
01:07in the right conditions, in the conditions to win, lots of people have talked in the
01:15last few days about the absence of Teo Hernandez in the last match, have you seen some kind
01:25of reaction from him, how has Teo Hernandez taken this?
01:30As I always do, I've spoken to Teo Hernandez, we've spoken before the match, for me Teo's
01:42situation is easy to explain, he's played a lot, he's played with France, right now
01:55he's not in his best condition physically, maybe he needs to regain his best condition,
02:12he's a very important player for us, he was never punished, it wasn't a punishment, simply
02:27I wanted to help him get back to his best condition, to be the Teo Hernandez that we
02:33all know, and I will continue to say he's the best full-back in the world.
02:40Can you take us inside the dressing room, and the feeling, the atmosphere inside the
02:50dressing room, what is the atmosphere like, do you still feel the trust of the team?
02:58I know how things are, you don't obviously, you don't get to see inside the dressing room,
03:07you don't get to see training, maybe one of these days we'll do an open training session,
03:15to see the atmosphere, to give you a chance to see the atmosphere, the other day someone
03:25may ask me a question, the atmosphere is great, the atmosphere is great in training, is that
03:33a good thing?
03:34And I say yes, it's always good to have a good atmosphere in training, this week has
03:41been like the other weeks, there's been a good atmosphere, a good working atmosphere,
03:50and when that's the situation, it's easier to work on things, I've never felt, I've never
04:03questioned or felt that the team didn't believe in me, or didn't have the will to work.
04:12The atmosphere that you're saying at Milanello is good, and we've seen in the training sessions
04:19for the champions, we've seen a bit, in the last few days after the 125th anniversary
04:27party, the atmosphere seems from outside not to be the best, how are the players feeling,
04:38how have the players lived these last few days where there's been a difficult atmosphere
04:42with the fans?
04:45We understand the fans' frustration, but no one wants to win more than us, we are working
04:57to win the championship, the players are good, and the players understand the fans, all we
05:06can do is work hard, work in an honest manner to try and change the situation, because the
05:17fans deserve something, they deserve success, and we understand their situation, we understand
05:24the fans' frustration.
05:36We've had a large part of the season, what vote would you give your Milan from 0 to 10,
05:41and what margins of improvement are there in your project?
05:49I don't like to do these kind of things, I don't think it's right, I don't think it's
05:55fair, I see things in one way, but maybe other people see them in a different way, maybe
06:04people don't see what I want, maybe people don't understand what I'm after, I'm here
06:09every day, I'd rather not give a rating, because it might not be fair, and it might be not
06:20what people expect.
06:27Asking about the other people, are you referring to the criticisms from ex-managers of Milan
06:35who have been speaking?
06:36I haven't seen anything, but we have to respect the opinions of others, maybe some are right,
06:52maybe some opinions are correct, maybe some aren't correct, aren't right, if we look at
06:57the results, it's easy to have strong opinions, but we have to respect everyone's views, margins
07:12for improvement, the results, we can improve our results, and we will improve our results,
07:21I'm convinced of that.
07:30The transfer market opens in January, have you spoken to the club, are there any projects,
07:37are there any ideas for new signings, and where could these new players fit in?
07:44I know that the main theme is the transfer market, that's what people are going to start
07:50talking about, I think it's a bit too early to talk about that, what I can say is that
07:58we always speak, I always speak with the club, I always speak with the club, the club is
08:03always keeping an eye on the market, thinking about the market, and if we need something
08:07the club are ready to help us.
08:19My question is connected with a previous question, you have worked for about five months
08:27with this team, and this team had a few problems in defence at the start, conceding goals because
08:35of individual errors, then the team started struggling scoring goals after the defensive
08:47situation was resolved, these two things have affected the results, perhaps the emblem
08:57of your reign, your era so far, with your work, do you think you can get to a point
09:04when those two problems are resolved, and will the results arrive, positive results
09:10arrive, and does this team need to be reinforced in any area in January?
