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00:02Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome along to the pre-match press conference on the eve of Milan-Ferenc Farros with Ruben
00:09Amarino and Kony de Vinter.
00:10We'll start with Mauro Suma. I'd like to start with the coach then for Kony.
00:16Coach, it was a good derby, but that's behind you now, and Milan need consistency.
00:22You need to try and strive towards consistency. I assume that's the goal.
00:26The Inter game is out. We need to forget that and think about the next competition.
00:33Is it Europa League? Is it really important the game tomorrow for us?
00:36And more than the results, we need to maintain that consistency.
00:41I think we were consistent during the game, and we had some games that we were not consistent.
00:46So let's do it to the next game, and that is a big step that we need to have.
00:50It doesn't matter the rotation, it doesn't matter the players that we put on the pitch.
00:53We need to be a very good team. We need to win tomorrow, because it's important for our goal that
01:00go all the way in this competition.
01:32Your first season at Milan was a good campaign, you were making your mark.
01:36This season it feels like you really have taken on board the lion's share of the way we defend.
01:44And you've also become a father off the pitch.
01:46Can we say that on and off the pitch, that this is one of the best times of your career?
01:58Yes, it's a wonderful thing to become a father.
02:01And compared with last season, I do feel a little bit more important in the team.
02:08I feel that I've got the backing of the club.
02:10So it's a nice time in my career, but there's still a long way to go.
02:16I'm a father to be a fantastic feeling.
02:19I'm a father, and this really brings joy to me.
02:24I also feel that I have a lot of confidence in the team in the last year.
02:29So I have to stay on this way, and I have to continue on this way.
02:34Francesco Rockiraj.
02:37Good afternoon, everyone.
02:40Congratulations to Kony on the fact he's become a father.
02:44But I've got a question for the head coach.
02:46You need to win the match tomorrow game in order to get points in the Europa League.
02:51Do you expect to rotate?
02:53Because you also need to look at the league.
02:55How are you approaching this game?
02:56The most important game is this one that we have.
02:58But we also need to acknowledge that we need to be careful with some players.
03:05We have a big schedule behind us, and we cannot lose many players for the next games.
03:14Because sometimes when you don't want to rotate or save some legs, sometimes you have an issue that is going
03:20to for one month or one and a half.
03:23So this is the most important game.
03:25We are just thinking about this one, but we are going to need to rotate some players, and all the
03:30players are ready to cope with the demands of the game.
03:34We have the responsibility to win the game.
03:36We are going to face a big opponent that has nine points in this competition, is not losing any game
03:42in their league, but our players are ready, and we have the responsibility of winning the game.
04:06We are not going to lose any game in the game, so we need to rotate some players, because the
04:11players are very long, because the players are very long, and the players are going to be a very important
04:18game in the game.
04:22I will start with the head coach.
04:26I would like to ask you, why is there this difference in terms of your points per game in Serie
04:32A, where Milan are going well, you are on target for the game.
04:36For your goal, and the Europa League, where there are lots of highs and lows, how do you explain this
04:42difference?
04:43I think sometimes it's hard to explain.
04:48It can be with the rotation, sometimes we need to make some choices that change a little bit the way
04:56we play, but then you look at the games against Benfica, I think we didn't play our game,
05:02but we had more possession, more, I think we had some issues in the few occasions of the opponent, and
05:09we suffered the goal, then we won a very good game in Salzburg,
05:14and then we had a sense of two penalties, it was our fault, the Mike situation didn't help us to
05:22fight for the game, and sometimes you have these situations in some moments.
05:26I think we are not doing really well in Serie A, of course we won the last one, but I
05:34think, I look at the team and the games, I think we should have more points,
05:38so I'm not satisfied in the Europa League, I'm not satisfied in Serie A, I think we can do better,
05:43but sometimes it's like that.
05:45Every game has this history, we had some issues in the Europa League, but I think tomorrow we can change
05:51that, we can win the game.
05:54Of course, we can learn more clearly wouldn't work, but we can see what of our part in the game,
06:22We are not satisfied with our series, not 100% of our European league, but it will be an important
06:32match for tomorrow.
