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Sergio Conceicaocoach of Mlan, is present at a press conference in the San Siro on the eve of Milan-Cagliari, a match valid for the 20th matchday of Serie A.
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2.40pm | Conceiçao’s press conference begins.
How important is it to keep your feet firmly planted on the ground?
“Definitely. I think that anyone who thinks that winning a Super Cup is enough cannot work at Milan; it’s true, we enjoyed and deserved it, but we are 17 points from the top of the table. A club that has won 19 titles and 7 Champions League cannot have the full belly with the Super Cup. So let’s move on to tomorrow: we have to win and convince. The Super Cup is over.”
Will he have emotions?
“I apologize to anyone I will disappoint, but I have no emotions. There is the normal adrenaline, of understanding where I am, in a historic club, but the preparation for the match brings too many things with it. I have too many things in my head that I don’t think about anything else. Well, I’m not a stone, but the most important thing for me is to prepare the boys well.”
Why the band in Maignan?
“Everyone must take responsibility, I am the greatest leader of the locker room. Even those who don’t have the armband have responsibility. I won’t create controversy with a captain who isn’t a captain…”.
Very good Theo and Leao in Riyadh…
“By changing the staff, there is already something different. I know how things are having been a footballer. But then you have to demonstrate your way of working that they have to believe in. A nice thing that I have found here is the acceptance of everything we have worked on, also on the changes at an organizational level and this leaves me really happy. I found a very positive locker room.”
Have you talked about the transfer market with the management?
“I’m telling the truth: the management tried to talk to me twice about these issues, but at the wrong times in my opinion, because there are matches. I prefer to talk about it at the right time. I know we have to talk about it, but not now. the most important thing is tomorrow.”
Will he recover less employed players with Fonseca?
“They all start on the same level, then I’ll see day by day in training. Nobody is excluded, nobody is an absolute starter. Loftus-Cheek has a small problem and he won’t be there tomorrow: I’m sorry, because he was improving physically.”
What form will he use?
“What matters is having a good balance for the team, both with the ball and without the ball. Today with the 3-man midfield the team can seem a little more confident. But then, when we have a greater understanding, I also like to play with two strikers. You have to work. You need a little more time. Then during the match I change, I’m here for that and they pay me for that.”
And Leao?
“Rafa must run: wide or in front he must run. He must learn to help even without the ball: the process is collective, not individual.”
Are you playing with the little ones a problem?
“The day after Riyadh I spoke about Real Madrid-Milan and Cagliari-Milan. Certain attitudes are not good. We must not fall, but continue on the good things. Of course, we cannot always play so well, but in any case the basis is there it must be.”
He is already much appreciated by the fans…
“Every coach has his own ideas and his own methods of working. Then it’s the result that dictates. It’s not that I have the exact formula… Training camp, double training sessions, the details: if the results don’t come, the one who pays is the coach. I will try to make sure this doesn’t happen. Here we have a great stadium, when a player raises his hand three come running and maybe he was just saying hello… We are too pampered.”