09:25We spoke about this in a previous press conference, the process from my first day, what is happening
09:34with the team, what has happened with the team, is with matches, because listen, we
09:41can analyse and evaluate matches, because that's what we do, we train to play matches,
09:49we evaluate what happens in matches, and in a short space of time, in the short space
09:57of time we've worked together, let me give you a very clear example, we had problems
10:05in our defence against Cagliari, what happened after, we worked on this problem, and since
10:14the Cagliari game, we haven't had problems with crosses, we haven't had problems from
10:20crosses, you look at the goals we have conceded since the Cagliari match, they haven't been
10:28from crosses or aerial, after the match, the next match, maybe a team that we play an opponent
10:39who defend very deeply, so we have to work on that, on attacking against a team that
10:45defends in a low block, so we don't have much time to work on different matches, and
10:51for me, the team has improved a lot, in many areas, it's true that the results sometimes
11:02don't show what we have worked on, but I just want to say that, I just want to say what
11:10it is, in which match have we had problems with organisation or tactics, or that the
11:22other team has been much better than us, which match, which are the matches, from when I
11:37arrived, I don't remember, I honestly don't remember, in general, maybe one team, in Liverpool,
11:51Liverpool came here, and we had no chance, but the other matches, I don't remember that
11:58we have been, in terms of organisation or tactically, that we have been, that a team
12:04that have been better than us, maybe they have had other things, they have done other
12:10things better that have helped them to beat us, and we made errors, but I don't recall
12:18a team being better than us tactically or more organised, we understand this within
12:25the club, but on the outside, the players agree with me, the players say the same thing,
12:37it's about attitude, that's been the main problem until now, it's been a mental problem,
12:48we are working on so many things to improve them, to create a team spirit.
13:03You always talk about strong concepts like courage and you are very positive, I want
13:08to know what your dream is, what's your dream?
13:13To win with Milan, that's my dream.
13:16When you go to sleep at night, do you think it will be amazing if this happens?
13:22Many times, many times, every day, almost every day, and I believe, I believe, but it's
13:36not just about believing, every day you have to work hard to improve, and I have to improve
13:44the team, and I think it's what I do every day.
13:56I want to, there was an important moment regarding the fans who protested recently, in the next
14:08two league matches, and the Super Cup, if there's a positive series of results, do you
14:15think the fans will change the way they view the team and your work?
14:20Maybe, maybe, I think victories obviously bring faith to the, give the players faith
14:31and the fans faith and belief.
14:34If we win these matches coming up, the ones you mentioned, and if we have a good performance
14:39in the Super Cup, it brings, it gives us belief, gives us faith, I agree.
14:54You say that the atmosphere at Milanello is good, is positive, that training is going
15:00well and is positive, but if you look at the table, Milan are 8th in the table, and some
15:04of the fans protested.
15:06So I ask myself, how do you explain this, do you feel, do you feel at risk, considering
15:15that the results are not arriving?
15:17No, no, honestly, no, no.
15:27This is what I previously explained, we talk about the results, yes, if you only want to
15:35look at results, and it's not because, it's not because the people speak within, people
15:50outside talk about things they don't know, but if you talk about results, results aren't
15:57debatable.
15:59But what happens, there are people who work with me everyday, and they live with the squad,
16:07they work with the squad, the players, yeah, looking at results, we've got lots to do.
16:17But it's what I say, we have to change, we know what we have to change, we know what
16:24we have to do.
16:32I appreciate your sincerity, Mr. Fonseca, tactically, looking at things that have improved,
16:39I want to give the example of what has improved since the Cagliari match.
16:46Can you improve, you can improve the attacking element as well, there are 14 points between
16:52you and the leaders, and 8 between you and 4th place.
16:56Can you explain, what is this team lacking, is it attitude, is it the squad?
17:05I think the team have got the quality to battle for the title, so what's missing?
17:10Do you really think this is all down to other things, or the attitude?
17:16I've just said that, you know, my opinion, I don't think it's a tactical or skill or
17:28technique problem.
17:31When we haven't won, the matches we haven't won, almost all of the matches we haven't
17:36won, that's what people have spoken about.
17:43People have spoken about the same thing, it's up here, it's what people have spoken
17:48about, it's not technical, it's not tactical, it's mental.
17:55The matches that we've lost, where we've had problems, it's not been about structure or
18:00tactics, but everyone, the true problem of this team, no one has spoken about it.
18:12Look, I do these things, this week I've looked at all the goals we've conceded, and afterwards
18:24we've analysed them.
18:28For example, goals we've conceded, for me, I'm in no doubt, and I don't only speak when
18:39we don't win.
18:43We can talk about, people speak about this, what I said after the match, or what I said
18:59after the match against Genoa, I analyse everything, not just the result, I analyse everything.
19:08That's the way I am.
19:11It's not just when we win, or when we do everything well, against Red Star we won, but we did
19:19lots of things badly, I wasn't happy after the Genoa match, we didn't win, but we've
19:28done lots of things better against Genoa than we did against Red Star, but if you just look
19:33at the results, it's different.
