MILAN (ITALPRESS) – Although a victory came in the last Champions League match against Red Star, the mood at Milan’s home is rather hot. Among the central issues is the one raised by Fonseca about the attitude the team had in the match against Red Star: “They were important days of work, for me it was easy after the match to talk only about the victory with Red Star, but if tomorrow the club is 125 years old we have to live up to that history,” Paulo Fonseca stressed in the press conference. “I have already told the team what I think and I talked to the players I wanted to talk to and I am not saying names, for me we are ready to face our opponents. More on the Champions match: “After we talked the team worked well, we are a family and the atmosphere was good,” added the Portuguese. “Problems are solved inside the locker room. Theo? He will play the best possible team tomorrow.” Fonseca is always very blunt, direct and unabashed: “I always tell the truth, it is difficult to hide what I feel after the game. I wanted to transfer a type of message. I face problems, I don’t close my eyes. I am paid to solve them. In all teams, big clubs and in all families there are problems.” As for the lineup that will take the field, Fonseca does not give great indications: “If young people will play? We have been working since day one with Milan Futuro players as well, we will see some of them on the field tomorrow. Camarda? We have to let him grow with balance, sometimes the expectations on young people are not good. We must not put pressure on him. Let him continue to grow. He doesn’t have to have this burden of having to be decisive, let him go his own way.” The current seventh place clearly makes no one happy: “I was called here to change the way we play, but it takes time. We have had some good games. If we analyze the performance tactically, we have grown. The problem is mental, there is a roller coaster. We haven’t had the right attitude so far to grow. It’s not something from now, even before I got here I was already hearing about these things. The Scudetto race I think is more difficult for us now, I’m honest, but inside I keep believing in it….” The Rossoneri coach then spoke about the leader issue: “Who wears the captain’s armband? I have my own opinion. When I arrived here, Milan already had three captains. Calabria, Theo and Rafa. Imagine if I change the captain, you kill me because I changed the captain. I have confidence in the captain we have. If I agree, that’s another thing. I have respected the hierarchy and I will continue to do so. Until I decide to change it.”- Photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
