Filippo Terracciano: the presentation press conference

A.C. MILAN OFFICIAL

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00:00 Good afternoon, everyone.

00:03 Welcome along to this press conference to unveil Filippo Terracciano.

00:07 Before we give the floor to Milan TV, Filippo would like to say something.

00:11 First and foremost, good afternoon, everyone.

00:14 Before we get started, I really wanted to thank Verona,

00:18 both the city and the club, Elas Verona,

00:22 the club, my teammates from the academy and in the first team as well.

00:27 And I also want to to thank all of the coaches that I've had.

00:31 All of them in their own individual way have helped me to develop.

00:36 And above all, Ivan Juric, who is the first one to believe in me.

00:41 And I think he was the person that really

00:43 enabled me to understand the importance of hard work and dedication.

00:48 So I'll always be very grateful to Ivan Juric.

00:50 Now we'll give the floor to Mauro Suma.

00:54 Thank you, Laura.

00:56 Welcome along, Filippo. Good afternoon.

00:58 You still are to turn 21, but you already have 21 appearances in Serie A.

01:04 Do you think that the experience that you've already acquired

01:08 will always be useful to you, as you mentioned in your introduction

01:14 over the course of your career and during your time with Milan?

01:18 Yes, I'm young and I'm acquiring experience game after game.

01:25 I'm at a stage of my career where I'm learning a great deal

01:28 in every training session, in every match, and gradually

01:31 I will start to acquire experience.

01:33 I saw that you were looking at the footage of our history in the museum.

01:44 You are very immersed in the glory of the footage there.

01:47 I imagine it's all happened very quickly for you.

01:50 Verona, Casa Milan, the club, the headquarters, Milanello,

01:55 the training ground.

01:56 But despite all that, you went on in a very difficult moment

02:02 of the stage of the game against Atalanta.

02:05 You were very neat and tidy when we were training by a goal.

02:08 And you were very precise in what you did.

02:13 It's all happened very quickly, hasn't it?

02:15 Yes, of course, it was very exciting, first and foremost.

02:19 But as soon as I was called upon, I forgot everything,

02:23 put everything out of my mind and I was focused on the job at hand.

02:26 I tried to compartmentalize

02:34 and make sure that I was focused on the task at hand

02:37 to try and help out the team.

02:39 Sky, welcome, Filippo.

02:43 Best of luck for your time at Milan.

02:45 I wanted to ask you a couple of questions.

02:46 Mauro asked you about the impact on the pitch.

02:49 I wanted to ask you about the emotional side of things.

02:52 When did you find out about Milan's interest?

02:54 And what's it been like moving from Verona to Milan?

03:00 It's a short distance, but almost everything changes, doesn't it?

03:03 Yes, it's a big change.

03:06 And you can see it in everything.

03:08 Every person you encounter at Casa Milan,

03:12 at the in the trophy room.

03:15 It's not for me to say what a huge club Milan is.

03:19 As I've said,

03:21 very positive emotions in the first few days.

03:27 I've had a wonderful warm welcome here,

03:29 both from the players and the staff as a whole.

03:32 And as I've said, when I go out there onto the pitch,

03:37 I forget everything, I switch off from everything else

03:41 and I focus on what I need to do to give my all.

03:45 And the best I can give is playing my part for the team.

03:49 Schoffer, Moncada and Stefano Pioli have both said that you're very versatile.

03:56 You can play as a fullback on the right or the left.

04:00 You can play as a number eight.

04:01 You can play as a wingback as well.

04:04 Where do you feel you're best?

04:08 And is there a player from the past that played for Milan?

04:13 Not that you necessarily want to compare yourself to,

04:15 but you've idolized over the years.

04:17 I've never really bothered too much about a specific position or where I'm picked.

04:26 It's not my job.

04:29 All I need to do is give my all

04:31 in the position where the coach picks me.

04:35 So that's not something I can necessarily control.

04:41 And whatever the position that I'm picked in,

04:45 I will try and perform to the best of my abilities.

04:49 And I can adapt very quickly.

04:54 As for Milan players that I've idolized,

04:59 I'd have to say Paolo Maldini.

05:04 Maldini and Alessandro Nesta were two players that I always watched a lot.

05:08 I watched a lot of videos of them on YouTube,

05:11 and those are the two names that I would mention.

05:13 Calcio Mercato.

05:16 Good afternoon, Filippo.

05:17 First and foremost, congratulations.

05:20 You have joined a historic club.

05:22 You've spoken about Nesta and Maldini.

05:24 I wanted to ask you about your first impressions

05:28 working at Milanello day in, day out about this club.

