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00:00Good morning everyone, this is Milan Inter's press conference.
00:03Let's start with questions from Mauro Suma for Milan TV.
00:06Thank you Nicola, good morning coach.
00:08Tomorrow is your ninth game as Milan coach and your second against Inter.
00:12At Riyad you talked a lot about the second half, the progress, the result and so on,
00:17but the first half was very balanced from a tactical point of view.
00:21It was a game in which your football had countered well Inter's 3-5-2.
00:27Is this an important thing for tomorrow's game?
00:32Yes, it's important to keep this balance.
00:35We need to look at our opponents' strengths,
00:39our team and the players who are available to balance the organisation.
00:46I faced Inter in the Champions League against Porto and they didn't change much.
00:52There are other things during the game,
00:55because you get to know the players too well.
00:58The coach has been working with them for a few years now.
01:01It's easier when it's like this.
01:03You get to know the players from different departments.
01:09I think it's a very positive thing for them.
01:16We need to understand what we can do to counter this game
01:23when they have the ball.
01:25We also need to understand the weakness of our opponents,
01:28who have it just like any other team in the world.
01:31Let's go to Dazon with Alessio Di Giuseppe.
01:33Hi, good morning coach.
01:35It's been a few atypical days ahead of this derby,
01:40especially because of the transfer market.
01:43Ximénez is on the way and there will be a few important games.
01:47Morata and Calabria are among them.
01:49I'd like to ask you, as a coach,
01:51how did you deal with all this
01:54and how did you prepare for such a delicate game on the pitch?
02:01That's an interesting question.
02:03In this open transfer market,
02:08I've said it before,
02:10I think a month is too long.
02:13It's the same for the players,
02:15for the heads of the players,
02:17for those who think they have to leave,
02:19for those who think they have to come back.
02:21In the end, there's always something going on,
02:24no doubt about it, emotionally.
02:26It hasn't been positive.
02:28With so many games, so little time to work,
02:30it's all a mess,
02:32and in the end it can be dangerous.
02:35We don't want that,
02:37we know what we have to do.
02:39We're working a lot on the situation of the game,
02:44that's what interests me.
02:46And then I see a lot of things,
02:48and that bothers me.
02:51A lot of things written,
02:53lies, lies,
02:54that come to put something in
02:56these difficulties we have.
02:59And I don't like that,
03:00because they're lies.
03:01I'm here in front of you,
03:02I'm always here every three or four days,
03:04if you have any doubts,
03:06I tell you,
03:08it's not a problem,
03:10I'm open, I'm in front,
03:12it's not a problem.
03:14But lies that hurt,
03:16because players today,
03:18like today,
03:20on all the social media,
03:22as they say here,
03:24it's not easy to manage a group
03:26in this commercial period,
03:28with this news,
03:30with the things that don't go well,
03:32that we have to improve a lot on the pitch.
03:34This is my real job.
03:36Sometimes I manage
03:38other things that don't belong to me,
03:41but it's part of the group,
03:43because it's my group,
03:44I have to win with them.
03:47Come on, nice music.
03:52No, but I have to manage them,
03:54because only with my group,
03:56in the best conditions,
03:58at all levels,
03:59I can win.
04:01That's how it is.
04:03Francesco Rocchi, Rai.
04:05Good morning, coach.
04:07I'll go back to what you said.
04:09You are here and you say that
04:11many inaccuracies and many lies
04:13have been said in these days.
04:15You also refer to this
04:17atmosphere inside the dressing room,
04:19with players asking
04:21to be ceded.
04:23How is the situation?
04:25Are they lies? What is true?
04:27No, but I'm not going to talk about
04:29what is part of our group.
04:31I'm talking about the staff
04:33and the players.
04:35We have to focus
04:37on working in the best way
04:39to be able to play
04:41a good game tomorrow
04:43and win,
04:45that's what we have to do.
04:47We know that in this period,
04:49as we said before,
04:51it's a delicate period,
04:53because it's a period where
04:55there's a lot of talk about the market,
04:57and when there's a negative result
04:59like we had in the Champions League,
05:01it's even worse.
05:03I know that,
05:05I understand it.
05:07You never see me angry
05:09when one of you
05:11says that the team
05:13doesn't play well,
05:15makes these mistakes.
05:17No, because it's part of your job,
05:19I respect it,
05:21my job is to do better.
05:23To change your opinion,
05:25because I win games.
