00:00The last time we saw you at the St. Potipar Stadium, we saw quite a fire in that event in
00:08Christian Stadini at the time.
00:10It was a good day. It was a good scene.
00:17Yes, because we have to show, we have blood, no water inside.
00:21Well, I was going to ask, one, what do you remember of that day, but also in this situation that
00:29Tottenham are in,
00:31will we see a less worry Roberto with his players because of the confidence that the players have at the
00:38moment?
00:38Can you not be really a bit calmer? You can't be as angry as sometimes you can be with the
00:44players.
00:49No, I can't change myself. I think you have to be clever, smart, you have to understand the situation.
01:03When there is a situation you need to put myself, my character, my personality, what I think about the football.
01:15Football for me is not a sport, it's not a work, it's something more.
01:19And I put myself and I want to bring to the players my character to transfer the confidence to show
01:29their qualities.
01:33But we are fighting for something more important than a simple job.
01:46We are working in Tottenham. Tottenham is a big, big club. We have a big responsibility.
01:53We have to know that. We have to be calm, with the right focus, but anyway we have to push,
02:03to put character, the right spirit, the right attitude and the balls.
02:13It's a big weekend.
02:15And when I tell you like this, not to fight or to punch the opponent, no.
02:22To play with the ball, to call the ball, to receive the ball, to play and to make one-to
02:29-one or to make pass-through.
02:30To be good in build-up, to be focused with a big attention in the defensive space, but with courage,
02:40with pride, with the most important value.
02:47Because you have to show the value now, not just the quality. And if you are able to show your
02:55qualities, the more you bring something for yourself.
03:02It's clear.
03:05It's a big weekend for all the clubs at the bottom of the table. West Ham play Crystal Palace on
03:13Monday.
03:15Crystal Palace...
03:15Two injuries players, Crystal Palace, yesterday.
03:18They also had the game against the Fiorentina. And afterwards, a few of the players went out and enjoyed their
03:26evening.
03:30How do you feel about that, given that they play West Ham?
03:36Listen, I'm not used to thinking too many, many other problems.
03:42We are full of problems, but we are able to win tomorrow, for sure.
03:49And the focus is to win tomorrow.
03:52And then we go to see the Crystal Palace games and all the other results.
04:03We can't lose time thinking about other teams if we are not able to win a game since 2025.
04:17And just what you were saying about Maddison and how you don't want to rush him and bring him back.
04:23You said, like we did with Kudus, effectively.
04:27Do you think Tottenham tried to rush Mohamed Kudus back too quickly and that's why he's got it?
04:32No, no, no. Listen, for the polemic the next time. I don't know. I don't know. Kudus for this season
04:43has gone.
04:47I'm sorry for him, first of all, because he's a good guy.
04:54Should be very important for us, but we lose time if we speak about the past.
05:02We have to be focused just on this moment and tomorrow.
05:11All right.
05:13Do you think everybody outside Tottenham wants to see Tottenham get relegated
05:19because of the science of love and because of all the stories of things?
05:23And does that make it harder for Tottenham than your rival?
05:27Or can you in some way use it to create a siege mentality?
05:47I don't know. We are the players, club, the people inside and our fans stop.
05:57And I think we are enough.
06:01The other teams, the people, the journalists, they can think what they want.
06:09For me nothing change. Maybe it's better for me.
06:14It's one motivation more for me.
06:19And if you like to check on Vicario, when might he be able to return?
06:23I think he can start with us, with the group, from Monday, Tuesday.
06:32After Sunday, you said your players were good guys and they felt bad.
06:38Oh, you know why? Sorry.
06:40Because maybe someone of you can make a different opinion about the players.
06:48No. If I say the players are good people because it's like this.
06:55Maybe they are playing not so good because we are in a bad position of the table.
07:05But as a people, I can say because I know better than you.
07:10All are good people. All are good people, yeah.
07:13I was going to ask, do you want them to be on the pitch when they are playing?
07:18Do you want them to be less nice?
07:23Not so nice people, can't they be a bit nasty?
07:26No, I think it's not that the key. The key is to show what they can do on the pitch.
07:34And now is a tough situation because they have not so much confidence in themselves.
07:43And they are not able to show all their qualities. Just it. No, because they are too nice.
07:50Because Romero is not too nice. Betancourt and Palinja are not too nice.
