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Napoli's roaring fans set the stage, but will AC Milan bring that same passion to the pitch? Hear all about the electrifying atmosphere at Milanello and the team's hopes for a winning display.
The Rossoneri face a crucial Serie A clash against Napoli, with top positions in the league on the line. Discover the team's strategy as they head into the final stretch of the season, with a clear focus on securing Champions League qualification.
Beyond the immediate match, a candid discussion unfolds on the state of Italian football. Explore the reasons behind the national team's World Cup struggles and the long-term vision needed for future success.
Plus, get an in-depth look at the attacking options available for the Napoli game. With key players returning, find out how the manager will make his selection decisions to secure a vital three points.
#SerieA #ACMilan #ForzaMilan
The Rossoneri face a crucial Serie A clash against Napoli, with top positions in the league on the line. Discover the team's strategy as they head into the final stretch of the season, with a clear focus on securing Champions League qualification.
Beyond the immediate match, a candid discussion unfolds on the state of Italian football. Explore the reasons behind the national team's World Cup struggles and the long-term vision needed for future success.
Plus, get an in-depth look at the attacking options available for the Napoli game. With key players returning, find out how the manager will make his selection decisions to secure a vital three points.
#SerieA #ACMilan #ForzaMilan
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00:00Welcome to the press conference on the eve of Napoli against Milan.
00:11Easter Saturday has been a really powerful display of emotion from the fans here at Milanello
00:25to wish the team's luck, the team to spur the team on.
00:31And this energy, this passion, these colours, will you take them to Naples?
00:37Today was a nice day. Let's hope that tomorrow or Monday is a nice evening.
00:43We're glad that the fans came. We know that the fans can't come to away matches in Naples,
00:50so it was nice for them to come to our training ground and show their faith.
00:56And we'll relax tomorrow and then we'll play the match on Monday.
00:59Today, this match in particular, how important is it?
01:05Is it worth second place, depending, of course, on Inter against Roma?
01:09And is it a good, is it the first test as the season closes for this Milan?
01:15And we'd like to know what you think about the situation of the Italy team,
01:20having gone out of the World Cup.
01:22I'm not going to ask you if you are interested in the Italy job,
01:25but if you're sad about the situation.
01:28As an Italian, I'm very sad.
01:31As an Italy fan, I'm sad that we aren't going to the World Cup.
01:36But from this situation, we have to take it as an opportunity of growth.
01:43We have to have a strategy and a vision for the next 10 years.
01:48Regarding the match on Monday, it's a match we have to play.
01:59And then it becomes the final straight, the final rush of the season,
02:04because we're getting closer to our main target,
02:10which is to get back into the UEFA Champions League next season.
02:14We need a few more victories to guarantee that.
02:18Take each step at a time and we're going to focus on Monday's match
02:22and then we will see.
02:29Going back to Italy against Bosnia and Herzegovina,
02:34a third time in a row we're not going to the World Cup.
02:38Do you think there's a problem with the system?
02:40There's a problem with Italian football?
02:43Can you explain why you think we're not going to the World Cup?
02:47What's missing?
02:49As I said before, making judgments and saying what needs to be done
02:58is there are other people, other groups, bodies that can do that,
03:02that will have to do that, will have to meet and do that.
03:05But there must be a deep analysis.
03:07We all have to work together for the one objective
03:11to get Italy to the next World Cup.
03:16But we have to examine at the moment
03:21what's the base, the roots, the rules,
03:26development of players from the youth team to the first team.
03:28You can't do that in 10 minutes.
03:30We need to take as much time as possible
03:33to create a program
03:40and aim to arrive at the 2030 World Cup
03:44in the best possible shape.
03:47Also just saying from my point of view,
03:50we've got good players in Italy
03:53and I think the future of the Italy team
03:58has got a good future.
04:10You were in the list of names of people
04:13that could be linked to the Italy manager's job
04:17for the future.