06:34Let's go to Sport Italia with Francesco Letizia.
06:37Sport Italia, good afternoon to both of you, a question for Kony.
06:41There's an impressive statistic. You've played every single game, every single one.
06:47The only game where you were rested was the game in Reggio Emilia against Sassuolo,
06:52but unfortunately Matteo Gabi got injured and then you came off the bench.
06:56So you've played every single minute apart from those 20.
07:00Did you expect that at the start of the campaign?
07:02And are you pleased about that or do you feel a little bit tired?
07:06Do you occasionally ask the coach, oh, when can I have a rest?
07:09No, I feel very good physically. I feel good mentally as well.
07:13And at times like these, when there are lots of matches, you tend to focus more on that,
07:19making sure you're mentally ready for games. It's wonderful.
07:22And it's a lot better than simply just training all week.
07:27So I'm pretty happy with that.
07:29And I try and make sure that I'm ready to deal with all the matches.
07:32I try and make sure that I'm ready to deal with all the matches.
07:45It's a lot better than playing every week.
07:47I like to play a lot better.
07:50That's it.
07:53Let me ask if there are any questions from the Hungarian media.
07:57Let us know, please.
07:58Marco Willi.
07:59Good afternoon, coach.
08:00Good afternoon, Kony.
08:01A question for the coach.
08:03Could you explain to us, we're not very familiar with Ferenc Farros,
08:07but they've got nine points.
08:09You've seen that on the table.
08:10What are the risks?
08:11And what type of team are they?
08:13They score a lot of goals.
08:14But that was true also last season.
08:16They're pretty used to playing European football.
08:18And a question for Kony.
08:20How important is it to always play with the same partner?
08:25Strahinja Pavlovich has also been involved in every game.
08:27How important is it at the back?
08:28The head coach has spoken about the rotations,
08:31but I imagine it's important to have continuity and selection at the back.
08:40I think I feel pretty good with every single teammate.
08:43We've worked a great deal on the training ground,
08:46and we all know each other very well.
08:48But of course, it's really nice to play with Strahinja Pavlovich,
08:52because he's a very good player,
08:55and we understand one another very well.
08:58So that's the main reason why it's nice to play with Pavlovich.
09:04I think it's a team that used to win, and that doesn't matter the context.
09:27It gives you confidence to face all the games.
09:33They are comfortable in the position.
09:35They are really well in the league.
09:37They play with the 4-2-3-1.
09:40They have a very good rotation in the team.
09:42You can sense clearly an identity in that team.
09:48They have a midfielder, Nagy, that is really good on building up,
09:52making the build-up with three players.
09:55So they have an identity.
09:58They know how to play.
09:59They know how to win games, and they are really comfortable.
10:01And they came to San Siro with nothing to lose.
10:05So the responsibility, of course, the opponent wants to win.
10:11I used to win, but the responsibility in San Siro is ours.
10:14So we need to play really well, to be really focused.
10:17And I think, and I said that to the players,
10:19against Inter we were good because we were humble,
10:22and we were really good on the details.
10:24We need to have the same behaviour against Ferencvaro.
10:27Because that is the most important thing with this team.
10:30We need to be really focused, really humble,
10:32and really good on the details in order to win this game,
10:36because they are a strong team.
11:00They are very good on the game.
11:03They have an identity of the team.
11:05They know what they want to play.
11:07In San Siro, there will be nothing to lose.
11:10We must say that we need to play the game,
11:12and we need to show them everything.
11:15Let's go.
11:20I'm József Gergelic from the Hungarian News Agency,
11:23and my first question is to the player.
11:26What do you think, how difficult will be to get through the match
11:30without a conceding goal?
11:33How difficult it is?
11:34Yeah.
11:35Against the Ferencvaro.
11:37Obviously, they are a good team.
11:39Like the coach says in the competition,
11:43they are doing good,
11:44and they have a lot of confidence.
11:47But like always, we will try our best,
11:49and we will work as a team to keep them from scoring.