19:38Against Genoa, young players came in, are the young players going to play again tomorrow,
19:43or the experts, as you called them, come back?
19:47People were pressed by Jimenez, will he play on the right?
19:52Let me make a confession.
20:00The news, in this team, I don't know if it happens in other teams, I'm talking about
20:12big teams, Lorenzo Torriani has played, Davide Bartisaghi, Francesco Camarda, Mattia Liberali,
20:21Kevin Zerolli, Jimenez, six players, young players have played.
20:47People have criticised, it's incredible, they're kind of mixed, lost between Milan
20:54Futuro and the first team.
20:57What I say is, when I speak about injuries, Christian Pulisic came back from international
21:22duty with an injury, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Moussa have got problems, injuries, Okafor
21:30has got an injury problem too, and now Alvaro Morata has got tonsillitis, but that's how
21:44it is.
21:46It's an opportunity for the young players, and then Camarda could play, Francesco Camarda
21:53could play, another young player could play, we've got lots of good young players.
21:58I think that's positive.
22:01The problem would be if we didn't have any players, if we didn't have good players, and
22:06if we didn't have a chance to give young players a chance.
22:10Tomorrow, there will be young players, the young players will be with us again, and one
22:15or two of them will play.
22:21In other interviews, you've spoken about the positive atmosphere in training, so you wouldn't
22:29tell us that if it weren't true.
22:32What happens, what particular incidents are you talking about in matches in which you
22:38don't consider the attitude is correct?
22:42Can you give any specific examples of the wrong attitude or approach in matches?
22:52Sometimes it's difficult to find a solution, the answer.
23:01When a week goes well, the atmosphere is good, pre-match goes well, atmosphere in the dressing
23:06room goes well.
23:13When something happens early on in the match, that can condition the team, that can affect
23:18the team, it can affect the rest of the game.
23:24Sometimes it's difficult to explain.
23:31The characters, the players, the problem of the team of character, we try to change the
23:42situation.
23:43The players know, they're the ones that do the talking on the pitch.
23:51We have to show that we understand.
24:01The fans protested against some players and some directors, but they didn't say anything
24:06about you.
24:07Is that a satisfaction for you?
24:12Me?
24:13No, I don't know.
24:19I didn't really understand what you said.
24:22I said, the fans protested against the directors and the players, and despite some negative
24:28results, I think the fans quite like you.
24:33I think the fans like you as a person, and the atmosphere, the Rossonero universe likes
24:40you.
24:41I'm on the team's side, I feel the same way the players and directors, I'm with the players
24:50and directors.
24:53Criticism, I feel criticism.
24:58If the players are whistled or booed by the crowd, I feel it too.
25:02Maybe it's me first.
25:08I don't think the fans prefer me to the players.
25:24I'm not putting myself on one side.
25:36Is there a potential battle between Tammy Abraham and Francesco Camarda to play up front?
25:41Who could it be?
25:44No, I want to be honest with you, I want to be honest in my answer.
25:53At the beginning of the week, I thought about this, to play with two strikers, Tammy Abraham
26:04and Morata, but with Alvaro Morata's situation, we can't start with two forwards, two strikers.
26:19I looked at your seasons, your two seasons with AS Roma, and I compared the points.
26:32You've got more points, you had more points at this point of the season with Roma than
26:38you did, you have now.
26:40What was different and how have your seasons, were your seasons with AS Roma different this
26:47season and how can you improve?
26:50We can't compare with my career at AS Roma, different teams, different players.
27:01It's impossible to make the comparison.
27:08What can we do to improve?
27:10Improve the results.
27:15Principally, we can have the ambition to win every match.
27:23That's what we have to improve, most of all.
27:31Very briefly, your way of communicating, the fans love your way of communicating.
27:3980% of the fans love your way of communicating, your honesty, your bluntness, you're against hypocrisy.
27:47How do you feel about that?
27:52It's the way I am.
27:55It's how I do things.
27:58I do things in the most serious manner at all times, with everyone I work with.
28:11I'm aware that it's the most important thing, but I know the results are the most important thing.
28:21The results are the key thing.
28:27It's okay if people like how I speak, how I communicate, but I know that we all want the same thing, results.
28:35And I want them too.
28:37I'm the first to want to have positive, good results, even if it's easier to communicate.
28:48It's easier to communicate with you, speak to you when we have good results, because I don't get difficult questions.
28:54You don't ask me difficult questions when we play well.
28:58I think the results are the main thing, the most important thing, and I have to have the best results.
29:05Thank you for watching Mr. Fonseca's press conference.