04:18You've got a contract with Milan.
04:21I imagine you're pleased to have been linked
04:24to the Italy job,
04:25but what do you think about that?
04:28I mean, obviously you've only just signed a contract
04:31with Juventus, Milan, excuse me,
04:34and you want to continue with that project.
04:38But will you be around next year with Milan?
04:43Regarding the Italy team,
04:46we started here with Milan last summer.
04:51We're focused on our work with Milan
04:53and we want to get back in the Champions League.
05:00Regarding, I'll repeat what I said before,
05:03it's not about the president,
05:05it's not about the head coach or manager.
05:08Everyone has to examine it.
05:11There are things to be done,
05:14things to be examined and things to be done
05:16from now until,
05:17not between tomorrow or today and tomorrow,
05:20but for the next 20 years.
05:28You and your colleagues,
05:30Serie A managers,
05:33how do you think you can help
05:34the Italy team,
05:38young Italian players?
05:41And in the time that you've been coaching,
05:44have you seen changes?
05:45Have there been fewer Italians?
05:47Has the quality gone down?
05:49Well, it's difficult to answer this question
05:52because I'd need to have all the data
05:54or the information
05:55compared with other countries,
05:58European countries,
05:59but there aren't that many English
06:05who play in the English League
06:06or there aren't that many Germans
06:08who play in the German League.
06:10I don't know the exact percentage.
06:16But when those nations examined
06:21the best ways of improving their system,
06:26which has to be done all together
06:28by everyone together,
06:30the future seems better.
06:32And I think that will be the same for Italy
06:34once everyone together examines
06:36a way to improve the future.
06:38There are young players who are still playing.
06:41The world is obviously different
06:42to 40 years ago.
06:43It's changed a lot.
06:47And I think when we examine
06:50the situation calmly
06:51or the authorities examine
06:54the situation calmly,
06:56not in a hurry,
06:57we'll find solutions
06:57and we'll find answers,
06:59positive answers.
07:04Talking about your attack,
07:06Jimenez has just come back.
07:08Niklas Fulkrug played against Torino.
07:12Kunku stayed here.
07:14Pulisic and Leao available too.
07:18What will your choices be based on
07:22for tomorrow's match?
07:23Tomorrow afternoon,
07:24we're going to have a training session
07:25and then I'll decide who will play.
07:33everyone in attack is healthy.
07:35Rafa Leao is back.
07:36He feels good.
07:38He trained yesterday
07:39and today with the team.
07:41He's much better.
07:42Pulisic is in good condition.
07:43Jimenez is in good condition.
07:47He's another player
07:49who needs to have faith in himself.
07:52The ankle,
07:53his ankle injury gave him problems.
07:54Nikolas Fulkrug is feeling better.
07:57Ruben Loftus-Cheek is back.
07:59It's important to have him back.
08:02And Kunku is feeling good.
08:05Everyone feels good.
08:08And Gabia is back as well.
08:11and we'll be able to finish this season strong.
08:18Rafa Leao has only done
08:19one and a half training session
08:21so it's early to say.
08:26But as we get towards the end of the season,
08:28the rhythm of the match is changing
08:30and I need people who are clear mentally
08:32what they need to do
08:33but also in good form
08:34in terms of skill.
08:48We're returning after the international break
08:51so that makes Monday's match
08:53a bit unusual
08:54because many of the players
08:56haven't played.
08:59And also
09:02do you think
09:03there will be an effect
09:05on the teams
09:06the clubs
09:07that lost lots of players
09:09to international duty?
09:11Well, I don't know
09:12because
09:14at the moment
09:20the stuff
09:22after the break
09:23after the international break
09:25matches are always risky.
09:27And then there's Easter in the middle.
09:29Thankfully we play after Easter.
09:31We play on Monday
09:32so our mind won't be thinking
09:33about Easter holidays
09:35thankfully.
