Thiago Motta answers questions from his Dazn colleagues at the end of the match against Monza. His words:
Mckennie called her professor, do you like it?
“No, I didn't hear, I reached the end of the interview.”
He calls her Professor Mckennie…
“I had never heard it. You did the interview with the two players, I heard your comments and I completely agree, two guys who give great availability to be able to play in different roles, where they don't always play, but they do perfectly well because they are high-level players and what's more, with the way and attitude they have, it's a pleasure for me as a coach to be able to count on two guys like that.”
In the first half you allowed some transitions, there was a delay in preventive coverage. A little lower in the second half. Could Koopmeiners' forced change have had an impact?
“And not only that. We have almost always suffered against teams that close down and then start again. It was important to close out the game, it's part of our growth, facing teams where we have to control the game, where we have to attack, we have to take risks, because normally we take the initiative in the game. Then later, with the lead in the second half, they came to attack, we closed down, only we didn't make the transitions well because we had some chances to start again with quality and today we didn't. we managed to do it well.”
There is casting for the role of attacking midfielder. You have employed several players in that position.
“It depends on the moment of each of them and the game we want to play, against the opponent we have to face. Nico Gonzalez did it today and can do it perfectly and can also link up with the midfielders because I see him in training, he's a player who has already held that position, has played in many roles, when someone knows how to play in different roles it means that there is something special because he is attentive, he pays attention to what his teammates are doing and he also tries to improve by watching other players I think Nico Gonzalez is part of it of these players, in training he knows how to play one touch, two touches, he knows how to turn. Yes, playing on the wing he can play on the right and he can play on the left, first striker, but I see him very well in that position there, the boy must be convinced, he is convinced he will do well, let's see for the next matches, but he is a player we can count on in that position.”
Can we say that the calculations will be done at the end of January? Now you have nice tests.
“For me the calculations will be done at the end of the season, during the season we, game by game, no matter the opponent, we have to go on the pitch to play our game and always prepare to the maximum, always face every opponent to the maximum, with respect, then the calculations will certainly be made at the end of the season”
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