11:53But obviously, every game it will be difficult,
11:55but it's not impossible.
12:10And my other question is to the head coach.
12:13After the draw, Castano said that Juventus and Milan
12:17cannot take anything granted to win,
12:23against a team like Ferencvaro.
12:26And do you agree with him?
12:29Excuse me, could you repeat the question?
12:32Yeah.
12:33After the draw, Castano said that it's not a granted win.
12:38Castano.
12:39Yeah.
12:40It's not a granted win against a team like Ferencvaro.
12:43Do you agree with him?
12:46No doubts.
12:47I can say to you, we can lose any game.
12:51We can win any game.
12:53That is the characteristic of this team.
12:55Depends on the way we face the game.
12:57So, it doesn't matter.
12:58It doesn't matter if the opponent is from Serie A,
13:02Serie B, Europa League, Champions League.
13:04We can win any game.
13:05But at the same time, we can lose any game.
13:08Especially nowadays that everyone knows everyone.
13:12Every player has the tools, the technical ability.
13:15The managers understand the opponent,
13:18have all the footage to prepare the game.
13:21So, it's not just against Ferencvaro.
13:23We can lose any game, but we can win any game.
13:26That depends also on us.
13:28And a little bit lag sometimes.
13:30Maybe.
13:35Maybe.
13:40It would say the first thing.
13:44It doesn't matter where we play, Europa League, Serie A, or who else.
13:48I don't think we're able to win and win.
13:59Repubblica, first row, please.
14:01Get them a mic.
14:05My first question is for Koni.
14:08Milan have had some great centre-backs.
14:12Is there one that inspires you more than anyone else?
14:15Someone that you base your game around as a defender?
14:18Maybe a Milan player?
14:21There are lots of players, but if I have to say one that played at Milan, I'd say Thiago Silva,
14:31because I saw him playing when I was growing up in my free time.
14:35He was an excellent defender, and I think he has a bit of everything.
14:40He's had a very significant career, so if I had to choose one player, I'd choose Thiago Silva.
14:44It is a very good.
14:46I did.
14:47There are many players who have to see me.
14:50I'm going to tell you, I'm going to tell you,
14:54I'm going to tell you something.
14:56I'm going to tell you what?
14:58I'm going to tell you a player.
14:59If I'm going to tell you, he was a player.
15:03He's going to see you in the right now.
15:04He's got a player.
15:05He's got a player, and he's got a player.
15:08So, in my opinion, he is a Milan example.
15:38How far off are we?
15:40I think you guys are always asking about when we are going to reach the top.
15:45We never reach the top.
15:46We are not going to have even when we win all the games.
15:49We never have that feeling of we reach the top.
15:53We need to improve and improve.
15:54I think we have an identity already.
15:58We want to dominate games.
15:59Sometimes we are able, sometimes we are not.
16:02But most of the games we try to be really positive.
16:05That is the beginning of identity.
16:09We are changing sometimes the system, the way we defend,
16:12but sometimes you not even notice that.
16:16I think our identity is all about to be positive in the game
16:21and try to be dominant in the game.
16:24I think we lack clearly the ability to push the opponent near to their box
16:30and maintain the ball there in order to create more chances.
16:33I think that is the biggest problem with us and to be consistent during the games
16:39and in many games.
16:41I think we are getting better on that.
16:43I think we are playing better for more moments.
16:46We are controlling the games a little bit better.
16:49But if I look at the team, we have so much to do,
16:52especially my feeling when we are in the final third.
16:55We are not getting the ball there and staying there for long.
16:59And that is something that we need time to work.
17:01And we need to, I need to help my players to play better in that moment.
17:08What is the problem?
17:09That is not a problem.
17:09I do not know that 100% of the Csucs
17:11or Csucs or Csucs or Csucs or Csucs or Csucs,
17:16That is not a problem.
17:18And I think that is when we are able to get the Csucs.
17:20It's about that question, I thought you were saying that you were going to get rid of this.
17:24And you have a French city where there is a identity, as you said earlier,
17:27you can use it to get rid of it.
