WE SHALL RELAX LATER
Milan is doing its best: the tired players are resting, Seedorf has recovered, Nesta and Kaka could return respectively for Lazio and Arsenal
– ANCELOTTI’S CONFERENCE –
MILANELLO – All the declarations of Ancelotti during the press conference on the eve of Catania-Milan: “The team was very good to return in the fourth place, the objective was to arrive, now it is a matter of holding it. We have the necessity of resting some players, these games against Catania and Lazio will be very important. It’s a delicate period, very difficult, then we shall have time to relax a bit more and work a bit more. With important absences, with a bit of luck and with a lot of determination, in 2008 we managed to obtain good results. Catania? It’s a team which lost a bit of confidence in the last games as it returned towards the relegation zone. We shall find a team with some more fears, but also determined. Catania has always done well at home. KaKa? Both his absence as well as that of Mutu are important for us and for Fiorentina. We think that Kaka will recover for the Arsenal game, then we shall see in the coming days: I believe that he will be there, but right now we’re not sure. We have nothing to experiment on Arsenal, we already have it clear how we want to play that game, we want to control the game with more movements, more confidence and more ball possession. Many games are played, there’s less lucidity from everyone, both in the preparation for the contrast as well as making determined sliding tackles. It’s not something new, I think that the referees are more careful at these type of situations. Before there was less attention on dangerous fouls, nowadays there’s more attention.”
The other topics: “Kaladze, Pirlo and Jankulovski are tired and must rest a bit. Nesta could be recovered for Saturday against Lazio. I don’t think that Kaka can return on Saturday. Seedorf is fine, he is available, now we must see if he is ready for the bench or not. The referees? They all say that they are young and that they must gain experience, therefore these types of errors must be accepted. Paparesta? When he stopped he was one of the best referees around, therefore if he was acquitted and is reintegrated, I think that it’s a good thing for the referee sector. Inter-Roma is decisive for the Scudetto if Inter wins. Kaka? I don’t think there’s the will by opponents of hurting him. There is the attention which must be there towards a great champion. The calendar? The English teams play more games than us, I cannot think about the calendar. We have been penalized in this period from the games we had to recover, this is the calendar, we must accept it and take act. Baldini? I know him, we did the course together, he’s a prepared coach with clear and specific ideas. At Catania he did a very good job, his team started out very well, despite not being very accredited. I think it can climb up quickly.”
Carlo Ancelotti again: “The performance of Pato is normal due to his age, for the fact that he has been away from the pitch for six months and for the fact that he must gel more in the mechanism of the team. Borriello? Sincerely I did not expect him to do so well, he is proving to everyone all of his qualities. He can play in any team, including Milan. He’s a complete attacker, has a sense of goal and is technical. I don’t see any comparisons with other attackers, as he can also play as a lone striker. Borriello is scoring, just like Ricardo Oliveira is scoring. Unfortunately last year Borriello was suspended in a moment in which he could play, maybe we were a bit superficial in the evaluation on him and maybe he was superficial in accepting the competition there is in a big team. Now he found a new team which has allowed him to play straight away and he has found continuity. Maybe I could have given him more chances.”
timothy, 27/11/2006 - 16/08/2010