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00:00Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Ficaio Tomori. Let's start with questions from Milan TV with Mauro Suma.
00:09Thank you Nicola, good morning Zlatan, good morning Fic. Zlatan, the decisive task is waiting for the team, but I have taken your attention since Saturday night because there is the right atmosphere around the team.
00:24In Rotterdam the atmosphere was important for them, the Caip means pool, do you dream of a pool full of passion even tomorrow night at San Siro?
00:35Before I answer, it is a rare situation that I am here because the coach is arriving in Portugal in a few minutes.
00:49Tomorrow our fans are important, they had an advantage with their fans in Rotterdam who pushed a lot.
01:04I am confident with our fans that tomorrow will be a very different match with 80,000 fans, not only in the stadium but also outside the stadium and all over the world.
01:22The fans will give a lot of strength and will push the team to do their best.
01:30The team on the pitch has to take this energy from everyone to do their best and be ready.
01:40Fic, good morning, why can Milan play tomorrow? What are the main reasons for Milan to play tomorrow?
01:52Not only to get on the pitch with the right attitude and the desire to win that we always have.
02:00We know that the first game we played was not what we wanted and tomorrow we know what we have to do and that is to win.
02:13We need at least one or two goals to get through and we are ready to win.
02:26Let's go to Carlo Spasserini.
02:29Hi Zlatan, good morning. I want to ask you something. What explanation did you give to the Milan fans?
02:44In Rotterdam you saw an unrecognizable Milan compared to other performances. What explanation did you give to the coach?
02:55As I said, I don't know if it was a week ago, it is important to have low moments as high as possible.
03:04There are low moments, but it is important to keep it as high as possible.
03:10Being at the top every day is not easy, but it is what you are working on and preparing for.
03:18In the long run, the team that has the highest possible low moments is the team that will win.
03:25This is what we are looking for. This is also a team mentality.
03:34When you are at a low moment, you are not wow, but you are always present and you bring out the mentality that you want to win.
03:46This is what we are creating in this group. When these moments come, we try to keep it as high as possible.
03:54From the outside, I communicate with the players every day, we talk, we try to find a solution.
04:04Every day we talk with the coach and with the players.
04:09There should not be too much information. Too much information is also misinformation.
04:14If you talk about the same things every day, it doesn't work for the players.
04:20It's like saying to your wife, you love him every day, but in the end he comes in and goes somewhere else.
04:27Then he doesn't believe in you anymore, so you have to show him with actions.
04:32It's the same here, but maybe for a different action.
04:36Let's go to the Gazzetta dello Sport. Andrea Aramazzotti, please.
04:40Hi Zlatan.
04:41Hi.
04:42During the last conferences, especially when things didn't go well, the coach often talked about the lack of concentration and attention from the team.
04:56Tomorrow is one of those games from the inside out for Milan.
05:02In your career, you have played a lot in all competitions, even in the Champions League.
05:08I wanted to ask you, what are the fundamental things that the team will have to do tomorrow and what will not go wrong?
05:19The team tomorrow must be focused, aggressive and more concrete than the game we played in Rotterdam.
05:33Then they have to come in with a mentality that is a final.
05:37It's a final if you win.
05:39How you play it, it's obvious that you want to play well.
05:42It's important to win it, because we have a game where we lost.
05:49We are under a game and we have to make a result to pass.
05:55Then everyone has to push the one next to him.
05:59You have to make him stay on his toes and be focused.
06:02Then you have to go back from him to the person who is pushing him.
06:07It's a collective thing.
06:09It starts with some individuals to make a collective.
06:15Then there are those on the bench who have to push.
06:19It's all connected by the collective.
06:24It's what makes a group and a team.
06:28Francesco Rocchilai.
06:29Good morning.
06:31My first question is for Tomori.
06:35Zlatan Ibrimovic said that tomorrow must be a final.
06:40For you and your defence, it's very important not to concede.
06:46Yes.
06:49As a team, as defenders, we go to every game with the aim of not conceding.
06:59Tomorrow will be a different game because we are already under a goal.
07:07We know the quality we have.
07:12It's important not to concede.
07:15If we concede, it's important not to lose focus.
07:22We have to play the same way and believe in what we are doing.
07:30In the end, we know that we want to win and that we have to win.
07:34It will be a difficult game, as it was in Rotterdam.
