Bernardo Silva, full press conference ahead of Real Madrid vs Manchester CIty

Name: Bernardo Silva, full press conference ahead of Real Madrid vs Manchester CIty | Champions League
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00:00Hi, Bernardo. You were last here about 10 months ago.

00:03How much of a different Manchester City is this to the one that was here in February?

00:09Hello. As you know, a very different team because the players are different.

00:17The club made the decision of changing a lot of players, of giving a new dynamic to the team.

00:24So it's a different team, full of potential, full of energy.

00:28And we're looking forward to the game tomorrow. We're looking forward to a tough game.

00:35We know how difficult it is to come here to the Bernabeu.

00:38But the feeling and the energy in the dressing room this season has been quite good,

00:42even when the results weren't as good as the performances.

00:47So we're very excited. It's a good test for us tomorrow.

00:52Hi, Bernardo. Just on that same theme, Pep was talking about you being in transition, really,

00:57with the new players that you'd sign in the summer and play in a slightly different way.

01:01Do you think tomorrow is a good barometer for where you're at with the new players?

01:08Well, maybe yes. But also, it's just a football game.

01:14It's one more game where we're going to try to be the best version of ourselves.

01:18And to add another three points, to stay in the top eight, that's our main goal.

01:25So we know how tough it is to come here. We know how special it is to play in this stadium.

01:31Me, personally, I'm a bit more used because we draw against them every season.

01:35It looks like a league game now.

01:37But it's definitely a very good test to come here and to deal with this environment.

01:44So it's going to be a fun game to play tomorrow.

01:49Bernardo, what do you say to the players in your group that haven't played here before?

01:54I mean, you have been through every emotion here.

01:56You've won, you've drawn, you've had heartbreak.

01:59What do you say to the players about preparing them for the game tomorrow?

02:02I would say that even the young guys, they've been through these kind of games.

02:11Obviously, it's the Champions League, it's Real Madrid, the Kings of Europe, we know that.

02:15But if you play, for example, Liverpool away or Newcastle away or these type of games,

02:21these are tough games. These are games with emotion as well.

02:24So I wouldn't say that the guys are not prepared.

02:27So we know it's a tough game tomorrow, but I really believe that the team is prepared to perform well

02:35and to get the three points, which is, as I said, the main goal.

02:42It's just, if it was a different game, if you were talking about the semifinal,

02:47I would maybe answer it differently.

02:49But it's a group stage game where we want the three points, they want the three points.

02:54It's very simple.

02:58Hi, Bernardo. Pep said last week that the team which improves the most during the season

03:03is the one that wins the big prizes most seasons.

03:07City, for the last five, six, seven years, always finished the second half of the season stronger.

03:11I just wondered, with this new group, do you see any signs that you're going to hit your peak

03:16in March, April, May, just like usual?

03:18Yeah, hopefully, yes.

03:20It's true that our teams have always been much better in the second part of the season than in the first.

03:27And hopefully it happens again this season, because I don't think we're having a bad season,

03:32but I still believe that in some games we didn't perform as well as we should.

03:36So we're definitely looking forward to arrive in those final stages of the season

03:46with a team that is much better than was, for example, in August or than is right now.

03:54And we've seen improvement.

03:55I think we're right now playing and performing much better than we were, let's say, in the first month

04:04before international break.

04:05If you look at the before international break, we had Wolves, Tottenham and Brighton.

04:11We beat both Wolves and then we lost to Brighton and to Tottenham with performances that are not acceptable

04:16at our level.

04:18And the team has been growing a lot since that.

04:22So I think that we're improving day by day.

04:25So what is it, Bernardo, specifically, that you're looking for, the things that tell you

04:35that the team is moving in the right direction and getting to where you want it to be?

04:40Well, first of all, the points.

04:42Because when you go to the first international break with one win and two losses,

04:48that means that you're not at the Man City level.

04:51So right now, we're two points away from Arsenal.

04:55We're in a good position in the Champions League.

04:58The team is performing well.

05:00Even if, for example, the Leverkusen game was quite disappointing

05:04or the Newcastle game was a difficult one to take because of the way it was.

05:11But if you look at the last two months, I would say that points-wise, it's been really good.

05:19Bernardo, you said a minute ago that the energy, even when the results haven't been good,

05:25the energy has always been there.

05:27Do you come here, though, with a little bit of an extra buzz, given what happened on Saturday?

05:30Obviously, Arsenal dropped points.

05:32You then went and won.

05:33Has it lifted the mood just a little bit ahead of coming here?

05:36It's always better to be two points away from the top than being five.

05:40But it's a long season.

05:43I've been here for long enough to understand that we're in December.

05:47We're in December.

05:48And both teams are going to drop points until the end of the season.

05:55A lot of points.

05:56It's not going to be a surprise.

05:58So there's no point in looking at what they do.

06:02Our main goal is to perform ourselves.

06:05It's to prepare the team to be the best version of ourselves.

06:09And if we do that, we know that we have a big chance of fighting for that title.

06:15I've got Alex Ashman for Sporty TV.

06:18Tomorrow, obviously, it's looking like Mbappe won't play.

06:21For you, what does that change when it comes to mentality, the team?

06:25Maybe you'll talk to your teammates.

06:26What does that change for you?

06:28I wouldn't say it changes much.

06:33Kylian is obviously a very special player.

06:36And so if Madrid can count on him, it's obviously better for them.

06:42But I cannot say that Madrid has some bad players.

06:47So if he doesn't play, instead of playing Vinicius and Mbappe,

06:51maybe he plays Vinicius and Rodrigo.

06:53I wouldn't say those players are bad players.

06:55So we're definitely waiting, no matter who plays, for a very tough game.

07:01And we know how strong they are.

07:03We know their character.

07:05We know the way they play.

07:07And it's going to be a nice game tomorrow.

07:09Hello, Bernardo.

07:12Here.

07:13Mario Soria from DigiSport Romania.

07:17Last season you faced Real Madrid twice.

07:19Now you're facing them again.

07:21A different style of play, a different coach.

07:23In which aspects do you think they are stronger now with Xabi Alonso compared to the last season?

07:31I'm going to be honest with you.

07:33I didn't watch that many games.

07:37So I couldn't tell you.

07:40I know because of what we watched this week that they're a different team in terms of, for example, their pressing.

07:46They do a lot more man-to-man, which in the past they wouldn't do.

07:50I don't know if they're going to do tomorrow against us or not.

07:53But I know that they've been doing that this season much more.

07:57But I couldn't tell you because I haven't watched them that much.

08:01What I know from my experience is that coming to this stadium is always very difficult, very tough.

08:08And we're playing against top, top players.

08:10So it's going to be as prepared as possible.

08:13We're still going to watch a few clips from their team to be better prepared.

08:18and to know what they do most of the games.

08:23But the players are more or less the same.

08:28So I would guess the details are not going to be that much different.

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