17:30You can use it to get rid of it.
17:31I think it is a Milán for you to get rid of it.
17:33The story is that it is that it is that it is not that it is not that it is
17:34not that it is not the same thing.
17:37But there is a positive positive point.
17:39It is a positive one.
17:40We need to get rid of it that it is not that it is not possible.
17:43We can do it that it is not possible to get rid of it as the 14th century.
17:48In this regard, we need to move forward to this point, but I think we will move on a good
17:53way, and we will be able to create a better identity of the team.
18:20Milan are also able to defend and defend well. How was that possible?
18:26Crazy thing. No, guys, first of all, Inter is in the past. Let's prove tomorrow that we can defend even
18:34better.
18:35I think we control well the game because we have more possession. It's not about the way to just to
18:41think about defending.
18:42We defend the game with the ball, and that helps us to think more clearly when we don't have the
18:49ball.
18:49Then I think we were better in the details. One meter is one meter. One meter more closer to my
18:55teammates is one meter, not two meters.
18:58All these small details, we were better compared to Bologna, and that is the feeling that I had in the
19:04game.
19:04We were really aggressive on the sides of the pitch because we knew, especially with Di Marco, the cross is
19:13coming.
19:14Sposito is inside, Juram is inside. We cannot allow the crosses because then it's a gamble 50-50.
19:20Connie was amazing in the game, but if you have a cross more to Juram, it's impossible to defend.
19:26So maybe it's the way we sometimes we see the opponent, and that is something that we need to change
19:31in our mind.
19:32So I think we defend well first thing with the ball, and then without the ball we were more aggressive
19:38because we already knew if something happened,
19:40like a cross off Di Marco, something could happen. So we need to manage that.
19:44And we need to do that with Fereg Vars, because they have the quality, they have the players there, and
19:51they are used to win games.
19:53And that is always what I said, when a team is always winning games, it's for some reason we need
19:59to be ready for tomorrow.
20:02Well, yes, it's an horrible thing that's the question I said.
20:06Well, really, it's an interesting thing.
20:08It's an interesting thing, but it's a problem that we can't do it.
20:13It's a problem if we can access it.
20:15But we can access it with us, and we can afford it.
20:18We need to have to be able to do it.
20:22It's so easy to go to the stage, which means we can actually accomplish it.
20:26We need to make it on stage.
20:28This is very important.
20:30In recent years,
20:32we were so much better than
20:34the Inter-Ellen,
20:34than the Bolony-Ellen
20:36in the process.
20:38So, I think that
20:39in recent years,
20:40there is a lot of things
20:42with a lot of things
20:42that we can do
20:43with a lot of things
20:44that we can do
20:47We have a lot of
20:51the Inter-Ellen
20:52in the Bolony-Ellen
20:53and the Fradi-Ellen
20:54that we can do
20:56to produce.
20:57We have to protect
20:58as I mentioned earlier,
21:00with a lot of things
21:01that we can do
21:03with this.
21:04The team is Valentin Paulucci.
21:07The team.
21:13Hello, a question
21:16for both of you
21:17on Saint-Cune-Dieu-Wara.
21:19Of course,
21:19I keep a very close eye
21:21on the French players
21:22at Milan, Rabiot
21:23and Menon are excellent.
21:24Then I discovered
21:26Saint-Cune-Dieu-Wara
21:27because we don't know him
21:28too well in France.
21:29Maybe it was a new
21:31position for him.
21:32He almost played
21:32as a left midfielder.
21:35How did you come up
21:36with this idea
21:37and how are you working
21:37with this player?
21:38I think we need
21:38to give the credit
21:39to Diara.
21:41He's working really well.
21:43He spent some time
21:44without playing.
21:45He was getting frustrated
21:46but he continued to work
21:48in the right moment
21:49and you will have
21:50the opportunity
21:51and you will be ready
21:52for the opportunity
21:53if you work well.
21:55So the credit is for Diara.
21:56I think he's able
21:58to do that position.
