Fonseca: "I want to experience Rossoneri passion"

A.C. MILAN OFFICIAL

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00:00Mr. Fonseca, welcome.

00:02Thank you very much.

00:03It's the first hours, the first days in the Milan environment,

00:06Casa Milan, Milanello.

00:08I ask you for your feelings.

00:09I have to thank the people because they received me here very well.

00:16I really enjoyed meeting the people who work in the club.

00:22I really liked Milanello.

00:26The feelings are very positive.

00:29Do you feel a responsibility and also a different atmosphere

00:33to coach such a winning club, such a historic club,

00:36which, by the way, this year will reach the prestigious goal of 125 years?

00:41Yes.

00:43Being a Milan coach is a great responsibility,

00:51but it is also a great pride.

00:54We must know that when we arrive at a club like Milan,

01:01we have the responsibility to defend a club with a history

01:07that everyone knows.

01:11We must also have the ambition to win,

01:15because when we are at Milan, we have to work to win.

01:22This is important to know.

01:25What image do you have of this history?

01:27What do you remember about Milan?

01:29Many things.

01:30I remember so many players.

01:33First, I must say that Milan is a universal club.

01:38Everyone knows the history of Milan well,

01:45but I remember following Milan,

01:50the team of Gullit, Rijkaard, Van Basten,

01:56many, many players.

01:59Baresi, Costa Curta, Tassotti, Maldini,

02:02all these players that I admired a lot.

02:08Milan's history is fantastic.

02:12I think it is difficult not to remember

02:17these great moments in Milan's history.

02:20Through this chat, we want to try to get to know

02:24the man Paolo behind coach Fonseca.

02:26What does he tell us about his childhood and his past?

02:29I had a happy childhood.

02:33I grew up in a humble family.

02:38I always wanted to play football,

02:41to be a great football fan,

02:46but I grew up in a normal, happy way.

02:52The times were different.

02:55We had the chance to have a childhood on the road,

03:00to play football.

03:02I took a normal course at school,

03:07but always with my head in football.

03:10You were born in Mozambique,

03:12then you grew up in Portugal,

03:14you lived in Ukraine, in Italy, in France.

03:17How did you enrich yourself in this experience

03:20as a citizen of the world?

03:22I was born in Mozambique.

03:24Mozambique is a former colony of Portugal.

03:29We have a history with Africa,

03:32with the war.

03:37I was born there,

03:40but I returned to Portugal with my family

03:43a year later.

03:44I don't remember anything about Mozambique.

03:47Eight years ago, it was the first time

03:50I left Portugal.

03:52It was a great experience.

03:56First because I got to know different cultures,

04:00and then because I had the chance

04:03to start speaking different languages.

04:08The experience in Ukraine was fantastic.

04:12Here in Italy, I think everyone understood

04:16how I like the country.

04:18And in France, it was also a good experience.

04:23But I'm very rich after being in different countries,

04:29getting to know different people,

04:32different cultures.

04:33It's a great reward that I won.

04:36I'm going to touch on a topic you just mentioned.

04:39You've already been to Rome,

04:40you got married on Lake Como.

04:42What is your relationship with our country

04:44and how happy are you to return to Italy?

04:46I got married to a Ukrainian woman.

04:49I have to say that one day when I stop,

04:54I don't know if I'll return to Portugal or Ukraine,

04:59but it's in our heads to live in a different country.

05:03I have to say that I'm passionate about Italy.

05:08The country is beautiful.

05:10You eat well.

05:12The people are very emotional, very nice.

05:16When I left Rome, I seriously thought

05:21about having the opportunity to live here in Italy.

05:25Today I'm very happy to return to Italy

05:31because I feel very good here.

05:35I really like the Italian culture, the Italian people.

05:39We'll see what happens in the future.

05:42Maybe I'm a person who can stay here and live.

05:46You've been to many cities related to football.

05:49I think of Porto, Rome, Donetsk.

05:51But how do you imagine Milan,

05:53which is historically so attached to this particular sport?

05:58I think all Italians are passionate about football.

06:04What I felt when I played here in San Siro

06:09was an incredible atmosphere.

06:13I expect to be able to live these feelings with our fans.

06:22I expect to build something here that makes the fans proud

06:29and to have this feeling of being just one

06:33when we play here in San Siro.

06:37Unfortunately, in Rome, the pandemic has forced us

06:40to spend most of our time at home,

06:42between home and the sports centre.

06:44How much do you want to discover the Italian city?

