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00:00Good morning everyone, this is the Milan-Como news conference, let's start with questions from Mauro Suma for Milan TV.
00:05Thank you Nicola, good morning mister, good morning to the Milan-Como news conference.
00:09I wanted to ask you this, it's the second week without intra-weekly commitments.
00:16How useful is it? How much is it sowing?
00:19How many signs do you see from the lads, from your group, from the team,
00:26of the work of these weeks without finishing up a disappointing match,
00:33but work, identity, work on the pitch?
00:37Good morning everyone, yes, it's very important.
00:41We are in the second week without commitments, half a week.
00:49For us it was important to work on the situation of the game,
00:55and also on the physical level, where we needed it.
01:01The response of the lads was fantastic, also as a spirit.
01:05I like to see the spirit they have, even at the end of a training session,
01:13they are happy, they are happy.
01:17We are working on things that we have never worked on together,
01:22all together, and that is fundamental, yes.
01:26Please, Pepe Di Stefano, Sky.
01:27The impression I get from the outside, when the lads pass by,
01:30from what we know, is that three goals and three points were enough
01:33to light up their eyes, their hope, I don't know if it's also a warning
01:38that you had on the pitch.
01:40I ask you, because as a footballer, you told us after Turin
01:43we will fight until the end.
01:45Maybe a place in the Champions League is numerically impossible,
01:49but do you still have that as a goal?
01:51That is, winning tomorrow, hypothetically, with convenient results in favor,
01:56is it still feasible, coach, or do you say we have to look at something else?
02:01No, we fight every day to have an evolution,
02:08that is important as a team, because if there is an evolution as a team,
02:12the results are certainly better too.
02:16What we think is in the present,
02:20tomorrow we have a very important and difficult game against a good team,
02:25so we don't have to think too much ahead,
02:30we have to work every day, they are doing it, as you said,
02:34you see a joy, a pleasure in working,
02:38sometimes we work really hard,
02:41because we have been able to do it in these two weeks,
02:44and they are happy.
02:46The group is fine,
02:48we try to put it on the pitch,
02:51you don't see it in training,
02:53but they gave me a fantastic answer in these two weeks,
02:56a spirit like the characters, as you saw at Lecce,
03:00so we have to get on this road,
03:02after the end we will do the math.
03:06Coach, I go back to these three points in the comeback against Lecce,
03:09but after the three points in the comeback against Como,
03:12the three points in the comeback against Parma,
03:14there have always been some bad defeats,
03:16it has never come to that turn that we expected after that comeback.
03:19So I ask you if you had to work on the head,
03:21on the motivation, on the hunger,
03:23that these players seem not to be able to put for two games in a row.
03:27We try to work on all points of view,
03:30physical, tactical, emotional too,
03:33so the work is done,
03:35I am very satisfied with this week,
03:40as it was last week.
03:44We started the game with Lecce very well,
03:46I think we created four or five chances to score in the first half,
03:50the first time they scored,
03:52we had to be stronger,
03:54and we were,
03:56after the second half we created a lot,
03:58we scored three goals,
04:00we could have scored more,
04:02anyway Lecce and the other teams have quality,
04:06they have men who manage the team,
04:10good coaches,
04:13here in Italy no game is easy,
04:16it is not that you can get there,
04:18once you got there,
04:20you had to see how much Milan won,
04:23Juve,
04:25now it seems different,
04:27more balanced and more difficult.
04:33I wanted to ask you about this particular week,
04:36where you talked about the future,
04:40this week you talked about everything,
04:42except about Milan.
04:44I listened to you for the last month and a half,
04:46after the Super Cup.
04:48Sorry for the sincerity,
04:50but it is true,
04:52here is Andre who can confirm.
04:54So it is all normal,
04:56now you talk about Milan in June,
04:58about the coach who will come,
05:00and after the suspension,
05:02you don't talk about the game.
05:04I can't control what others say,
05:06or what they think,
05:08I can control my players,
05:10the ones who train,
05:12prepare the game,
05:14the rest is what it is.
05:16We are used to it,
05:18as Pepe said,
05:20he asked me if I was a football man,
05:22yes, for many years,
05:24for 9 years I started playing football,
05:26so I am used to everything,
05:28sometimes it seems to lack a little respect,
05:30from the people who are still here,
05:32but it's ok,
05:34it's football,
05:36I am used to it.
05:38Let's go to Monica Colombo.
05:40Good morning, coach.
05:42Good morning.
05:44Now I will ask a question,
05:46that later it seems that I lack respect,
05:48but this was not my intention.
05:50For you,
05:52is it a supplementary
05:54motivation
05:56to try to beat
05:58Cuomo tomorrow,
06:00since a young coach
06:02like Fabregas
06:04has already been
06:06approached in the myriad of names
06:08that have been made in the last
06:10weeks at Milan.
