AC Milan v Atalanta, Serie A 2023/24: the pre-match press conference

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00:00 It's very important for the table, it's very important to try to win again after last Sunday's defeat.

00:07 It's very important because they keep scoring points.

00:11 It's a difficult game, it's difficult because Atalanta...

00:16 We, Inter and Atalanta are the teams that have scored the most points in the last ten days of the season.

00:23 So we're facing a team that is doing well.

00:25 It's not about the difference, it's about being on the higher side of the table and being on the lower side of the table.

00:30 I think it's about the pressure you put on the other team.

00:32 It's the intensity with which you put the pressure that can be decisive to develop your defensive phase.

00:40 That will be very important, we'll see when to do it, in which area of the pitch to do it and on which players to do it.

00:46 Because it's clear that Atalanta have a great offensive potential.

00:51 They've already beaten us twice, so we know them well and we'll prepare well for today's training.

00:58 We'll try to do better than in the last two games.

01:02 Atalanta have had a clean week.

01:05 Atalanta, just like us, have been playing well since the game against Monza.

01:11 I think they've scored as many points as we have, or maybe a little more, but just a little more than us.

01:17 We know that they've been playing well since the end of their time in Europe and since they've been playing one game a week.

01:23 So it makes a difference, and that's the most healthy way to look at it.

01:26 It's clear that if you play on Thursday and Sunday, you rest yesterday, prepare for the game today and tomorrow you're already on the pitch.

01:32 But we want to be the protagonists in Europe and we wanted to be in the Champions League.

01:37 We've succeeded, we have to try to be in the Europa League and continue to be in the league.

01:42 We know that the difficulties are increasing, but we also know that the motivation is strong.

01:48 We want to do well from tomorrow and especially in the next month, because it will be an important month.

01:53 Tomorrow is an important game for our league standings.

01:57 I don't think Atalanta are only strong in the starting line-up.

02:03 They have a lot of solutions.

02:05 But I think, as always, that we have to be a compact, careful and aggressive team.

02:10 We have to be careful and determined, but we have to try to stop Atalanta.

02:16 We have the characteristics to be dangerous and to score a lot of goals.

02:22 Simone is a leader and he has a lot of quality on the pitch.

02:26 He knows how to speak at the right time.

02:29 I know that it's very important to speak on the pitch, but I think that he's a very good leader.

02:35 I know that it's very important to speak on the pitch and to help the team.

02:45 I think that Simone can help us, but I think that Matteo's performances are very good.

02:53 Simone is doing a good job, he's very careful and he's very effective.

03:06 I think that the most important thing in the defensive phase,

03:12 whether you're an attacker, a midfielder or a defender, is the application.

03:17 You have to be in the right place, you have to be careful on the points.

03:21 The defenders know that if they miss a ball, they can make a mistake.

03:25 We have to be careful and Matteo has these characteristics and he's doing a very good job.

03:31 in the Moldovan.

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