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00:24 >> Okay. Good evening everyone.
00:26 Thanks for joining us for the press conference.
00:27 If you'd like to ask a question, please raise your hand and we'll look
00:30 to get through as many as possible.
00:31 We'll start with Andy.
00:32 >> Hi.
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00:47 >> I don't believe that we can say it's mentality.
00:51 It's football.
00:52 It's an holistic thing.
00:54 It's everything.
00:56 I think today the result doesn't reflect the performance, but in football we need to accept
01:05 that this type of situation happen.
01:07 I think the first half was really good.
01:10 Only that disappointed, what I can tell you that I am so disappointed,
01:15 like the player is very disappointed in the way that we concede the goal, the first goal,
01:19 because we start the game knowing that West Ham is so, so dangerous in set pieces,
01:25 corners and transition.
01:28 I think we managed well the transition, but I think we concede few corners
01:32 that in this type of level we cannot concede and then we concede the goal.
01:38 That is a little bit-- that is about to be disappointed about that
01:43 and we need to work really hard.
01:45 I was really upset in the halftime about that.
01:47 I think the player will agree and feel the same.
01:52 And then I think we also did really well in the first half.
01:58 We should win the game in the halftime for a different score.
02:03 But I think the second half reshaped the team with the injury of Karne Chukwumeka.
02:10 I think we didn't find the way from the beginning and then when we start to play
02:16 and find a way to play, I think we concede another goal in the only chance that so far was for West Ham.
02:24 And that is why.
02:25 And then we start to take different, you know, decisions,
02:29 rash decisions, we start to find the right timing in an offensive situation
02:35 to break down the line defensive.
02:37 Yes, disappointed, but that is the process.
02:40 We need to accept the defeat and we need to keep working for sure
02:45 that when everything is going to be settled on the team,
02:48 we are going to perform and then we are going to win games.
03:10 No, I think when we took the decision to play with him in the last 30 minutes,
03:17 I think because he is ready to play 30 minutes.
03:20 Maybe he wasn't ready to play from the beginning, but 30 minutes, yes.
03:23 He did well, very positive things, only in the last minute, OK, we concede a goal.
03:31 But we cannot say nothing wrong.
03:36 I think it was positive, the impact and we feel disappointed,
03:41 and he feels disappointed, all disappointed, because I think we deserved more,
03:44 but on the end we didn't get the result that we wanted.
04:03 What was the impact?
04:05 At the age of the club, a very young team,
04:07 do you think they struggled to mentally handle it?
04:09 No, I don't believe, because if we score the penalty that we missed,
04:14 we go to the half-time with 2-1, I think for sure the game is...
04:18 Maybe we are now talking about a different game and a different situation,
04:22 and for sure maybe we are happy because we won the game.
04:26 That is football and we need to accept that sometimes it happens,
04:28 and more in the beginning of the season,
04:30 because there are still things that we need to improve and settle on the team,
04:34 player in, player out, and I think that is important,
04:37 but the competition, as I told you, is not an excuse.
04:40 And after Liverpool say something, I'm going to repeat the same.
04:46 We are really excited about the squad that we are building,
04:48 and for sure that is only a defeat that for sure is going to make us stronger,
04:56 and we are going to perform better in the next games.
05:01 Now we need to move on, many positive things,
05:05 not the result, but I think we need to keep working,
05:09 and we are going to work really hard to try to win on Friday
05:12 and keep the performance that we wanted.
05:15 Hi, Boricho.
05:16 Why weren't you able to match the levels of the first half and the second half?
05:20 What did you say to the players?
05:21 I don't understand.
05:24 Why couldn't you match the performance of the first half and the second half?
05:28 What did you say at half-time?
05:30 Well, at half-time I think I was a little bit upset about the start of the game,
05:33 because I think, like I told you before,
05:36 we conceded a few situations that we were aware about,
05:40 about the dangers of West Ham, and we gave the possibility to score.
05:46 But I think, yes, we changed Karni Chukwumeka,
05:52 because it was an injury for Misha Mudric.
05:55 Yes, I think from the beginning also we started late on the second half,
06:01 also to find a way to play, and then we conceded the second goal,
06:05 and then that helped West Ham to really believe in the result.