07:39We have to be focused to achieve what we want.
07:46My question is for Zlatan Ibrimovic.
07:49Tomorrow will be a decisive game.
07:52I wanted to ask about your emotions as a manager.
07:57For the club, it's been almost two seasons.
08:03You had a lot of difficulties until Christmas.
08:06Now you have to deal with the January transfer window.
08:09How important is tomorrow's game for you and as a manager?
08:14For me, it's important because I'm a winner.
08:20I want to win.
08:22I want to bring results.
08:25I'm not a person who tries to do things that don't go down in history.
08:32On the contrary, I try to make a difference to write history.
08:39Milan is a club that writes history.
08:42Everyone who works in Milan is here to do the same thing.
08:50You have to win to make history.
08:53When you win, you bring trophies.
08:55This is Milan.
08:58Tomorrow's game is important.
09:01If you look at the history of Milan in the Champions League,
09:06it has a lot to do with the Champions League trophies.
09:12We want to continue doing this.
09:14We help those who are on the pitch.
09:22They do their thing.
09:24It's important for everyone.
09:26We are Milan.
09:28We have to continue to bring results and write history.
09:32Tomorrow is a final.
09:35Let's go to Claudio Raimondi from Mediaset.
09:38Hi, I'll start with Fik.
09:40We often see you on the pitch with Walker.
09:45You talk a lot, both of you.
09:49What did it take to close the defence?
09:52It seems a bit more solid.
09:54The hand that Walker is giving you,
09:56and in particular with you being close to him.
10:00Yes, me and Kyle always talk because we speak English together.
10:06He brought a bit of calm and experience.
10:11I think the whole team knows the quality and experience
10:17and the trophies he won.
10:21That's why we're happy to have him with us.
10:26When he says something,
10:28when he wants to do something,
10:30everyone listens.
10:32We know what kind of player he is.
10:36Like when Ibra came on and brought his experience.
10:39He gave a plus.
10:41Not like him.
10:46A bit...
10:48Better, no?
10:50Very different.
10:53Yes, he's a good player.
10:56He's still growing in this team.
10:59There are things that the coach asks him to do.
11:04Not just him, but the whole team.
11:06We're talking about him.
11:08Since I came on, he's done a great job to help the team.
11:17We saw last night the importance of intervention in the market.
11:21Two wins, Vega in attack.
11:24We're talking about Juventus.
11:26They didn't score, but they're showing the importance of the market.
11:29Milan did a great job.
11:31What do you expect from the new players?
11:33You said he's a killer.
11:37Is he on the right track to get your legacy?
11:43We expect a lot from the new players.
11:48They're already here.
11:50Like Tomori said about Walker.
11:52He's already here.
11:54He's not a talent that needs to grow or learn.
11:58He needs to come here and bring results.
12:02Like Gian Felix.
12:04I think he can grow even more.
12:09Jimenez can grow and become even stronger.
12:14Then we have Bondo and Sotil.
12:17They have room to grow even more.
12:20I expect a lot.
12:22The club expects a lot from these new players.
12:25They need to join the team.
12:27They need to take space.
12:30I've already told everyone to take space.
12:33That's what the team needs.
12:36Something new that comes in quickly.
12:39Something that brings balance.
12:43That's what they're doing.
12:46It's important for us to make them feel comfortable.
12:51That's Milan's style.
12:53As Gagliani always said.
12:55Players only need to think about football.
12:58We'll take care of the rest.
13:00That's what we're doing.
13:02That's our culture.
13:04Milan's.
13:05Then Jimenez.
13:07What was missing.
13:09That quality in front of the goal.
13:13That's why I say he's a killer.
13:15He has to wait.
13:17But he also has to run.
13:19If you don't run, you don't play.
13:21He has to help out in and out of the box.
13:26That's where we see him in danger.
13:29He has to be there.
13:31Like in the last game.
13:33That's the right moment.
13:35In that situation.
13:37Then he has to put it in.
13:39I remember the first press conference with Jimenez.
13:43He's a Mexican journalist.
13:45The ball can come from any player.
13:48Right or left.
13:50I don't say names.
13:52Everyone is important.
13:54I only say Mike.
13:56It can come from Mike.
13:58He has to be there.
14:00Ready, focused and put it in.
14:03Let's go to our Dutch TV.
