00:01First of all, your views on the game overall?
00:04Well, very happy, obviously, with the results and especially the performance, the way we started the game.
00:09You really want to show how much you wanted when you play against this kind of opposition in the Cup
00:14and we certainly had that attitude.
00:17And then I was a bit surprised with the level of cohesion and connections very early in the match
00:21because when you make that many changes, that can be a part of the game that can be lacking
00:26but certainly it wasn't and we scored some very, very good goals and I'm very pleased with that.
00:33Obviously, with Ricciardo coming out, you could maybe have brought in Declan or Piero or Martin
00:38but you've played for Caio in more central areas.
00:40Is that something you've been looking to try and how did you think it worked?
00:44Yeah, that's something that's a possibility and I wanted to try it and we might use it in the future.
00:51So, there are still so many games, competitions and different scenarios to play in the season
00:56and that's a possibility that we have, yeah.
01:00Just two quick ones, quickly on Ricciardo, what's the situation with him and is he OK?
01:04Yeah, him and Ben is the only doubt.
01:07We have to wait and see in the next 48 hours how things develop.
01:10And you might remember a press conference a couple of years ago
01:12where you talked about goalkeepers and substitutions in games with goalkeepers.
01:15You said in the right moment you would make a change.
01:17Yeah.
01:17Was today that day?
01:18No, this was a different context I think, a different moment that I was referring to a few years ago
01:24but I think everybody has to feel that he's got a chance and if there are players
01:29one of them would be Tommy for his attitude and the way he helps everybody every single day.
01:34So, we had a chance to play in some minutes.
01:36We have to try to do it and I think he was very happy.
01:40Hi, Mikel.
01:41Just a bit more on Pacaya because he's played there before I think during the lockdown kind of seasons.
01:47What do you like about him in those areas compared to when he's playing the field?
01:51Well, it's more sensual.
01:53It's closer to the goal.
01:55It's a bit more difficult for the opponent to get his reference constantly.
01:58He can interchange position with the wide player as well and he's so good at picking those spaces
02:04and when he's there he can really hurt you with the ball.
02:07And when you say you were surprised by the cohesion, was it him in particular?
02:12No, there were a lot of them and most of them, they haven't played that much together.
02:17So, that's not easy.
02:19But some of the goals were exactly what we wanted to do.
02:22Matt, stand up.
02:24It looked like the plan was going to be to give Myles minutes in midfield today.
02:27Obviously, you couldn't do that until they changed.
02:28How frustrating was that?
02:31No, that was another learning moment and I always tell them, be ready because in the role that you have,
02:37you can change any minute.
02:39Bucaio had to be ready and he was made aware of that very, very, very late.
02:43But you need to understand, you need to understand the position,
02:46you need to understand the global intentions of the team
02:48and if you do that, then you can perform and I think Matt had a really good game.
02:54Hi, Michael.
02:55Two great assists from Ezi today in regards to goals.
02:58Are you pleased that you have a confidence booster for him after a difficult win?
03:01Yes, some superb goals and his intentions, I think the risk that he took in the final third,
03:06the amount of shots that he tried to take as well, I think that's really positive.
03:11That's what we want from him.
03:12Could he have a big role to play for you in the next week given that Martin Odegaard
03:15wasn't in the match they scored today?
03:17Is he going to be around?
03:18Yes, he's already playing a big role.
03:20He's played a lot of games for us and he will continue to do that.
03:25I was just going to follow up on that.
03:27Do you think that would just be really important for Eze?
03:29Because obviously he has had his sort of pricks in the season
03:32and he's just laid on the two great assists and had a really good performance.
03:35So how good would that be?
03:37Well, those players need those moments and especially when we talk about the creative players,
03:43they need to feel that they are producing those moments and I'm very happy with that.
03:47I'm very happy with Gabi as well, the run that he made, the timing of that and then the finishing
03:52action,
03:53really, really positive.
03:54So it's good for the mood, for the confidence, it's a really good thing.
03:58Just on Martin, was he arrested today or was he injured?
04:02Yes, with Martin we have to wait and see.
04:04Obviously he picked that knock on the action where we conceded the goal and he wasn't fit for today.
04:10Final for Josh.
04:12Hi, Mikel.
04:13Just to touch on that with Martin, also you said Ricciardo and Ben,
04:17waiting to see what's happened with them.
04:19You're now still in all four competitions on top of Ben losing Kai and Mikel.
04:23Are you worried that your squad's getting within as you play even more games going on?
04:28Yes, and especially because we are going through, before it was the strikers,
04:31then it was the defenders, now it's the midfielders.
04:34But we are still coping with that, but we need some players back and fit
04:39and to give us as well not only numbers but different options in relation to the opponents
04:44that we have.
04:45So the quicker they are, the better.
04:47Okay, well, good night.
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