05:27Other things
05:29go beyond my
05:31range of action.
05:33I'm not going to talk about it,
05:35because I'm not even talking about the group,
05:37I'm talking about the problem of the team.
05:39If you interfere, yes,
05:41it's something that comes from the outside
05:43and it's not
05:45the truth.
05:47That's why I interfere, yes.
05:49But I'm not going to talk about it.
05:51You know better,
05:53I'm not going to talk about it.
05:55It's important for me to talk about
05:57Simone Inzaghi, a great coach,
05:59about the 5-3-2 of Inter,
06:01or 3-5-2, as you like,
06:03with or without the ball,
06:05that's important for me,
06:07my job is to talk about it.
06:09Claudio Armondi, Mediaset.
06:11Hi Sergio, it's very interesting
06:13this focus that may be disturbed
06:15by the many voices of the market,
06:17arrivals, departures,
06:19it seems like a special airport
06:21in Milanello, I ask you,
06:23how important is it for you, Tomori,
06:25I think you understand that he too
06:27has an uncertain future,
06:29how much does Tomori count,
06:31especially tomorrow,
06:33who has a bit of a problem,
06:35in defence,
06:37and your point on the arrival of Jimenez,
06:39this Mexican striker,
06:41who arrived for an important amount.
06:43I can't talk about Jimenez
06:45because he's not yet official.
06:47If you like him.
06:49Well,
06:51yes.
06:55About Tomori,
06:57I count on all the players,
06:59really,
07:01whether we talk about it or not,
07:03look,
07:05I gave this example to the players,
07:07there are more than
07:09ten players
07:11who, with me,
07:13finished the contract in Porto,
07:15and left free.
07:17I gave this example to Inter,
07:19we'll talk about it tomorrow.
07:21They played until the last second
07:23of the Portugal Cup,
07:25when we won against Sporting.
07:27Maybe the pressure of the management,
07:29because they finished the contract,
07:31to play less,
07:33but I see the player
07:35who is stronger than the other,
07:37I think, to start the game,
07:39he plays, and that's my concern.
07:41The player who spoke,
07:43we talk about the market,
07:45Tomori has to play tomorrow,
07:47I trust everyone,
07:49he'll play.
07:51I said it,
07:53he's not yet
07:55official,
07:57he's a good player,
07:59but...
08:01I want to say this,
08:03it's not new,
08:05it's not normal.
08:07Let's go to Carlos Passerini.
08:09Hi Sergio.
08:11Listen,
08:13the face of AC Milan,
08:15one striker leaves, another one comes,
08:17maybe a defender leaves,
08:19it's a revolution.
08:21In the middle of the season,
08:23it looks like a revolution.
08:25Was it a necessary revolution?
08:27AC Milan
08:29needs to change face
08:31to try to reach
08:33the final goal,
08:35to qualify for the Champions League.
08:37Because revolutions are always random,
08:39there are people who say
08:41it can be a risk.
08:43What do you think?
08:45One or two players,
08:47it's not a big deal.
08:49You change the midfielder,
08:51Morata, Jiménez,
08:53Calabria, a defender leaves,
08:55Tomori, we'll see what happens.
08:57I understand your curiosity,
08:59and also
09:03you talked about this,
09:05because
09:07in different media
09:09it's better
09:11to talk about
09:13Lautaro,
09:15Taremi, Inter.
09:17I understand this.
09:19To draw
09:21conclusions here,
09:23before such an important game
09:25as AC Milan,
09:27where everyone
09:29watches this game,
09:31where we have a long way to go,
09:33where we have a lot to improve.
09:35There are many important things
09:37in my head.
09:39To draw conclusions about this game,
09:41one or two players,
09:43it's not a big deal.
09:45If you want
09:47another press conference
09:49just to talk about the game,
09:51I'll do it, it's a promise.
09:53It's not a problem.
09:56Let's go to Andrea Sereni, La Repubblica,
09:58and then to the press conference,
10:00and then to Franco Ordine.
10:05Good morning, coach.
10:07I wanted to ask you something.
10:09You've been here for a month,
10:11and you started with a win
10:13in the Super Cup.
10:15Did you expect,
10:17after this period,
10:19especially after that triumph,
10:21to still have
10:23important difficulties,
10:25to have to record
10:27performances like in Zagreb?
10:29Do you think you managed
10:31to leave a mark
10:33in the team?