09:38But
09:39we hope it'll be a good match
09:41and we hope to do well.
09:47I want to go back to
09:50a question
09:51about
09:52about
09:53the linking of your name
09:55to the job
09:56as Italy manager.
09:59not talking about
10:01the immediate future
10:02but one day
10:04one day
10:05perhaps a bit further
10:06down the road
10:06do you consider yourself
10:08could you consider yourself
10:09the Italy manager
10:10the Italy head coach?
10:13Not right now
10:14but in the future.
10:16Right now
10:16I haven't even thought about it.
10:18I'm at Milan
10:19and I'm happy
10:20to be at Milan.
10:21I want to stay at Milan
10:21for a long time.
10:24Our objective was to get into
10:26the Champions League
10:27and the Champions League
10:31is so interesting
10:33so
10:34fascinating
10:36it's
10:37it's
10:39I want to
10:40I want to get back
10:41in the Champions League
10:43and one
10:44recently
10:45in the past
10:46with Juventus
10:46we were not allowed
10:47in the Champions League
10:49we're not in it
10:50this year
10:51so I haven't
10:52been in it
10:52that much
10:53recently
10:54as much
10:54as I would like to
10:55I want to get back
10:56into the Champions League
10:57as a manager
10:58but
10:59it's
11:03it's important
11:04that we're
11:04on the right
11:06path
11:06to get back
11:07in the Champions League
11:12and
11:13I'll do
11:13repeat
11:13when it comes to
11:15the
11:16national team
11:17don't
11:18scrap everything
11:19and start again
11:20even when the things
11:21don't
11:22go badly
11:23it doesn't mean
11:24you have to
11:24chuck everything out
11:25and start again
11:26there are some
11:27good things
11:27I repeat that
11:33no one
11:34no one imagines
11:35that Milan
11:36are going to
11:39get rid of you
11:40so it depends
11:41on you
11:41if you stay
11:42so we're not
11:42quite sure
11:43why you're saying
11:43if I were to
11:44stay at Milan
11:45no no
11:46life is
11:47unpredictable
11:48you don't know
11:49what can happen
11:49you don't know
11:50what can happen
11:51we'll see
11:51let's get in
11:52the Champions League
11:53and then let's
11:53see what happens
11:56often
11:57you have
12:02after Easter
12:03do you think
12:04we'll know
12:04who will be
12:05the champions
12:05of Italy
12:06do you think
12:06this is a
12:07decisive round
12:08into Roma
12:09Napoli
12:09Milan
12:10yes
12:10this could be
12:11this could be
12:12the decisive round
12:13of fixtures
12:14it could be
12:14even though there
12:16are seven matches
12:16left
12:17this could be
12:18the key
12:18the key set
12:20of matches
12:25how is Santiago
12:26how is Santiago Jimenez
12:27could he play
12:29you know
12:30despite what you said
12:31earlier
12:31do you think he could
12:33definitely play
12:35and how is he feeling
12:38yes
12:39yes absolutely
12:40he's a player
12:43he's happy
12:44I'm back
12:44rather I'm happy
12:46that he's back
12:46from his injury
12:47he had a really bad
12:48an irritating
12:50ankle injury
12:51and now we've got
12:53attackers with
12:53different characteristics
12:54all are a bit different
12:55two strikers
12:57full crew
12:57and Jimenez
12:58so we've got
12:59a good mix
13:07people speak a lot
13:09about formations
13:10three five two
13:11four four two
13:12etc
13:15are you going
13:16for a four three
13:18three
13:19has it
13:21has the time
13:22come to start
13:23with a four three
13:24three because you
13:25have been changing
13:25to that during
13:26matches
13:27while they're still
13:28going
13:30also
13:31can Alexis
13:32Salemeckis
13:33play fullback
13:34in your view
13:36Salemeckis