06:12So,
06:14for you personally,
06:16is there a desire
06:18to win again,
06:20a desire
06:22to show yourself more
06:24than the three points?
06:26If the motivation
06:28started from there,
06:30I was sick, I had to go to the hospital.
06:34No, absolutely not.
06:36The motivation comes
06:38to win a game that will be difficult
06:40against a good coach, a good technical staff,
06:42who are doing a good job
06:44with very interesting players,
06:46young, many,
06:48and who have quality as a team.
06:50That is our motivation, to win the three points.
06:52Then, if it's against Cuomo, against another
06:54team, it doesn't matter.
06:56You have to
06:58study well
07:00their strengths
07:02and their weaknesses.
07:04From there,
07:06do our job,
07:08focus on us,
07:10because that's the most important thing.
07:12If we do well in the game,
07:14if we do what we have worked on,
07:16surely with more or less difficulty,
07:18we are closer to winning.
07:20That is our great motivation.
07:22Against the team, against Cuomo,
07:24Milan, as long as they don't
07:26concede against the opposing coach,
07:28that doesn't matter at all.
07:30Gazzetta dello Sport, Andrea Ramazzotti.
07:32Hi, two quick things.
07:34Hearing you speak
07:36about the work you have done
07:38in these two weeks,
07:40I wonder if your biggest regret
07:42at the moment is
07:44not having arrived at the beginning of the season
07:46to be able to set
07:48from the pre-season
07:50a certain type of work
07:52and to be able to transmit
07:54your football ideas,
07:56which certainly would have been easier
07:58to transmit at the beginning of the season
08:00than arriving three days
08:02before the first official match
08:04and then playing every three days.
08:06That's the first.
08:08The second is about Leao.
08:10In the last six Serie A games,
08:12Leao has always scored
08:14with goals,
08:16penalties, assists
08:18or assists.
08:20But there is a statistic that says
08:22that when he comes on the bench,
08:24he scores a goal or an assist
08:26every 52 minutes.
08:28When he comes on the pitch,
08:30the minutes go up a lot more.
08:32There are 183 minutes.
08:34All this to ask you
08:36if you want Leao to play from the first minute or not.
08:38It's better this way, Andrea.
08:40You are more direct.
08:42I understand.
08:44You are very smart,
08:46very good journalists,
08:48because you can see that they want
08:50to get where they want
08:52in a nice way.
08:54No, there is no remark on Leao.
08:56When I came here,
08:58I knew the schedule,
09:00I knew it wasn't easy
09:02to arrive halfway
09:04in a squad
09:06that was already here.
09:08The principles of the game
09:10were already acquired
09:12by other coaches
09:14with different thoughts than me.
09:16But I already knew this.
09:18That's the reality.
09:20I don't like to individualize
09:22as you know.
09:24Rafa is one of the best players
09:26in the Italian league.
09:28He can also be one of the best
09:30in the world.
09:32I already talked to him.
09:34He is working.
09:36He is available for the team
09:38from the first minute
09:40to the 90th minute.
09:42He is very available.
09:44I am very direct with him.
09:46We have a fantastic relationship.
09:48He is ready to help the team.
09:50Andrea Sereni, La Repubblica.
09:52Good morning, coach.
09:54I wanted to ask you
09:56two very quick things.
09:58First, the feeling that you
10:00are still looking for
10:02a balance of the team
10:04between the two phases,
10:06attack and defense.
10:08Maybe that's why you are
10:10experimenting in midfield
10:12with different players,
10:14like Lecce, where Bondo played.
10:16I wanted to ask you
10:18how close do you feel
10:20to finding the solution
10:22that you think is the best for Milan?
10:24Maybe also with the help
10:26of these two weeks.
10:28The other very quick thing.
10:30Jiménez hasn't signed for almost
10:32a month.
10:34You already told us
10:36that he needs a period of adaptation.
10:38How much can you help him
10:40to express himself
10:42as much as possible?
10:44What did you do this week
10:46specifically to help him
10:48score more goals?
10:50This week,
10:52I'll start at the end.
10:54This week we have time
10:56to work on other things.
10:58We did a specific job
11:00in their position.
11:02Like the defensive line,
11:04for example,
11:06in midfield.
11:08This balance is a matter
11:10of the whole team,
11:12not only of the defenders
11:14but also of the whole team.
11:16When you lose the ball,
11:18how do you react?
11:20If you're high,
11:22what should be the balance
11:24behind you?
11:26Sometimes it's not even
11:28on a numerical level,
11:30where you have to be
11:32close to the attacker,
11:34the opponent,
11:36who needs the defensive cover.
11:38It's a team job.
11:40It works as a team.
11:42We have to work
11:44in all areas
11:46of the team
11:48to have this balance.