06:49Milan, the capital of fashion,

06:51which we know is one of your passions.

06:53Milan is so dynamic, so projected into the future.

06:55When I arrived in Rome, I decided to live in Rome

07:02because I like the atmosphere of the city.

07:09Here, I expect to do the same.

07:13When we have the opportunity to live in a city like Milan,

07:18which is beautiful,

07:20we have to take advantage of what is the most beautiful city.

07:26I want to live here in Milan

07:31because I don't know Milan well,

07:34but I want to get to know it well

07:36because I know it's a beautiful city.

07:38If you feel like a curious person,

07:41what is your biggest curiosity in approaching this new adventure?

07:45Yes, I am a curious person.

07:49There are so many things that I want to feel,

07:51that I want to know,

07:53that it's hard to say.

07:57What I want is to see the passion of our fans

08:05here in San Siro and with the team.

08:09You often talk about the fans.

08:12I go back to the Biennial,

08:14where unfortunately most of the games were played in empty stadiums,

08:18without the audience.

08:20How much do you want to see the Italian championship with the fans' energy?

08:24A lot, a lot.

08:25I want to see this energy in all the Italian stadiums,

08:32especially here in San Siro.

08:35Is it correct to say that in your life,

08:37both in your choices off the pitch

08:39and in the way you play for your teams,

08:42you often had a lot of courage?

08:44Yes, yes.

08:45I think that in life, if we want to win,

08:49we have to take risks.

08:51And in order to take risks,

08:53we have to have the courage to be different.

09:00I think that we, the coaches,

09:02have an obligation with the people who love football.

09:08We don't just have to win.

09:11We have to have a way that the fans are passionate about.

09:17We have to create a spectacle.

09:23And to do this, we have to have courage.

09:26We have to have people who work with us with courage

09:31and live football in a passionate way.

09:34This is my way of thinking.

09:37Speaking of this,

09:38I ask you if the process of creating an identity is a further challenge,

09:42an identity that you and Zlatan Ibrahimović often talked about

09:46on the day of your signing,

09:48to create an identity in this group.

09:50Yes, yes.

09:51I think it's fundamental to create a strong identity in the team.

09:59This is what I want to do,

10:01to have a very strong identity

10:04that allows us to have quality in our game

10:11but also to have the ambition to win every game.

10:15Among the qualities that Zlatan Ibrahimović emphasized,

10:18there is also his experience.

10:20I ask you how he approaches young people.

10:22You, who have often trained teams with many young people,

10:25and finally Illil,

10:26this is a group that also lost some leaders last year.

10:29How do you approach the younger guys?

10:32In a normal way.

10:33For me, players have no age.

10:37If a young player has the courage and the quality to play,

10:42I let him play.

10:44I know that we have young players in Milan with quality.

10:51If they show that they have this courage,

10:55they have this competence,

10:57I let them play.

11:00Age is not a problem for me.

11:04I ask you if your wife Gaterina will follow you on this adventure in Milan

11:08and how important is her and her family,

11:11with whom she also lived special moments in Ukraine.

11:15I see that she also has a pin on her jacket.

11:17How important is their support in everyday life?

11:20For me, my support is my family.

11:25For me, it is fundamental to bring my family here.

11:30Gaterina loves Italy.

11:34I think she will be very happy here in Milan,

11:40also with the children.

11:43For me, it is fundamental to have my family with me.

11:48We know that you have many passions.

11:50We mentioned fashion, but also music and more.

11:53How do you manage to stay away from football

11:56and spend your time off the pitch?

11:59I work a lot, but when I get home,

12:03I find time for my family.

12:07It is true that I really like music.

12:11The first thing I do in the morning when I wake up

12:17is listen to music to start the day.

12:22I am a very simple person.

12:26I have time for my family,

12:28time to watch some series on Netflix.

12:34But for me, for my balance,

12:37it is important to have these moments with my family,

12:42with the children, with my wife.

12:44It is very important.

12:46What is the biggest football lesson you have learned?

12:52I have learned a lot.

12:54I have to say that I believe a lot in honesty.

12:58When we do things with passion and honesty,

13:03we are rewarded for it.

13:06What happened in my life has shown me

13:09that when we are honest with ourselves,

13:14with the people who work with us,

13:17it is easier to achieve our dreams.

13:22In an old interview, you said you were lucky

13:25to be what you wanted to be.

13:27The last thing I ask you is,

13:29what do you want today, Paolo Fonseca?

13:31To win with Milan.

13:33Good luck and thank you.

13:34Thank you very much.

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