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00:19 >> Hi. I see here, would you like to start?
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00:24 >> No.
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00:37 >> I fully agree.
00:38 Afternoon all.
00:39 Good evening.
00:40 Yes, first half was good.
00:45 Balance for staff, not one team on the front foot.
00:50 Really, we know how they are going to--
00:52 we knew how they are going to start or try to start.
00:55 I think we were solid.
00:56 We are in good shape.
00:57 It was difficult for us to break up ourselves
01:00 and was not the first half with many, many chances for both sides.
01:05 Of course, as you said, they scored an excellent free kick from Arnold
01:08 and our reaction was really good.
01:09 I think we had some very good moments as well,
01:12 some contact, some moments in open play moments as well,
01:16 even under pressure to try to build like normally we do it.
01:20 And was fair the result of half time because the reaction was good
01:24 and I really think we deserve the equalizer
01:27 and deserve the goal in that moment.
01:29 When you expect to start and you prepare
01:32 and you spoke to start at the same intensity that second half,
01:36 the way you consider the goal, I think was really hard for us to take.
01:40 Probably moment-- a good chance for us to make a good counterattack.
01:45 Our left-on side, their right-on side was again open,
01:48 that we plan to explore and we did during the first half in some moments.
01:52 It was open, we gave the ball away and they scored in a very good strike.
01:57 From that moment, I agree, the reaction was not so good,
02:01 was not good enough, was not like the first half reaction
02:04 and was more difficult for us to create chances to equalize.
02:07 Marco, can you talk more about their second goal?
02:11 It seemed sort of preventable, how disappointing was it to concede that?
02:15 Yes, the second and even the third.
02:17 I think the third goal was the goal that killed the game
02:20 because it was the moment that we made a double change
02:24 and with Karmel to give a bit more creativity for us in that area
02:28 and with Herius on the right-on side,
02:32 straightaway we conceded the third goal.
02:36 Again, it was a moment that we should be stronger in that challenge.
02:40 We were a little bit soft in the challenge
02:42 and they won that challenge when our defenders should be much stronger
02:46 because it was a moment for us to stop that situation
02:48 and after the goal from Jota.
02:50 The way we conceded the two goals,
02:52 the second and the third goal during the second half,
02:56 was really hard for us.
02:58 Again, we have to learn from that situation for the future to happen again
03:03 because after that it was more difficult for us to react.
03:10 You started the day full of being one of the teams
03:12 that caused a lot of problems on a regular basis.
03:14 It didn't happen as much today.
03:16 Why do you think it was competitively?
03:18 Again, we go in the same direction.
03:20 I think the first half the game was more or less the same,
03:23 in the same direction that the last three or four games we played against them.
03:28 That is the reality, we went more or less in the same direction.
03:33 Ballast game, the way they scored in a great free kick,
03:39 the way we reacted, the way we tried and we equalised the game.
03:42 I have to say that the first half was in the same direction.
03:45 Good game of football, really competitive,
03:47 we matched them in all the moments of the first half.
03:49 And the second half, I agree with you,
03:51 was not at the level that normally we do when we play against them.
03:54 I have a question, Mr Silva.
03:56 In your first season you were full of promoters,
03:58 last season you finished 12th, now you're like 10th.
04:00 10th last season.
04:01 10th last season and 12th now.
04:03 What is it that you have to achieve at Fulham?
04:05 What's the next step?
04:06 Is there a risk that Fulham can turn into a penalty team
04:09 that always manages to be 10th or 14th,
04:12 which is a pretty good achievement considering a few years ago?
04:15 Firstly, we have to keep focus in this season.
04:20 We have more four games to play and 12 points to fight for,
04:23 and this should be our focus.
04:26 Until now, of course, as you said, it's been a long journey,
04:30 but a very, very good journey for this football club,
04:32 the last two seasons, almost three seasons already.
04:35 Of course, the ambition is to try to get more and more and more,
04:39 but we are playing a really tough competition
04:42 and we have to prepare ourselves as best as we can to keep improving.
04:46 That is the thing.
04:48 There's not a big difference in terms of points.
04:50 Of course, last season, as you said, we finished 10th,
04:53 we are 12th now, and for the next games you want to add as many points as you can
04:58 because they are there for us to fight for.
05:01 After we have to analyse the season and to start to prepare for the next one
05:05 and see what we can do to improve the squad, as always.
05:08 To keep fighting to improve the quality in our club,
05:12 to keep growing the club, to be more ready for the level that we are playing.
05:16 Final question, Mike.
05:19 Marco, you've always had the rub of the green against Manchester City,
05:22 but they have still to come here in two or three weeks.
05:26 Is there a better team than Fulham
05:28 to protect the integrity of the title race when you're in mid-table?
05:33 Because you showed no signs, or very few signs there,
05:36 of clocking off and getting ready for the beach.
05:38 I think we have been showing that.
05:41 I think we are, and I have a group of players inside the dressing room,
05:48 something that they have, without doubt, is 100% professionalism
05:52 and to fight always for the shirt.
05:56 We have points to fight for,
05:58 it doesn't matter what type of race the other teams are in,
06:02 because now we are going to play against Palace,
06:05 and after you play you have the derby against France,
06:07 and the last game is going to be against Luton,
06:09 and the second last is going to be against City.
06:11 To be honest, all the games are going to be really important for us.
06:14 We don't make any difference between them, I understand the question,
06:17 but no-one can put anything in doubt in this football club
06:22 and about our football players as well,
06:24 because we have been really professional in every moment of the season.
06:27 Thanks, everybody.
06:29 Thank you.
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