11:50Not only me,
11:52but all the coaches.
11:54We're working on it.
11:58We're doing something
12:00to have this balance.
12:02Sometimes,
12:04being dangerous
12:06on the offensive
12:08and on the defensive
12:10makes it easier.
12:20A question
12:22and a curiosity.
12:24Both in Lecce
12:26and in other circumstances,
12:30Milan kept on
12:32scoring goals
12:34because of the lack
12:36of balance.
12:38According to
12:40Marchegiani,
12:42a former Lazio player,
12:44who was your
12:46team-mate in Lazio,
12:48I have the impression
12:50that Milan
12:52doesn't know how to defend.
12:54I ask you,
12:56beyond all the evidence,
12:58from a defensive point of view,
13:00do you understand
13:02why this team
13:04keeps on
13:06scoring
13:08the same goals,
13:10in the same way?
13:12When the opponent
13:14scores,
13:16there's always a mistake.
13:18I say it,
13:20it's a collective mistake.
13:22Sometimes,
13:24individual mistakes happen everywhere,
13:26not only in Milan.
13:28We have to work on small details.
13:30Before coming here,
13:32I had a meeting
13:34and we had to improve
13:36what we did on the pitch.
13:38I like to work on the pitch
13:40and then improve
13:42what we didn't do well.
13:44Sometimes,
13:46it's not a transition
13:48between attack and defense.
13:50We have to know
13:52how to stop
13:54an opponent's counter-attack.
13:56Sometimes,
13:58even in numerical parity,
14:00we can do it.
14:02Our players
14:04are fast.
14:06We're working on this.
14:08We're working to find
14:10this balance in the team.
14:12I'm happy
14:14to work on
14:16situations that
14:18were difficult before.
14:20It was only with video.
14:22Now,
14:24on the pitch,
14:26it's different.
14:28They see the space
14:30and what they have to do.
14:32We can't be
14:34100% perfect.
14:36We work for years
14:38and we're not perfect.
14:40Every day,
14:42we have to improve
14:44what we didn't do well.
14:46We're working on it.
14:48I have a question.
14:50Last time,
14:52you said
14:54you wrote to Sacchi
14:56and he didn't answer.
14:58Did you hear him?
15:00This is a question for Andrea Iaramassoti.
15:02Not for me.
15:04They're the ones
15:06who talk to Mr. Arrigo Sacchi.
15:08I have a lot of respect for him.
15:12These messages
15:14are for the young players.
15:16You don't even see them.
15:18I send him a big hug.
15:20He was my coach
15:22for a while.
15:24I already said it.
15:26They're great players
15:28who made football history in Italy.
15:30Francesco Letizia.
15:32Good morning.
15:34I was interested
15:36in Ruben Loftuschik's condition.
15:38You only had him
15:40for 13 minutes
15:42in the derby.
15:44From the derby to the derby,
15:46can Ruben Loftuschik
15:48be your weapon
15:50for this season's final
15:52for the big goal of Milan,
15:54Yes, I've known Ruben
15:56for many years.
15:58I've never had him
16:00for these injuries.
16:02Now he's 100%.
16:04Physically he's not ready
16:06for 90 minutes.
16:08But I like him a lot.
16:10He's a very strong midfielder
16:12who's good
16:14in the opposition's area.
16:16Physically
16:18he's a monster.
16:20I hope to have him
16:22at the end of the season
16:24to help the team.
16:26We need him.
16:28He scored 10 goals last season.
16:30He's a great midfielder.
16:32He's a box-to-box player
16:34with great quality.
16:36Let's go to Stefano Bressi.
16:40Good morning, coach.
16:42I have two questions
16:44about two individuals.
16:46The first one is about Teo Hernandez.
16:48We saw him play with Iliac
16:50and it looked like a three-man defence
16:52with Teo Hernandez as a midfielder.
16:54Is it more effective
16:56and is it a solution for the future?
16:58The second one is about the attack
17:00between Jimenez and Abram.
17:02Abram was decisive
17:04in all the goals.
17:06But it looks like there's a lack
17:08in the penalty area.
17:10Is the solution with Jimenez
17:12worth it?
17:14It depends on the game
17:16and the strategy we have
17:18for a given match.
17:20At the moment,
17:22yes, they can...
17:24I like to play
17:26with two players in front
17:28as a reference.
17:30At the moment,
17:32I don't think
17:34it's worth it.
17:38As for Teo,
17:40he's someone I can't cut
17:42or castrate
17:44his attacking ability.
17:46I have to find
17:48a balance
17:50to let him go.
17:52We're doing that
17:54so that
17:56he can give
17:58what he gave to Lecce
18:00with assists.
18:02He can be decisive
18:04in the last 30 metres because he has this quality.
18:06Thank you all.
18:08Good luck.