Ambrosini: "The Champions League has always been special"

A.C. MILAN OFFICIAL

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00:00The Champions League has always been special, from the moment it was born.

00:09For us it has always been something really special.

00:12And I think it is guilty special, in the sense that we have,

00:17let's say, reserved too much energy for the Champions League compared to the league.

00:22In other words, we could have done better in the league in our years.

00:27I was in the hotel when Oskar Washington Tabarez told me that I would play in the evening,

00:34because Svone Boban had a fever.

00:37I remember the exact moment when I was pressing the elevator button.

00:41He came and told me,

00:43did you understand that you play tonight?

00:45I said, yes.

00:47Mentally, I remember the emotion of that moment.

00:51And from then on, from the afternoon until the evening,

00:54there were strange feelings that crossed my body.

00:58I'm ready, I'll be ready.

01:00Also because that team was...

01:02I saw the formation of that evening again.

01:06It gave me goosebumps.

01:12If you analyze the player,

01:14for the way he played, he was predisposed.

01:16Because he was a great personality,

01:19and also a great determination.

01:21Those who play midfielders,

01:23and have technical quality,

01:25but spend a long time like him in Liverpool,

01:27also have a bad reaction,

01:30which is fundamental in England.

01:33So when I played against him,

01:35I had the perception that he was a player who made the ball travel well.

01:38He had a great personality,

01:40but he also had great physical ability.

01:43In the final, three or four times,

01:45we went against each other in a heavy way.

01:48But in general, he was a great player.

01:50So he also had a great personality.

01:52As a coach, he's great,

01:54because of the speed with which he's doing huge things.

01:57Playing against Bayern is tough.

01:59It's tough.

02:01It's going to be a very tough game.

02:06First of all, the cold.

02:08If you talk to any of us,

02:10the first thing they tell you about Dortmund,

02:12that famous big game,

02:14is that it was 10 degrees below zero.

02:18I remember when we went out to warm up in Dortmund,

02:21you knew it was cold.

02:23But we had passed from the hotel,

02:25to the bus, to the stadium, we could feel it.

02:27When we got out to warm up,

02:30the first time you catch the air,

02:32you breathe,

02:34the air freezes in your lungs,

02:36and you think, how are we going to play?

02:38And then it went well,

02:40because I scored the goal.

02:42Even in Monaco, we won the quarterfinals.

02:44No, no, it went well.

02:47In Madrid,

02:49I have a great memory of Madrid,

02:51because we won.

02:53We won 3-2 against Leonardo,

02:55with a goal from Pato.

02:57I don't remember.

02:59We were a bit unlucky there,

03:01because the game went well in general.

03:03But no, Carlo is Carlo.

03:05There's nothing else to say.

03:07If we start talking about Carlo,

03:09we'll be here until tomorrow.

03:12If I tell you now,

03:14on the first day,

03:16I have some doubts about the charm

03:18of this first phase.

03:20I have the feeling that,

03:22even after the first game,

03:24there's no feeling of sports drama

03:26if you lose.

03:28If you didn't do well in the first

03:30and in the second game,

03:32you had the feeling that you were almost out.

03:34So the first games

03:36were very important.

03:38Now, I hope I'm wrong,

03:40but I have the feeling

03:42that there are many more opportunities.

03:44You can get back into the situation.

03:46So there's a bit of charm,

03:48a bit of that feeling

03:50that the first game and the second

03:52are fundamental.

03:54Maybe I'm wrong.

03:56We'll see.

03:58It's definitely an advantage

04:00for those who, like Milan,

04:02had a hard time in the first game.

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