07:56Richarlis and Solange, they fight on the pitch.
08:00No. They have to show what they are as a player, first of all.
08:08What I can ask them is to be more close between them.
08:14No. On the pitch to help, to consider your teammate as a brother inside of the pitch.
08:22Because if you consider your teammate as a brother, you go to help him.
08:27If he is wrong, you hug him, you kiss him.
08:32And I think we need it in this moment for sure.
08:39Some more.
08:41You said that Xavi Simon is one of the players who likes to take a little bit off.
08:46Can you explain a little bit more about that?
08:52Because he has a big personality on the pitch.
08:56And I want to play, he can play with his personality.
09:07I don't want to change nothing of my players.
09:14Especially in this part, character, personality.
09:23And I think he can be important for us in this moment.
09:28I don't know, 30-20 minutes, but I have this opinion about him.
09:37Have you ever felt like the previous two coaches who have trusted Javi?
09:41Or what do you think he needs to do to be a top premier player?
09:45Because I don't want to play a player in Javi.
09:47Because he didn't play a player in Javi.
09:49He didn't play a player in Javi.
09:51I don't know.
09:55He has to score and he has to make assistance.
09:58And to run without the ball.
10:01Stop.
10:02That's enough.
10:04Have you told him that?
10:06Yeah.
10:08Yeah.
10:08And I'm speaking, I'm talking with him a lot of time.
10:12Because I was a player, I played in their position.
10:19And I know, before he spoke with me, what he can think and what he needs.
10:28He has confidence.
10:32And I know where he can make some mistakes.
10:38But right now, we need the quality from him.
10:49Sam.
10:50Hi, Robert.
10:51You looked like you said, Brighton, the first couple of weeks training under you.
10:56He tried to be battling.
10:57And then he said he took the team quickly to another level.
11:00I just wondered how close do you think the players are now, here,
11:04to kind of understand your method and your ideas?
11:06How close do you think the players were in Brighton?
11:11No, I totally, the two different situations.
11:17We are working, but we are not working in the details what we did in Brighton.
11:25Because Brighton was September, October, was a different situation.
11:30And now we are at the end of the season.
11:34We are working to give a good organization.
11:42And I think, especially in the first half in Sunderland, we played a good first half.
11:49With order.
11:51Every one of my players knew what they had to do on the pitch.
11:57With the ball, without the ball.
11:59But in build-up, we are working just in two simple things.
12:04Because we have no time.
12:07It's not the most important part to work.
12:15And then I want to help the players to play in confidence,
12:21in a comfortable zone.
12:24Not to put in their head too many instructions or ideas.
12:32Are you keeping everything as simple as possible?
12:36Yeah, yeah, for sure.
12:40But with my style anyway.
12:45And my style is also with the number of attackers,
12:51with the player in the midfield position.
12:59But I think they don't need to improve as a player now.
13:04To achieve our target, we don't need to become better with the ball,
13:09become better without the ball.
13:12To achieve our target, we have to be stronger in our head,
13:16as a character, as a relationship between the players.
13:22to believe in ourselves, to believe in our club,
13:29to be happy to have this short time with us.
13:38To be happy and proud to work in this big club.
13:44But just it is enough.
13:46All right, we've got time for one final one.
13:48Hi Roberto, I'm sure you saw the last time then,
13:51before you arrived, there was a great reception from the fans
13:54with the T-Bus coming, but it seems as though this time
13:57the players are going to travel separately,
13:59not on the bus to the stadium.
14:00Yes, but I didn't know that the fans wanted to make a game this part.
14:09I'm very sensitive with the players, with the fans,
14:14what they want to do.
14:16I consider the fans in every team I have been as a player,
14:21like a player, but I didn't know.
14:28And for the next time, if the people ask me to change the plan,
14:36no problem for me.
14:37Are you able just to provide some context on why you like the players
14:40to travel by themselves?
14:43And how long before the game do you like them to abroad?
14:51Like Brighton, I organized the day of the game at home,
14:58like we did in Brighton.
15:03Four hours before the game, we made a meeting
15:1145-40 minutes, and then lunch, and then we prepared the game.
15:20Nothing more.
15:22I don't want to put pressure on the players with my plan,
15:29but what the fans wanted to do is good for us,
15:36is something more.
15:41Okay, thank you.
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