10:35Do you think
10:37it was enough,
10:39or is it still hard
10:41to be followed by the group?
10:43My feeling is
10:45that there's a lot to improve.
10:47No doubt about that.
10:49In every team,
10:51every coach
10:53wants perfection.
10:55We have to work
10:57to have the foundation.
10:59Perfection is another level.
11:01I'm aware of that.
11:03As a coach,
11:05I always have my bags ready.
11:07It has nothing to do
11:09with the question
11:11that Carlo Pellegatti
11:13asked in the last press conference.
11:15Coaches are like that.
11:17I haven't spoken
11:19with 13 clubs
11:21that have spoken to me
11:23in the last six months
11:25to earn ten times more
11:27than here at AC Milan.
11:29I came here because
11:31I believe in something.
11:33I believe in a great club,
11:35a historic club.
11:37I know that the moment
11:39is not the best.
11:41It's one of the worst
11:43in the history of AC Milan.
11:45I'm aware of that.
11:47Good afternoon, coach.
11:49Marco Guidi,
11:51Sport.
11:53You told us about Tomori
11:55who will play.
11:57I didn't say who was playing.
11:59We misunderstood.
12:01I said who can play.
12:03He can play like everyone else.
12:05There are 22 players,
12:07plus him, 23.
12:09I always ask you
12:11about the defence.
12:13How are Gabby and Ciao?
12:15They've been in good shape.
12:17How is Kyle Walker?
12:19Is he ready for tomorrow's debut?
12:21It's the first week he's been able
12:23to work with you.
12:25What about the attack?
12:27Have you already decided
12:29who will be the centre-forward?
12:31Kyle Walker
12:33is doing well.
12:35He's in good shape.
12:37It's a solution for tomorrow.
12:39Malik
12:41is back.
12:43He's been training today.
12:45He's been doing well.
12:47He's not in top shape.
12:49It's normal.
12:51We understand.
12:53It's his first training session
12:55after Zagreb.
12:57He came on the break
12:59not because of his mistake.
13:01He took a hard blow to his shoulder.
13:03He said he couldn't play
13:05in the second half.
13:07He kept playing.
13:09We all make mistakes.
13:11There's nothing to say.
13:13I'm ready for tomorrow.
13:15Malik is not in top shape.
13:19We need him to help us.
13:21He's ready.
13:23We'll see about the attack.
13:29Here I am, coach.
13:33I have a question.
13:35The question is
13:37everyone
13:39says
13:41about his temperament
13:43they compared him
13:45to the Portuguese count
13:47to understand.
13:49I wanted to ask
13:53I wanted to ask
13:55according to you
13:57is it the case
13:59to always be like this
14:01on the edge
14:03of a nervous breakdown
14:05or right now
14:07in Milan
14:09you need to learn
14:11the basics
14:13and also
14:15calm down
14:17in the team.
14:21It's good because
14:23people confuse
14:25restlessness
14:27with passion.
14:29I'm like this.
14:31I come here
14:33before a game
14:35and pretend
14:37I'm...
14:39No, I live
14:41games with emotion
14:43and passion.
14:45It doesn't mean I'm angry.
14:47Sometimes I'm angry.
14:49But it's when I'm angry
14:51that I'm like this.
14:53I've been like this for 50 years.
14:55I don't know if I can change.
14:57This is not a sign of nervousness.
14:59It's my way of being.
15:01Even if
15:03inside
15:05I'm...
15:07I'm convinced
15:09that we worked hard
15:11to win a good game tomorrow.
15:13I'm calm about it.
15:15But I live games
15:17with passion.
15:19This is not
15:21a defect.
15:23It's my character.
15:25If I go there
15:27I need a sedative
15:29to be there.
15:31But I'm not like this.
15:33Sometimes I'm nervous.
15:35No, I'm not nervous.
15:37It's my way of being.
15:39Even if we win 4-0
15:41I'm there
15:43to be myself.
15:45This is my curiosity.
15:47Your friend
15:49Simone Inzaghi
15:51keeps saying
15:53that he lost
15:55the derby because
15:57it was an irregular goal.
15:59There was a push.
16:01What do you think?
16:03I don't have to say anything.
16:05It's his opinion.
16:07What's your opinion?
16:09It's not important.
16:11The game is over.
16:13It's not important
16:15to make
16:17a hypothetical mistake
16:19in midfield.