13:36fullback
13:40we'd need to
13:41work on it
13:42we'd need to
13:42work on it
13:43so I think
13:44he's better
13:45wide in attack
13:50and the other
13:50question
14:00ok
14:11if Salemeckis
14:12is there
14:16and Pulisic
14:17can lay out
14:18and conquer
14:18on the other
14:20side
14:20what changes
14:22what changes
14:25up until now
14:27what's happened
14:27this season
14:28nothing
14:33a few weeks
14:37ago
14:37you told us
14:38you told us
14:39about your son
14:40who did well
14:41in Latin
14:43can I ask you
14:45about something
14:47is a Latin
14:49phrase
14:51you're talking
14:52about Milan
14:53you've spoken
14:53about Milan
14:54that you want
14:54in the top
14:55four
14:56but the fans
14:56dream of something
14:57a bit more
14:59prestigious
14:59the title
15:00the scudetto
15:00obviously
15:06well let's talk
15:07about the
15:07mathematics
15:08then
15:08we want to
15:09be in the
15:10top four
15:12football is a
15:13wonderful thing
15:16but in two
15:18weeks
15:1920 days
15:20everything you've
15:21worked hard
15:21in seven months
15:22to produce
15:23to do
15:24can be destroyed
15:26so we mustn't
15:28talk about how
15:29we want to win
15:30the scudetto
15:31we want to keep
15:32looking
15:33further
15:34afield
15:35because it's useless
15:36what we need to do
15:37is to work
15:38hard
15:39when you work
15:40for a big team
15:42one of the most
15:43important in the
15:43world like Milan
15:44you need to be
15:46ambitious
15:47and if you're
15:49ambitious
15:49victory will come
15:50your way
15:51but
15:53we
15:54our destiny
15:58to qualify
15:59for the Champions
16:00League again
16:00is in our hands
16:01just like
16:02Inter's destiny
16:03to win the
16:04scudetto
16:04is in their
16:06hands
16:07if Inter
16:08win
16:12they'll have
16:14another three
16:14points
16:15and they'll be
16:15further ahead of us
16:16our destiny
16:17is in our hands
16:18and that is
16:19the Champions
16:19League
16:19getting back
16:20into the
16:20Champions
16:21League
16:28do you think
16:29the team
16:30that wins
16:30between
16:31Napoli
16:31and Milan
16:32can still
16:32dream of
16:33the scudetto
16:33it depends
16:34on Inter
16:36second question
16:37people talk
16:38about
16:40Napoli's
16:40fab
16:41four
16:41the Beatles
16:43nickname
16:43McTominay
16:44Labotka
16:45and the
16:46other players
16:46which group
16:48would you like
16:49to compare
16:50your band
16:51to
16:55earth wind
16:56and fire
16:56would you like
16:56your Milan
16:57to be like
16:58earth wind
16:58and fire
16:59or the
16:59rebels
17:07is there
17:07a band
17:08that you'd
17:08like to
17:08compare
17:09your Milan
17:09to
17:09no
17:10no
17:10not at
17:11all
17:11what do
17:12you think
17:12of the fab
17:13what do
17:13you think
17:13of the fab
17:14for the
17:14Anguissa
17:15Labotka
17:16McTominay
17:16and De Bruyne
17:18is it a big
17:19problem for
17:19Milan to be
17:20facing them
17:21McTominay is
17:22good in
17:22in the penalty
17:23area
17:23no
17:24Napoli are
17:25a good
17:25team
17:25a very
17:26good team
17:28with the
17:28considering the
17:29injuries they've
17:30had to still
17:30be fighting
17:31for the
17:32championship
17:33means they've
17:34worked
17:35they've done
17:35well and
17:36they're working
17:36hard
17:37and afterwards
17:38at the end
17:39of the day
17:39the results
17:41tomorrow's
17:43results
17:46results
17:48results
17:51change
17:52people's
17:52opinions
17:52of teams
17:53and how
17:54teams and
17:55clubs are
17:56performing
17:57thank you very
17:57much
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