05:36 And encountering Zlatan Ibrahimovic,

05:39 he might have been an idol of yours, even though he's in a different position.

05:42 Has he said anything to you?

05:43 A lot of clubs were competing for your signature in January,

05:47 and that shows that you're developing well.

05:49 Why did you push so hard to move to Milan as opposed to other clubs?

05:53 I'll start with the last portion of your question.

05:58 I think Milan is the best possible place for me to develop

06:04 as a player in terms of the staff, the facilities

06:07 and also the big characters that you encounter on a daily basis.

06:13 It might be Zlatan Ibrahimovic, for instance.

06:15 I think the more information I'm able to glean,

06:22 the more I can develop both as a footballer and as a human being.

06:26 When you come up against big personalities like that, it's very positive.

06:33 Sport Italia. Hi, Filippo.

06:35 Best of luck.

06:36 Verona published a photo of you

06:43 as a kid wearing the yellow blue colors.

06:45 There's another photo which is doing the rounds, which is your dad,

06:50 who was with Stefano Pioli in the sticker albums.

06:54 Has there been a fatherly pat on the back from Stefano Pioli?

07:00 Is there a future photo of you in the Rossoneri colors?

07:04 Yes, I also discovered that my dad played with Stefano Pioli at Fiorenzuola

07:12 and he just had a bit of a chat with the head coach.

07:18 My dad did.

07:21 And it's nice to know that they played together.

07:23 Yes, I played my entire youth with Verona.

07:30 That's why there was the photo of me there as a kid.

07:32 And let's try and write a new chapter here day after day at Milan.

07:36 Hi, Filippo.

07:41 First and foremost, welcome to Milan.

07:44 A little earlier, you were talking about Ivan Juric

07:46 and all of the coaches that have given you so much.

07:49 What can Stefano Pioli provide you with?

07:51 The gaffer can offer me a great deal right from those first few training sessions.

07:58 I'm learning a great deal.

08:00 And so both from a footballing perspective and as a human being,

08:06 I'm absolutely sure that I will develop significantly.

08:10 And as I said, I can't wait to get started.

08:15 Hi, Filippo. Welcome to Milan from my side, too.

08:21 Against Atalanta, you were combining a lot with Rafael Leão and Teo Hernandez.

08:28 It's a Milan side that's very young, albeit there are a lot of leaders like Olivier Giroud.

08:33 What can it give you in your career for a team that has already won things,

08:37 that want to win things and a good group of lads as well?

08:39 Yeah, as you said, they're a nice group of players.

08:42 Fantastic squad of players.

08:45 The veterans have given me a warm welcome.

08:48 And training with world class players like Rafael Leão, Olivier Giroud and Teo Hernandez

08:53 will certainly provide me with a great deal.

08:56 I need to try and fit into the coach's system as quickly as possible,

09:05 get to grips and get to know my teammates both from a footballing perspective and socially,

09:11 so that I can work out how best to dovetail with the likes of Rafael Leão and Teo Hernandez

09:17 on the pitch when we exchange passes.

09:19 You've already mentioned that you're not really bothered about a specific position,

09:25 but we have seen you in a slightly unusual position.

09:28 We hadn't ever seen you on the left before.

09:32 How did you find that? Can you do it?

09:34 And why did you choose the specific shirt number?

09:38 As I've already said, I played on the left because the gaffer asked me to cover that position.

09:49 As I've said, I'm not really interested in my position.

09:52 I don't give that too much thought.

09:57 And wherever I'm picked, I give my absolute all.

10:00 As for my shirt number, Simon Kier had 24 that used to be my number, so I couldn't pick that one.

10:10 So I chose 38 because I played with Destini Udogi throughout my time with the Verona Academy.

10:23 He's now at Tottenham.

10:24 I spoke a little bit to Destini and I chose that a little bit as a tribute to him.

10:30 Hi, Filippo.

10:32 Welcome along and best of luck.

10:36 As soon as you moved here to Milan, what sort of dressing room atmosphere did you discover and encounter?

10:44 Have you already made friends with anyone in particular?

10:46 Thank you very much and best of luck.

10:49 As I said, I encountered a fantastic atmosphere, both in terms of the players and the staff.

11:02 It's been a very positive experience from every angle.

11:07 And I know that anything I need, there are people willing to help me out.

11:14 And that's been really nice.

11:15 I had no doubts about that whatsoever, that I would encounter such a wonderful atmosphere.

11:20 And that's one of the reasons why I picked Milan in the first place.

11:23 Thanks very much, Filippo.

11:24 Thanks very much, everyone.

11:25 Thank you.

11:25 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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