21:59Of course,
21:59it depends on the opponent.
22:03We played one day
22:04with Moreira
22:05as a Terceino
22:06and then against
22:08Citer we played
22:09with Diara.
22:10Sometimes he's the same position,
22:11different player,
22:12completely different world.
22:14So I think he's ready
22:16to do that.
22:16I don't know.
22:17I think he had some minutes
22:18in the second division
22:20in France
22:21in that position.
22:23During the national break
22:26the game against Padova
22:28we worked Diara
22:30as a left back
22:31because we tried to use
22:32every minute to improve.
22:34He gave good signs.
22:36He's strong.
22:37He's fast.
22:38We knew about the crosses,
22:40especially from the left side
22:42of Inter.
22:43Di Marco didn't play
22:43but it's the same idea
22:45and we with Conny Pavlo
22:47and Papis
22:48defending the crosses
22:50I think was
22:51maybe a good idea.
22:53They almost scored
22:54in the one cross
22:55with Papis
22:56but I think he's doing
22:57really well.
22:58He has a potential
22:59to grow
23:00and maybe we'll start tomorrow.
23:02Okay.
23:15That is
23:16a little bit
23:16that's
23:17which
23:17this position
23:20was
23:21a
23:22the
23:22the
23:24the
23:24of the
23:25the
23:26the
23:26the
23:26the
23:29the
23:30the
23:30the
23:31the
23:33the
23:33France 2. league in the second position,
23:37and when there was a
23:40contested, the Padova against the
23:42friendship match was in the right position.
23:46It was really good to say that it was
23:49the performance of the performance.
23:52The performance of the performance is
23:52the end of the performance of the performance.
23:57Thank you very much.
24:01Connie, you were also a young defender. You came to Italy. What have you made of Diawara?
24:08What have you thought about it? And also congratulations for your daughter being born.
24:15Yes, as the head coach said, he's someone who works very well and he also always gives
24:20absolutely everything for the group of players in the dressing room. We all love him. And
24:25as the head coach said, when you work well and you keep working hard, you will get an
24:31opportunity. And he seized it with both hands. And I think the entire squad are happy for him.
24:39What Mr. the coach said earlier, he really appreciated himself, because he's a very good guy. He's a very good
24:45guy in the
24:46team. We all love everyone. And he was there before this opportunity, which he hit two hands.
24:53He's a very good guy in Hungary. I want to ask for Ruben, what do you think, what is the
25:07biggest strength of Ferencváros right now?
25:11I think what I said about winning games, that is the strength of the team, the identity, because I'm all
25:19about the team, not the individual, but they have good individuals.
25:23Yusuf is really strong in the space. He can play as a winger or a striker. I think he's going
25:30to play as a striker against us.
25:40I think he's an important player because he understands the game. He understands when to drop, when not to drop.
25:46And that kind of player is a player that I like.
25:48But then the ability of the left back with the right foot that can come inside all these small details
25:56is the identity of the team that I really like on this team.
26:00And we need to be ready to cope with all this information, to prepare the game, to win the game.
26:06Again, we have three points in this competition. We need to win tomorrow.
26:13We have to be ready to win the game, your 快-to-live level.
26:17We are Mutual who play in The Rock.
26:18Is to say for the ideal for the city, that, for afterwards, very much the player has played it for
26:26the game.
26:27I found a handy, yes.
26:29You are, absolutelyser, you are aster of the team who play it for the game.
27:04Good afternoon, Ruben.
27:11A colleague of mine made me think about something, if we go back to the second half, this is
27:19the best second half performance in the entire season and finally I saw the attitude from
27:23a top team, not only in terms of the way they defended, we saw how good Milan were in the
27:30first half against Atalanta and in other occasions as well, but you were authoritative, solid,
27:39you never risked anything. Do you believe that you actually need to kick off from the second
27:44half performance as opposed to the first half performance to reach the top?
