Conceicao and Reijnders spoke at a press conference today ahead of Inter-Milan, the final of the Italian Super Cup.
Milan overcame Juventus in the semifinal played on Friday and earned a chance to win a trophy. Tomorrow night at Al Awwal Park in Riyadh they will face Inter Milan and the Italian Super Cup will be up for grabs.
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Simone Inzaghi’s Nerazzurri start as favorites, however, anything can happen in a final. Sergio Conceicao has only recently arrived, but he is trying to make his mark on the team right away. Winning a cup would give morale and confidence to the whole environment, also going to strengthen his position on the Rossoneri bench. From 10:45 am, the Portuguese coach and Tijjani Reijnders spoke in a press conference: below is the live text with all the statements.
Conceicao, la conferenza stampa pre Inter-Milan
HOW HE AND TEAM ARE – “Sorry for the delay. I hope the team is better than me, I’m not so well. We are preparing this final against a strong Inter team that has been used to winning in recent years, with the same coach and players who have been playing together for a long time. We have to look at ourselves, it will be difficult, however in the midst of difficulties we have to be men. We have four to five players who are coming from injuries and are not at the top, we also have one less day of rest. I don’t want to make excuses, but this is the situation.”
PLAYING AGAINST FORMER TEAMS AS A FOOTBALL PLAYER – “I have respect for the teams I played for. For me the feeling is the same with any opponent, the feeling I have for my players. I have a lot of desire to prepare things well so that they know what to do to beat Inter. I have this in my head. We have to have ambition and hunger to win. Half a step we have taken, now the other half is missing. We have confidence, even if there are difficulties. Sometimes in the midst of difficulties good things are born.”
ERIKSSON HIS COACH AT LAZIO – “I had many good coaches, Eriksson marked all of us. We had a good relationship. I have Sven in my heart. I had Sacchi, I had Malesani, I had several Italian coaches, a fantastic school. Italy was important to me. A pleasure and honor to be a coach of a historic team like Milan.”
RAFAEL LEAO – “We will train in the afternoon, evaluate and see. He doesn’t have 90 minutes and I have to manage. I have to see in the meantime if he is available.”
LUCK – “Luck comes if you work hard and are serious. We have to have the will, the hunger and the organization, then a little bit of luck is needed.”
RELATIONSHIP WITH SIMONE INZAGHI – “We will definitely say goodbye. Sometimes there are episodes that happen during matches. There was no disrespect, we played together… He will be my friend before and after the match, during he will be an opponent.”
Supercoppa Italiana, le parole di Reijnders
CHARGE AFTER JUVE-MILAN – “We were not aggressive enough in the first half, instead in the second half we showed we could be much more so. In the second half we worked harder, created more and we have to leverage on that ahead of tomorrow.”
SEEING PIOLI AGAIN WITH MORE GOLDS MADE – “Good to see Pioli again. We had a joke. I had a good relationship with him, last season I played more in the back and had less chance to get in the goal area. This year I’m more advanced and it’s easier for me.”
WINING HIS FIRST TROPHY – “A great opportunity, it would be the first time for me. I have to play like it’s the last game of my life, that has to be everyone’s approach. We have a chance to change the dynamic of the season.”
TEAM SPIRIT – “The spirit has not been lacking. We need to gain more self-confidence, the win over Juve gave us a boost and we need to take momentum from that. We have to be a family and work for each other.”
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