14:14Yes, my condolences.
14:18He's missing.
14:21The president said he's a mental coach.
14:44I'm doing this because he's not here.
14:50He had a personal situation in Portugal.
14:56Everyone knows that.
14:58I'm helping Milan.
15:02Let's go to Andrea Sereni, La Repubblica.
15:04Good morning.
15:06First question for Tomori.
15:09In Rotterdam you struggled to manage their forwards.
15:15What were the biggest problems you faced?
15:20Did you study anything to limit their forwards?
15:25Yes, after the game we talked a bit.
15:29We didn't see the images.
15:31We had a game against Verona.
15:35I'm sure we'll see the game today.
15:39We did well in the first half.
15:42We can improve.
15:44We didn't do well in the second half.
15:49We know we lost.
15:52Their forwards played well.
15:57They were aggressive in the duels.
16:00They were deep in the ball to connect the game.
16:07We have to see this game.
16:12We have to see what we can improve.
16:16Not just their forwards, but the whole team.
16:23The most important thing is to focus on what we can do better.
16:31We have to win this game.
16:34I have a question for you.
16:37You mentioned Gagliani.
16:40In the last months with Fonseca,
16:44people criticised AC Milan for not being close to the coach.
16:52In the last few weeks,
16:54we see you a lot in the press conferences.
16:59Even today, you are here to replace the coach.
17:03Is this a part of your new attire?
17:07Are you trying to get closer to what Gagliani was for AC Milan?
17:12If we go back to the summer,
17:15the press conferences with new acquisitions,
17:17I was there.
17:19With Fonseca, we talked every day.
17:23We were present in Milanello.
17:26We communicated every day.
17:29Not just with me, but with the whole management.
17:32We were close.
17:33We talked about what we are doing now.
17:36Today is a rare situation.
17:38I explained this before the game.
17:40Even after the last game, it was a rare situation.
17:45It's not like something has changed.
17:48We are all working.
17:50We all have our responsibilities.
17:54We are doing everything to help everyone,
17:58to bring AC Milan and to make AC Milan.
18:04Federico Masini, Tuttosport.
18:07Hi Zlatan, good evening.
18:09I wanted to step back,
18:11because the Champions League is important,
18:13but also to be in the Champions League next year.
18:15In the last month and a half,
18:17you have shrunk from fourth place.
18:19What is the most dangerous opponent
18:22that AC Milan must fear the most
18:24to be in fourth place in the league?
18:26Lazio, Juventus, Fiorentina, Bologna.
18:29Every week the results change.
18:33Everyone tries to get into the Champions League.
18:38We are focused on ourselves.
18:40If we do our job,
18:42we think about one game at a time.
18:45We have to face all the games like a final.
18:49Tomorrow will be another final,
18:51the Champions League,
18:53which is not a championship.
18:56But I think that whoever is in front of us,
19:01everyone is doing everything to get there.
19:06Until the end,
19:08it will be a battle between everyone.
19:12Everyone in front of us is dangerous.
19:22We have to beat everyone to get there.
19:29Hi Zlatan.
19:30There is a player who is not in the Champions League list,
19:33but he is doing very well.
19:35Alex Jimenez, the Spanish.
19:37We saw that he came in with Verona,
19:39he assisted for the goal.
19:42He is growing a lot, very well.
19:46Real has a comeback on the player.
19:49Are you already talking to Real
19:51to understand how to keep him?
19:53Because he is growing well
19:55and he is a brave boy.
19:59In the summer, when I spoke,
20:01I said that Jimenez is a vice.
20:05Hernandez arrived with patience
20:10and he is present.
20:13Yes, there is this clause of Real,
20:16but we have a good relationship with Real.
20:20There are no discussions today,
20:22but he is an important player for us.
20:25If we go back in the summer,
20:27when we created Milan Futuro,
20:29Jimenez was from Milan Futuro.
20:33If we talk about Milan Futuro,
20:35today we have Camarda, Jimenez,
20:38Bartesaghi, Torriani,
20:43Zeroli, who went to Monza,
20:45Cuenca, who went to Genoa,
20:49Stalma, who went to Germany.
20:52No, Cuenca went to Genoa.
20:54Stalma, who went to Germany.
20:59Liberale has already made his debut.
21:02This is our strategy for Milan Futuro.