16:21The first goal was
16:23because of another goal.
16:25Simone will have his reasons.
16:27It's not his idea.
16:29It's his speech.
16:31Mine is over.
16:33Sometimes I was
16:35with the referees
16:37and I made a mistake.
16:39Sometimes it's the opposite.
16:41But it happens.
16:43I don't think
16:45we should talk about this
16:47because I don't think it's right.
16:49Let's go to Michael Cuomo
16:51from Lombardia.
16:53Good morning.
16:55You and Fonseca
16:57talked a lot about attitude,
16:59character and desire.
17:01I wonder
17:03if tomorrow
17:05Lautaro, Inter
17:07or the attitude
17:09of your team is more important.
17:11It's always the most important.
17:13We were talking about
17:15a weaker team.
17:17Maybe
17:19in terms of quality
17:21or history
17:23we can't win.
17:25I'm more and more
17:27worried about what we do.
17:29Let's look
17:31at the opponent
17:33to see
17:35the strengths.
17:37There are a lot of them.
17:39Some of them are weak.
17:41Our team
17:43has 60-70% of the work.
17:45We have to look at the opponent
17:47because there are
17:49strategic questions
17:51that we have to pay attention to.
17:53That's all.
17:55But the main work
17:57is on us.
17:59Yes.
18:01I don't see him very convinced.
18:05Let's go to Longo from Calciomercato.com
18:07Hi coach.
18:09I wanted to ask you.
18:11We know that
18:13Alvaro Morata
18:15will leave
18:17when he arrives in Milan.
18:19Did you talk to him?
18:21Was it a decision
18:23that you made together?
18:25It's a special decision.
18:27He signed a long contract.
18:29Why did he leave?
18:31I talk to the players
18:33every day.
18:35You know that
18:37for the short time
18:39we have on the pitch
18:41we talk a lot.
18:43Videos,
18:45opponents,
18:47our game.
18:49There's a lot to talk about.
18:51I talked to Alvaro
18:53yesterday and the day before
18:55with all the teammates.
18:57These are market situations.
19:01It's like getting married.
19:03You have to have
19:05the will of the wife
19:07and the priest
19:09to get married.
19:11It's a bit like that.
19:13I don't know if you got it.
19:19It's not bad.
19:21Antonio Gioia.
19:23Good afternoon.
19:25I have to contradict Michael Cuomo.
19:27I don't think he cares about
19:29Lautaro or his will.
19:31He cares about Fofanà 's absence.
19:33Milan has never played
19:35without Fofanà .
19:37Is there a substitute
19:39that can do that job?
19:41Or is there something else
19:43to counter this absence?
19:45We want to have everyone
19:47available.
19:49In this case it's not possible.
19:51Someone else will play.
19:53Trust in everyone.
19:55It's not just saying it.
19:57I have to put 11 on the pitch.
19:59It's good for you too.
20:01They always talk about this.
20:03Fofanà when he rests.
20:05He'll play someone else.
20:07Let's do the last two.
20:09Conte and then Pellegratti.
20:19Good afternoon.
20:21Talking about the climate
20:23and the situation.
20:25Inter are living in a calm climate
20:27for the Champions League qualification.
20:29The only thing that stands out
20:31is the comeback
20:33for the Super Cup final.
20:35Here there's a bit of
20:37excitement.
20:39What do you think
20:41will help
20:43the team
20:45improve
20:47on the pitch?
20:49Calmness or excitement?
20:51At this level
20:53in these games
20:55there's no favourites.
20:57On a mental level
20:59one is stronger than the other.
21:01The atmosphere is better or worse.
21:03When you whistle
21:05in these types of games
21:07the game gains its history.
21:09Its life.
21:11In those moments
21:13of the game.
21:15It's clear.
21:17If there's more calmness
21:19and there's no market
21:21in a high period
21:23it's better.
21:25But it's not possible.
21:27We can't look at this.
21:29We have to focus on what we have to do
21:31which is our job.
21:33We have to be players
21:35to do the important job.
21:37To give life
21:39to the game.
21:41It's us or them
21:43who go on the pitch.
21:45The game
21:47gains its path
21:49and its history.
21:51Every game is different.
21:53The Super Cup
21:55our game with Inter
21:57has already passed.
21:59This will be a different game.
22:01Go Carlo.
22:03Good morning Sergio.
22:05To judge your job
22:07it's not easy.
