AC Milan coach Fonseca: Juventus clash important – not decisive

Milan hosts Juve on Saturday evening, with Fonseca expecting an exciting match.

Juve misses Vlahovic:

“Juve knows how to adapt well to the players available. I don't know if Weah will play. I know him well because he didn't work with me as a striker, but they will have different intentions than when Vlahovic is there. Weah is well.” very quickly in depth, it will be different and maybe we should pay attention to these deep movements of Timothy and not work with his back to the goal.”

Is tomorrow decisive?

“No, it is important. I cannot say that the match against Juve is more important than the one against Empoli, because we have to win more in a row. We are Milan, we have a lot of respect for Juve, but we are not afraid.”

In the two games against the wall, against Inter and Real Madrid, your team put in a great performance. Are you more relaxed for tomorrow?

“I don't feel any pressure for these kinds of matches. It's a matter of motivation. It's easy to understand that against Inter, Juve, Real Madrid you are motivated, then it's more difficult to go to Cagliari and find the same motivation. Then it is more difficult to go to Cagliari and find the same motivation.” there is always pressure: those who are at Milan are busy every day.”

Alvaro Morata motivated as an ex-Juve player?

“It is important to have Rafa and Morata at a good time, they can make the difference in these types of matches. During the training I saw them very well, very motivated and I expect that they will also show this tomorrow.

“We always want to be attacking and we do well offensively. But we are not dependent on one player, everyone is dependent on everyone. Juve is very strong defensively.”

Tactics like in Madrid?

“I think it will be a different game. I think Juve are defensively stronger than Real Madrid, as a team they defend better.”

The goals conceded haven't gotten any better…

“I don't want to escape the problem of the team, which is the defensive phase. I was lucky to have a lot of defenders here during the break and we worked a lot on the defensive line and I expect the team can make progress.”

How is Theo Hernández doing?

“Theo is a great player, for me he is the best left back in the world and I have no doubt about that. It was a matter of adjustment. We have spoken in recent days, he is learning things that are important and he seemed: this week more motivated than ever. And this is an important sign to have Theo at the highest level.”

How do you achieve the balance Ibra asks for?

“You want three midfielders (laughs). I agree with Zlatan: we have to find this balance. We have already had balanced performances and against the best teams, so the team has the ability. I think it is mainly a concentration problem. ” and attitude, for how we approach the games against the smaller teams.”

Didier Deschamps said that Theo is mentally tired…

“I spoke to Theo. I don't think it's mental fatigue. It's a matter of adjustment. But I don't want to comment on Deschamps' words.”

Milan last for matches won and balls recovered.

“It could be a matter of character, we are not a very aggressive team in the defensive phase. But certain recoveries can be counted across the entire field. We work a lot on duels, on anticipation, on one-on-one. “

Is this Milan's last chance for the Scudetto?

“It's an important match.”

Rafael Leao in Portugal said he needs to be more selfish…

“I understand what Rafa said. I think he means he needs to be more decisive, I agree. I think Rafa can be more decisive. He is working to achieve that, I have no doubt about that.”