Amorim: We want to maintain our style, but in big clashes we must also defend tightly without the ball

Milan's Serie A third-round away match against Juventus is about to begin, and head coach Amorim spoke to DAZN in a pre-match interview.

First question: After playing the first two matches, your Milan have already shown a very clear tactical idea. The team always tries to take control of matches, dominate possession, and play with great aggression. However, today you are facing a completely different opponent. Juventus have many excellent players with very strong individual one-on-one abilities. So, will today's Milan continue to show the same style as before?

We are very eager to continue using our consistent tactical style from before and take control of matches. However, a truly top team must deeply understand that football includes both proactive phases where you control possession and passive phases where you must fight to drop back and defend. Especially in a high-intensity clash between strong teams like tonight's match, you must have the ability to organize brilliantly with the ball and defend tightly without it. Therefore, this is our attitude—we do want and insist on having the same tactical philosophy, but in terms of its actual execution, we will wait and see what happens on the pitch.

Another question: Diego Moreira is making his first start in such a difficult match, and this is an environment you are already very familiar with and where the atmosphere is extremely passionate. What is his current condition? What specific tactical requirements and expectations do you have for him?

He is ready. He is a very brave young man. He had a great week, and when you train well and prepare well, you perform well. I know this is his first match, but he is truly very confident and he is ready for the game.

Coach, I don't know whether you heard what Gonçalo Ramos said in our interview. He said he personally does not care about how many goals he scores as a target, and the only thing he cares about is the ultimate goal of helping the team win the Serie A title. Based on the other two major clashes you saw yesterday in this round, I want to ask you: Has the current Milan already reached that level, or is there still a lot of work to prepare and improve? How big is the gap between us and Inter Milan, Napoli, and Roma, whom we watched yesterday?

It is difficult to say. We currently only have two months of work together, so I cannot know exactly what stage we are at. What I do know for certain is that we have the ability to win any match. As for whether we can compete for the league title this season, I don't know. It depends on the team's momentum, but we have players who can fight for it.

At the same time, we also need to understand that we still need time to work and build chemistry. Some teams have been playing with the same players for a long time, and their performances this season are better than ours. We are currently building something, but I do not want to remove the responsibility that our players should bear. We simply need to see reality clearly while approaching every match with a clear understanding: we need to fight for ourselves.