Mourinho: Pioli has the support of Maldini behind Milan has always grown

Live bar October 30 news On November 1, at 3:45 a.m. Beijing time, Roma will play Milan at home, and Roma coach Jose Mourinho attended the pre-match press conference.

<b>Will several first-team players who were not called up in previous matches return to the roster? </b>

"You're more interested in players who aren't called up than players who are called up. The players who were called up were the same as in the previous game, except for Volpato. I'm going to choose 3-4 players from the reserves, so Walpato or Missori won't be on the list. ”

<b>What does this game represent? </b>

"Personally, I always like to play against the best teams and I think I convey to the players this feeling of facing a higher-ranked team and playing against a different team than our target. Of course, there is nothing wrong with that, which will keep us motivated. When I was coaching in Serie A, Pioli was not in Charge of Serie A. Tomorrow I will have the privilege of meeting him and greeting him before and after the game. The work he does in Milan is similar to what I'm going to do in Rome, he does a lot of great things. Behind Pioli there is the support of such a high-level as Maldini, a stable organizational structure, a team that has improved in every transfer window, a club that has been growing. ”

<b>What about Mkhitaryan? </b>

"Unfortunately I can only think about the starting 11 and the 12 on the bench, that's a lot. I can't call everyone up, but I have confidence in my players, not just Mkhitaryan. He's done a great job and I'm not going to change my mind about a player because of a game. He played napoli and then played 45 minutes against Cagliari. In this game, I need more depth, I need El Shaarawi. I won't tell you the specific tactics, whether Sharawi plays or not, whether he starts or not, it makes no difference to me. I believe in everyone, including Fuzzato, who has not yet appeared. ”

<b>How is Spinazzola doing now? </b>

"He's in great condition and the recovery process is going well. Everything was positive, but it was not yet possible to say exactly when he would recover. ”

<b>How is the team defending? </b>

"We want to score more goals and concede as few as possible if we can. Look at the number of goals conceded, which is almost 1:2 in ratio to the number of goals scored. Our opponents are very strong, in the game against Juventus, we conceded a goal, although it is not easy to win, but to win, we have to balance, which may be a cliché, but I still have to say, repeatedly, that if you want to win, you have to score goals and defend well. Defensive organization is important and I think we're making progress on that. ”

<b>Your goal tomorrow is to win, right? </b>

"It's not a good question, our goal has always been to win, not just against Milan. We just want to win, we saw it against Napoli, we tried to win in the last minutes, even though we lost to Juventus and Lazio before, or after the humiliating defeat to Bodo Grint, the fans will still come to the stadium to support us, we are a big family, I think that's the attitude we should have and it won't change. ”

<b>How do you protect yourself when it comes to set-pieces? </b>

'Don't give the opponent a chance to jump, but of course, it's very difficult to control the game all the time in the 90 minutes of the game, there are always opponents who perform better than us, Milan have Ibrahimovic and Olivier Giroud, they have a hard time keeping an eye on it.'

<b>Roma conceded a lot of goals in the first few minutes of the second half</b>

"You could say we always did well at the start of the game and never conceded a goal, but you always ask about these negative aspects. The fact you said is certainly frustrating, and I congratulate you on finding the negative side in us, just as at the beginning you asked me about the players who weren't called up, and you focused on them, not on the good U20-echelon young players that I promoted on the bench. I'm beginning to understand why coaching Roma is so difficult, because elsewhere you'll find more protection, but here you ask everything (Inizio a capire perché l'ambiente romano è difficile, altrove trovi più protezione). Even so, I find it interesting. ”

(Iron Fist)