21:07It is going well and we are happy
21:09because Jimenez has already made his debut in San Siro.
21:12He has to grow even more.
21:15He is a player that we believe in
21:17and we want to give him space
21:19in our talents.
21:21He is one of them.
21:24He played well in the last match.
21:26I am sorry that he is not in the Champions League list
21:28because he could only change three players.
21:30Next year he will be
21:33the one who comes from Milan Academy
21:36and then he will be in the B-list.
21:42That's it.
21:44Francesco Letizia, Sport Italia.
21:46Good afternoon, Azlatan.
21:47Good afternoon, Ufikaio.
21:48A question for Tomori.
21:50Since the end of the transfer window
21:52we haven't been able to hear from you.
21:54But we know that you have been
21:56courted by several clubs,
21:58especially Juventus.
22:00But you wanted to stay here.
22:02I would like to hear your opinion on this.
22:04Why did you want to stay here
22:06and what is your intention for the future?
22:10Yes, I have always said that
22:12since I came to Milan
22:14I have felt at home.
22:16Nothing has changed.
22:22I know as a player that
22:24there are clubs in every map.
22:26There are people who talk about
22:28the transfer window.
22:30This player is leaving,
22:32this player is leaving.
22:34I was, I am and now I am
22:36focused on what I want to do
22:38and that is to stay here.
22:42Yes, it has always been like that.
22:46It is a pleasure to wear this shirt
22:48and so yes,
22:50I didn't have the desire
22:52to leave
22:54until they asked me to stay here.
23:02Good morning to both of you.
23:04Zlatan, I would like to ask you
23:06since when we talk about the Champions League
23:08we talk about the pitch, the result,
23:10the history and also the income.
23:12I would like to ask you
23:14how you approach the property of Gerry Cardinale
23:16to this very important appointment.
23:20We talk to Gerry every day.
23:22He is involved.
23:26He is committed.
23:28Obviously he wants success
23:30with Milan.
23:32Not only in the Champions League
23:34but also in the league.
23:38He gives strength to everyone
23:40who works.
23:42He gives confidence.
23:44We are working
23:46and doing our best
23:48to bring
23:50these results.
23:52But he is involved.
23:54He is very committed.
23:56He wants to do well.
23:58He asks for results.
24:00He gives you space to be yourself.
24:04To do your job.
24:06But in return he wants results.
24:12One question for both of you.
24:14Good evening.
24:16Zlatan, I would like to ask you
24:18about your career.
24:20You wrote a book.
24:22It allowed you to win
24:24until the age of 40.
24:26With this engine
24:28that pushed you to give more and more.
24:30In the Champions League you need the adrenaline.
24:32You know it well.
24:34You also worked as a team mate.
24:36How do you turn on that adrenaline
24:38that seems to be different
24:40compared to the other years?
24:42These moments
24:44are special.
24:46It's a moment
24:48that you have to live.
24:50It's what you look for
24:52as a footballer.
24:54It's like a final.
24:58If you have the opportunity
25:00to play these games
25:02you enjoy it
25:04in a different way.
25:06Now I enjoy it from above.
25:08Tomorrow he will enjoy it
25:10on the pitch.
25:12He will do everything on the pitch
25:14to do his best.
25:16Everyone has his own approach
25:18on how he lives the game.
25:20He tries to do
25:22the best he can
25:24of himself.
25:26The team mates
25:28go around and
25:30it depends on the character
25:32and what kind of player he is.
25:34I was more
25:36focused.
25:38I didn't need to play
25:40to get there.
25:42I had this confidence
25:44and when I decided
25:46to do well
25:48I went in and did well.
25:50Teo is no longer
25:52a kid.
25:54He was a kid
25:56when I arrived.
25:58Now he has grown up
26:00and he is one of the best left-back
26:02in the world.
26:04He knows what he has to do
26:06to get the most out of it.
26:08He has to find
26:10the trigger point
26:12to get to
26:14the next level.
26:16As a player
26:18this is the most difficult part.
26:20You always have to
26:22find the button
26:24to charge yourself.
26:26We try
26:28to do our best
26:30but in the end the player
26:32has to find the energy
26:34to do
26:36the best he can.
26:38Everyone thought
26:40he was always angry
26:42because he wanted to do well.
26:44It wasn't personal.
27:08Before
27:10everyone wanted
27:12all four.