22:09Why?
22:11You can judge
22:13your job emotionally
22:15or rationally.
22:17Emotionally
22:19you see a Milan
22:21struggling
22:23on the pitch.
22:25Sometimes like with Juventus
22:27it's good in the beginning
22:29but rationally
22:31you've always been honest.
22:33We're judging your job
22:35today, February 1st.
22:37You arrived on January 1st.
22:39So we're judging your job
22:41as if it were August 7th
22:43when you start working
22:45on July 7th.
22:47On August 7th
22:49we won't be so harsh
22:51after a month of work
22:53because a month of work is nothing.
22:55You've always been honest
22:57and you've always apologized.
22:59How do you judge your job?
23:01Emotionally
23:03or rationally
23:05since you're only
23:07on the 7th of August
23:09of a season?
23:13This is a very important
23:15consideration
23:17because
23:19also as a job
23:21because I'm talking about
23:23field work
23:25and today I was talking
23:27with two or three players
23:29about this.
23:31It's not easy for a coach
23:33who likes the pitch
23:35to work on the different
23:37moments of the game
23:39on the pitch
23:41and not on the video
23:43or on the blackboard.
23:45It's much more difficult
23:47because the feeling
23:49is different.
23:51At the beginning of the season
23:53I was free to work on everything
23:55and here it's a bit different.
23:57I think that the other players
23:59who don't play much
24:01and who work differently
24:03have already taken
24:05a bit of what we want.
24:07It seems like a contradiction
24:09but it's like that.
24:11Now in February
24:13it's the same thing.
24:15Emotionally
24:17I tried to bring
24:19what I am.
24:21At the beginning
24:23at Riyad
24:25they understood
24:27that we need
24:29positive energy
24:31we need to be
24:35emotional
24:37with the spark in our eyes
24:39to play football like when we were kids.
24:41When we were kids
24:43everything seemed fantastic
24:45we played from morning to night
24:47and we never got tired.
24:49I think that
24:51this passion
24:53this desire
24:55I try to
24:57transmit it.
24:59I do it
25:01with my attitude
25:03every day I'm here
25:05with the players and all the people
25:07who work here
25:09because that's how I am.
25:11And then
25:13on the pitch
25:15I feel that
25:17we are still
25:19an important distance
25:21from what I want.
25:23As a coach
25:25I like a team
25:27that is short, that presses high
25:29that has a great intensity
25:31in the match
25:33that allows little to the opponents
25:35that creates a lot
25:37on the offensive level
25:39and on this
25:41you ask me
25:43do you have players to interpret
25:45this way of playing
25:47in this moment
25:49I say no, that's why we play
25:51in a different way
25:53I don't know if I'm explaining myself
25:55I try to give
25:57a balance to the team
25:59sometimes it's not easy
26:01because even on the pitch
26:03we recover
26:05today we did a little
26:07because it's the third day
26:09after Zagreb's game
26:11we can't do much
26:13because the intensity of the team
26:15is very difficult
26:17it's not easy
26:19Why didn't you take it as an excuse?
26:21Because I didn't have to
26:23I knew before signing the contract
26:25how many games I had
26:27I didn't count with these two
26:29but how many games I had
26:31I thought
26:33that coming here
26:35even with them
26:37still on the pitch
26:39I could transmit what I wanted
26:41It's the work of everyone
26:43in their personal goals
26:45within the team
26:47within their work
26:49within the dynamic of the team
26:51and this is not easy
26:53because for example
26:55I was talking about duels
26:57duels and aggressiveness
26:59you train this too
27:01you train this
27:031vs1, 2vs2, 3vs3
27:05in short spaces
27:07you train this
27:09when the ball is fast
27:11to react fast
27:13offensive and defensive transition
27:15where there is still some weakness
27:17we have to improve
27:19all the phases of the game
27:21you train this
27:23we have to do this
27:25but we don't really do it
27:27it's this problem
27:29in general
27:31there are others
27:33but it's this
27:35the positivity, the energy
27:37it's true
27:39sometimes
27:41we cross the line
27:43on the other situation
27:45it's more rational
27:47to find an excuse
27:49I don't want to find an excuse
27:51I don't want to talk about this
27:53I already knew
27:55we have to be men
27:57we have to change
27:59we have to improve
28:01after the first half of Zagreb
28:03I think we can't go down
28:05without changing
28:07thank you
28:09and good luck