00:00Good afternoon.
00:14Am I ready? Yes, please.
00:17How big a game did you feel it was to rest so many players,
00:22especially after what happened with Aston Villa yesterday?
00:25And how pleased are you by the response of the players?
00:30You know, I know very well my players.
00:34I work every day with them.
00:37I did the same when we went to Midtjylland,
00:40and they performed very well.
00:43I remember the game against FC Porto,
00:47playing in Dragon Stadium is not easy,
00:50and they showed the personality, they showed the quality.
00:54For me, I tried to balance the energy of this team.
01:02We have, in this moment of the season, we have some injuries.
01:07If I have more players, I can change more players,
01:10but it was not possible.
01:13I decided, okay, I will try to give 45 minutes,
01:16because 45 minutes we can recover.
01:18We can recover in the next three days
01:21to be fit for the game against Aston Villa.
01:27But in the end, I said to my players,
01:32I can change you, I can change the players,
01:35but I will not change for sure the spirit of this team.
01:41And this team is resilient.
01:43This team, they are playing with confidence.
01:47They are playing united with organization,
01:52and the ambition to win the games.
01:56And we come here not to draw, we come here to try to win the game.
02:03What's the difference today, Chelsea pushing to Europe?
02:07What's the difference that got you the win?
02:10What's the confidence level like now for the European game?
02:16The next game is a different game,
02:18but one thing I'm sure that we'll go there to compete with them
02:24until the last minute.
02:26This is the spirit of this team.
02:28Now it's time to recover.
02:30It's time to look for the injury players
02:35and to be fit or to be in conditions
02:39to compete against a strong team next Thursday.
02:45How are more than Gibbs White?
02:47Does that happen?
02:50I'm waiting, I'm not a doctor.
02:52No, I'm not a doctor.
02:54But Gibbs White has a deep cut.
02:59We'll see if he's busy, but he's a fighter.
03:01He's a fighter, he has a strong mentality.
03:04I hope our medical department can do magic
03:10magic to put him in conditions
03:13because he's important for us,
03:14very important player for us.
03:16I said to him, you don't need to use the head.
03:20He doesn't need to add the balls just to play.
03:25We'll see, we'll see.
03:26About Zac, I spoke with him in the dressing room
03:31and I think he's okay, he's okay.
03:34With Morgan, I suppose.
03:36Is there any risk of any percussion?
03:39No, no, no.
03:40I had a conversation.
03:41I think not.
03:42Yes, I think not because I had a conversation with him.
03:47He's speaking normally.
03:49He remembers everything.
03:52The only thing is to look for the face and the pain.
03:57Because he has pains now.
03:59We'll see, we'll see.
04:18What I said to them before the game was about to keep in our hands our future.
04:30And to keep in our hands our future,
04:34we need to go there inside and to prove ourselves
04:37and to play in our best level,
04:40to be the only pressure that we feel
04:43is to be the best of themselves inside the pitch,
04:50to do everything to win the game.
04:52And this is the pressure that they need to feel
04:56because this is what we need to be,
04:59our best version on the pitch.
05:03Trying to be resilient.
05:05Of course, in the end of the game,
05:08we face the same problems because a lot of players
05:11without the rhythm that this kind of game demands.
05:17But I think we deserve the result because, again,
05:23we prove it ourselves, competing, competing, competing,
05:30and showing that we are here to compete
05:34until the end of the season,
05:37until the last minute of the season,
05:40and with the victory in our mind.
05:46First off, you should ask about your game and your goals.
05:51He can't even play in the Europa League,
05:53so it would be really easy for him.
05:54You know, on a rare chance to play,
05:56you know, even if I play well,
05:58I'm not going to play Thursday,
05:59and yet he scores a hat-trick.
06:01I mean, what about that?
06:03It was not two goals, two goals, two goals.
06:05He scored two goals.
06:06But, you know, I never, never until now,
06:11had the day with Tayo that I didn't see his smile
06:15because he smile every time.
06:17He has the energy.
06:18He goes on the training every day with the same smile,
06:23every day with the same spirit to improve
06:25and to work to be ready to help the team.
06:28And this is the spirit that we know about his quality,
06:32to score goals.
06:34And this is the spirit of this team, of this group.
06:37They are, for me, I said to them,
06:40you are a special group
06:41because you work with four managers,
06:45different managers,
06:47different ways to think football,
06:50different methodologies,
06:52and you face it a lot of a season,
06:55a difficult season.
06:56And now you are in a condition,
06:58you are in the moment of the season
07:00that you keep the friendship,
07:04you take care about yourselves,
07:07you are resilient,
07:09you are confident,
07:11you have the belief,
07:13you have the ambition
07:15in the moment of the season
07:19that we decide everything.
07:22And we can finish this season
07:24in a fantastic way.
07:29Because this group, they are special.
08:01every time with three points on our mind
08:04to get from the game.
08:08And this is the...
08:09I know my team,
08:11I know my players.
08:12This is the spirit that they start today
08:14to get the three points
08:15and to be ready for the next battle.
08:21Can I quickly ask about
08:23Sangara and Aida?
08:25Have they got any chance to be in the future?
08:27They are injury.
08:28I don't know if they,
08:29you know,
08:30without,
08:30look,
08:32without Callum,
08:35without Dan,
08:36Dan Odoi,
08:38two wingers,
08:40without Murillo,
08:42before without Jair,
08:44because Jair was,
08:45he has,
08:46and he still has a problem,
08:48but he's a fighter.
08:49He's a fighter.
08:51Without Sangara.
08:56In the end,
08:57for me,
08:57it was not difficult to select the first 11.
09:01It was not because I don't have solutions.
09:02If I don't have solutions,
09:04I don't need to think a lot.
09:08And in the end,
09:09in the end,
09:11we are doing well
09:12because of the speed.
09:14And without,
09:16without Ola,
09:18without Ola,
09:18I forgot.
09:18I don't,
09:19I don't,
09:20I don't remember.
09:20How many?
09:21How many players?
09:23Seven.
09:24Seven.
09:34And you said Jair.
09:36And Jair before,
09:37but now,
09:37okay,
09:38now we have Morgan,
09:39I hope he can,
09:40he can come,
09:41but you know,
09:42even without this,
09:45important players,
09:47we,
09:47we keep the,
09:48the spirits,
09:49and this is,
09:50this is the difference between a team,
09:53because this is not about tactical,
09:55tactical,
09:56This is about spirit of a team.
09:58Team spirit.
10:00Thank you very much.
10:01Okay.
10:01Thank you very much.
10:02Thank you very much.
10:06I'm trying to think of this one.
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