06:12 And for us it was about to have a rush, you know,
06:15 a situation that we rushed too much.
06:17 We needed to be more patient and maybe open better the pitch.
06:25 But in the end, I think when we saw the data,
06:29 I think in the last third we had maybe 50 entrances.
06:36 That was amazing, but I think we were not clinical enough to score,
06:40 for different reasons.
06:42 But I think in the half-time it was about to reveal the team,
06:47 with the situation of Karni Chukwumeka,
06:49 and then to try to keep going and not to try to be affected
06:56 by the penalty that we missed a few minutes before.
06:59 Good, Simon.
07:00 Old school has been a problem for Chelsea for quite a few years now.
07:07 Is it a lack of confidence that you've noticed can be fixed in training?
07:12 Do you need to go back to the market again?
07:14 No.
07:15 How is Karni going to support you?
07:18 No, I don't believe this, because that is a new team, new players.
07:22 I don't know what happened in the last few years here.
07:27 No, I think he's about to believe, to perform.
07:32 A player like Nico Jackson, who arrived this season,
07:37 for sure he's going to score because he has an amazing quality.
07:42 No, I don't believe that happened because of what happened last season.
07:49 And then Karni, we need to assess him.
07:51 We'll see tomorrow, the assessment from the doctor,
07:55 and hope that it's not a big issue, but we need to wait.
07:59 Just with Mudric, he lost a lot of money.
08:03 I mean, he was desperate to score,
08:05 and that first goal, is that perhaps playing in his mind?
08:09 Sorry?
08:10 Mudric, he hasn't scored yet, he seems desperate to score.
08:13 Is that playing in his mind?
08:15 I think he needs to be more desperate to score.
08:19 But normally, today he played 45 minutes,
08:23 he needs to have continuity,
08:26 but first of all he needs to build his continuity and trust
08:29 during the training, during the week.
08:33 No, I think he's a young player that needs to be,
08:38 we need to trust him, we need to trust him to create this relationship with us,
08:43 with the team.
08:44 He has enormous quality and talent.
08:48 I think it's only time for him to settle better on the team,
08:54 and for sure he will find a way to perform in the way that we expect.
09:00 Go to James, only.
09:02 Just a follow-up to Simon's question.
09:04 Through the last season there was a lot of talk about psychological problems
09:07 in front of goal, the team wasn't talking enough.
09:10 Do you feel you've inherited anything like that at all?
09:13 No, no.
09:15 No, no.
09:16 I cannot see nothing like this.
09:20 For sure.
09:21 We'll do two more, then Mike and then Egan.
09:23 Maurizio, is it a cause for concern that you've played well the two games
09:30 and you've only got one point to show for it?
09:32 Yes, it's only the beginning.
09:35 I think if we play bad and win games,
09:40 I think there should be more worry,
09:42 because it's only time to lose games and then not find a way to perform
09:49 and not be close to winning.
09:51 I prefer to start in this way,
09:54 showing good performance, good structure,
09:58 because we dominate Liverpool and West Ham.
10:05 But I think the structure is there.
10:06 To be in the last 30 or 50 times is because the structure is good
10:10 and Liverpool the same, good performance, we didn't win.
10:14 But I think that is the way to be close to winning
10:17 and it's to build something for the future.
10:19 I think with the players that we have and with the talent that we have in the squad,
10:22 it's only time to find the best balance and to start to score goals and win games.
10:31 Final question, Adrian.
10:32 Maurizio, it was one of the positives today, Raheem Sterling's performance.
10:35 I just wondered how have you found him since you've come to the club
10:38 and what sort of thing have you been saying to him that you want from him?
10:42 Yes, I don't know if it's a coincidence or not.
10:45 We were talking a lot this week in my office and yes, we trust him.
10:49 He's a player that can deliver the show that we want and we expect
10:54 and today was fantastic.
10:57 For sure we are not happy and he is not happy because of his good performance,
11:00 but we didn't win.
11:03 But that is the way that we expect the player to perform
11:06 and be involved and be committed with the team.
11:09 And for sure when we increase the level of all our players,
11:13 for sure we are going to be close to winning.
11:16 OK, we'll end it there. Thank you, everybody.
11:17 Thank you.
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11:19 Thank you.
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11:21 Thank you.
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