27:47I think it's a good point, but in order to explain the second half, we need to use the
27:53first half. So you cannot separate both from the game. I think it's important to understand
27:59that in one half we took the advantage in the results and then the way we control the game
28:08in the second half. I think we are improving on understanding the game. I think we show
28:15that we can be a very strong squadra because we understood every moment of the game we were
28:21really complete. I think we lack a little bit in the second half to put men behind the midfielders
28:30of Inter to push the opponent even to the goal. We had a lot of players doing the possession
28:37to maintain the ball. That was good, but we need to improve to the next level. I think our second
28:43half against Lazio was better, was more intense, was a different game, I understand. But I think
28:51we can build from that game. But it's just a game. And it's against Inter that is my problem.
28:57Against Inter, even the Tifosi, when I was doing the week, we had a game against Bologna and
29:03everyone was talking, good luck for the derby. I don't understand that. Because Bologna is
29:10the most important thing for us. That is the mindset we cannot have. That is the mindset of
29:15a small team. A small team is worried about the big games. No, no, every game is a big game.
29:20So I don't know. Tomorrow for me is going to tell more from my team than against Inter. Against
29:25Inter, you go to the history of the last eight games and four games we won against Inter. That
29:32will not, that didn't tell me nothing. Frank Varus will tell me a lot about my team. So let's wait
29:38for
29:39tomorrow. So I don't care about what happened against Inter. It was a good feeling. Yes, it's better
29:44win than draw and lose. Of course, but it's in the past. And I'm still upset about Bologna. More than
29:50happy
29:51from Inter. So let's see tomorrow. Tomorrow we need to be really, really, really
29:56strong in order to win the game.
29:57Thank you very much.
30:00Thank you very much.
30:02Thank you very much.
30:02Thank you very much.
30:03So, you know, we did a lot of work.
30:05We have to deal with the first half of the year of the year of the year.
30:09We have to deal with the year of the year of the year of the year of the year of
30:13the year of the year of the year.
30:17mérkőzést. Lényegében megértettük a második fél időben az egész mérkőzést,
30:23azért mondom ezt, mert ugye lényeges az, hogy a csapat megértse, hogy hogyan megy a mérkőzés,
30:28hogyan alakul. Megértettük azt, hogy nagyon jók vagyunk és be tudtuk szorítani az Intert.
30:35Természetesen van még miben fejlődni, szeretném, hogyha még a csapat például fejlődne a labdatartásban.
30:42It's hard to say that the Bologna was the most important to focus on the match,
30:46when the fans were already talking about it,
30:47that they were talking about the Derby Inter.
30:49I didn't understand that.
30:51The Bologna was the most important,
30:54and you can always focus on the match.
30:57You don't want to focus on the match.
30:59So now, at the moment,
31:01the match is the most important match.
31:03It's a Ferencváros.
31:04The feeling is good,
31:06but the Ferencváros will tell you about it,
31:09and how he will play.
31:12This is the Ferencváros with Michael Cuomo.
31:16One final question from Michael Cuomo.
31:20Coach, we saw the excitable side of Geri Cardinale in the Derby.
31:28Have you really been struck by something from Geri over the first few months?
31:35When will we see you really excited or emotional in the future?
31:38When we win the Scudetto or a big title,
31:43maybe I will be emotional.
31:46Until then, it's just another day.
31:49But I had the feeling when I was playing the game or in the game that the environment is completely...
31:56I was not expecting for that feeling.
31:59And I think Mr. Cardinale was not expecting that also.
32:03Then you can sense that it's a big gamble.
32:06He had a big interview supporting a manager that in that day everyone was talking about the manager not winning
32:15every game.
32:16So maybe in the end of the game was like, maybe I know what I'm doing.
32:21I don't know.
32:22So what I know is that the feeling in that stadium was special.
32:26And he enjoyed that moment.
32:29And he gets emotional.
32:31It's the passion.
32:32He's American, but when you spend a little bit of time here, you become like Italian and Portuguese.
32:37And this is more than a game.
32:39So I understand that I will not be emotional until we win.
32:43And then when we win the Scudetto, I will be thinking about the next one.
32:47So I think you will not see me so emotional.
33:37Thank you very much everyone.
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