27:14Now it's different.
27:16No.
27:18As players
27:20the coach always says
27:22if we play with three
27:24in the back, five and four
27:26we have one goal
27:28and that is to win.
27:30To win you have to run, fight
27:32and do all the good things
27:34to give
27:36the highest chance
27:38to win.
27:40If we play with three
27:42four, we go on the pitch
27:44and the first eleven
27:46who go on the pitch
27:48to win
27:50the game
27:52are there to help.
27:54So if we have three, four
27:56five, seven, ten in front
27:58it's just to win.
28:00Go Carlo,
28:02do the last one please.
28:04I wanted to ask
28:06two things to Zlatan Ibrahimović.
28:08The first and the second
28:10is the layout.
28:12When you played
28:14they asked you to go back to help.
28:16Sure, you did the last 30 metres
28:18but I didn't see you go
28:2080 metres back and forth.
28:22Layout is not the classic player
28:24as happened in the Scudetto
28:26Senemekers equilibrator
28:28Giroud, Zlatan Ibrahimović
28:30and Layout.
28:32How do you see this?
28:36It's nice
28:38because everyone talks about Layout
28:40everyone asks
28:42him how he should play
28:44Layout
28:46for us
28:48is one of the strongest players in the world.
28:50How do you explain
28:52to a player who is
28:54one of the strongest in the world
28:56how he should play?
28:58He knows it.
29:00Yes, you can ask him
29:02tactically
29:04where he should be.
29:06You can push him,
29:08run more,
29:10make him
29:12in a fixed position
29:14like a corner kick.
29:16This is all tactical.
29:18But how he should play
29:20you can't explain.
29:22He explains how he should play.
29:24He is him
29:26and there is a reason
29:28because he is one of the strongest players in the world.
29:32In the last game
29:34someone asked me
29:36when Layout has the ball
29:38why doesn't he run forward?
29:40Why does he stay still?
29:42Don't worry.
29:44Layout knows what he is doing.
29:46He is the one who explains
29:48if he should stay still or not.
29:50A second question.
29:52I closed the question to Pozzi
29:54because I know I have to do one.
29:56Tomorrow Milan
29:58plays without Italian players.
30:00I wanted to understand
30:02Italian players are like
30:04white truffles
30:06rare, very expensive
30:08and fragrant
30:10but very expensive.
30:12Will there be a change in the future
30:14about Italian players?
30:16Because there are players
30:18who cost twice as much as Pulisic
30:20and maybe half as much as Pulisic.
30:22Will you be able to
30:24put Italian players
30:26in value
30:28or quality?
30:30Quality.
30:32I understand that you go to
30:34foreign markets
30:36where there are great players
30:38that cost less.
30:40Will there be a change
30:42about Italian players
30:44next summer
30:46or will it depend on the opportunity?
30:48We looked for
30:50Italian players
30:52but
30:54we didn't manage
30:56to close.
30:58We closed Sottile
31:00who is Italian.
31:02We want him to be Italian
31:04but every situation
31:06has its own situation.
31:08We try to
31:10bring the best
31:12players for Milan
31:14but when you are in Milan
31:16no one is guaranteed.
31:18Everyone has to be
31:20on the pitch to do their best.
31:22There is always someone
31:24who can take your position.
31:26If it's not him
31:28you can bring
31:30someone from outside
31:32who is Italian
31:34or foreign.
31:36We try to bring players
31:38who
31:40have to be
31:42good in Milan
31:44because there are
31:46many great players
31:48who play in front of 80,000 people.
31:50Milan's pitch
31:52is different.
31:54I've seen many great players
31:56who came to Milan
31:58but didn't manage to play in Milan.
32:00That doesn't mean they aren't good
32:02it's just that the pitch
32:04for some reasons
32:06didn't do well.
32:08Then they go elsewhere and do better.
32:10When you are in Milan
32:12you have to bring results.
32:14That's why Milan is Milan.
32:16Milan's players
32:18become legends
32:20because they bring results
32:22they bring trophies
32:24and they make history.
32:26Then there are foreigners and Italians
32:28but we have
32:30an eye on many Italians.
32:32But as you say
32:34the Italian market
32:36is different.
32:38We are not afraid
32:40of that.
32:42If it's right
32:44we'll do it.
32:48Good luck.