00:00Congratulations on the win, you've been through a lot today and the opening weeks of the season,
00:05how important was that to get over the line?
00:08It was really important, I think we deserved it, but we complicated our lives every time.
00:15I think we started the game really well, really well in terms of aggression and to push the
00:21opponent and to show that we were there, even to bring our fans with us, of course the centre
00:28of the goalkeeper helped us a lot, but we were in control, we scored two goals and with
00:34everything going well, we complicated with that centre-off.
00:39The second half I think we managed well, but in the end, like the last 15 minutes was tough
00:50for us, they scored a goal and then we suffered together and we managed to win.
00:55James, Ruben, what does the nature of that performance tell you about the players' desire
01:01to win for you?
01:03I think they show that, but we show also that when everything is going well, we arrange something
01:12to make it difficult.
01:17But again, just the way that we start the game, first ball, second ball, I remember when we
01:25scored the first one, we had many situations, three against one, three against two, goalkeeper
01:32outside of the box, in the last pass we are not being perfect in that moment and that can
01:38help us a lot to control the games and to win games.
01:42And we suffered together in the end and that was a good thing if you look at the game we
01:49deserve to win.
01:50Bruno Fernandes gets his 100th goal, his 200th game, we talk a lot about him, even on the
01:55bench next to you at the end, he's roaring the team on, he was roaring the fans after
02:00he had the chance at the end.
02:02We debate his position, but his value to your squad, I would speak.
02:09Yeah, that is the most important thing, is the influence that he has on the squad.
02:16Sometimes he's not in the best position to be the main man in every game, but the point,
02:22especially of the captain, is to be the best he can be in every situation to help the team
02:27to be better and he's doing that. I think he can play better, but everyone can play better
02:34in our team. But it's really important. You can change in position, we can give different
02:40things to the team. He has a lot of quality near the box, he has a lot of quality building
02:47up, and he deserves all the praise.
02:52Ruben, you spoke yesterday about mentally the team, the last 15 minutes talked about
02:57suffering together, how important could that be for the mental side of the team to see that
03:01win?
03:02That is really important, because sometimes we have some moments that we feel an urgency
03:08to have a result, and this team showed for many times that we have that urgency. So, today
03:16that we won, let's forget about, it's nice to win, but let's forget that and return to
03:21that urgency. We need to win the next game. That is the most important thing, because
03:25in the big club it's not that feeling. Today is a really good game, let's relax a little
03:30bit. So, let's return that urgency, we need to win the next one. That is the most important
03:36feeling that we have to take for the next week.
03:39of Paul and then Ralph Ruben. Did you see more examples of the fight and the aggression
03:44that you were talking about yesterday?
03:46I think, if you try to remember the game, you can feel it, especially in the beginning,
03:5111 against 11. I don't remember a big play that we did. It's not about that in this moment.
03:58it's the second ball, the first ball, the aggression, the speed. Even
04:05Kazza with a sent-off. But he was really aggressive. Of course, he needs to do better in that moment,
04:12in that two plays. But we show that today, since the beginning of the game, we show that we
04:18we wanted to win really, really bad.
04:22Ever since you came in, the performance levels are sometimes a bit up and down. Obviously, today
04:27it was very good. How do you ensure that you get this kind of performance at Frankfurt?
04:31It's the urgency of, it's that feeling that we need to win, because the situation is so hard
04:37in this moment that we go to the pitch. And that feeling of there is no two results or three results,
04:45there is one. Let's do it. In the end, we can do it or not. But that feeling of urgency,
04:52that is not about the tactical aspect of the ability. It's the feeling that we go to the
04:57next game, we need to win the next game. So that is the only way. And that starts in the
05:04next training, not the next game.
05:06Has the Pope been in contact?
05:16It was there, Jim was here also. Yeah, it was a joke. And you like it guys, so don't complain, you'll
05:25have a doubt in there. Let's try to win the next one, I will give you another one.
05:30Rupert, when you talk about complicating things, does that show maybe the pressure that the players
05:38are feeling, that they are trying to do maybe things a little bit too much, making a tackle
05:43that maybe they shouldn't?
05:44It's hard to say with Casmiru that is the pressure. The guy has five Champions League.
05:49I feel more pressure than some young guys sometimes. But maybe it's because Casmiru cared and we
05:59scored one and he has that tackle. And then they had maybe one time that they passed the
06:05half of the pitch and we want to win the game right away, the ball right away. So I think
06:11sometimes it's a little bit, it's not the pressure, they wanted too much in that, in that moment.
06:18That is not a bad thing.
06:20Is the move that led to Chelsea's red card something that you've been working on to benefit from
06:27Bryan and Boomer's runs and behind?
06:30It's everything together. We know that Ben is really, he's really strong on the first touch.
06:36And also Bryan, Bryan is something that we see the characteristics of the player playing for
06:42the last team. And you can feel it that every detail, every run, every touch, Bryan is really
06:48aggressive in these runs. So we want that, we want to use the good things that he had in the
06:54former club. But that characteristics are really important for us. And also in the second half,
07:04when we kicked the ball, Ben was not there. And we missed a little bit about that. So they did a good job.
07:10Let's move to the next one. Thank you guys.
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