Italian football coach Fabio Capello today accepted an exclusive interview with MN. He talked about Milan’s performance this season and his views on Leo and other players.
The second half of the season is about to begin, but Milan are still plagued by injury problems, especially Menion has to continue to recover, how much will be the impact of his absence?
The absence of Menion is a heavy blow to Milan, he is a leader who can provide protection for Milan’s entire defence, so his absence has a great impact. The soleus muscle injury has a great impact on the players. I suffered a similar injury when I played football. This kind of injury is very easy to repeat. Sometimes I feel cured, but it comes back in the end. I hope Menion will be back before the knockout stage of the Champions League.
Speaking of specific players, what do you think of the World Cup performance of Special Olympics and Giroux?
Giroux is in good form, so he may be a little angry after being replaced, Special Olympics also played very well, and they finally got good results. From a personal point of view, Giroux played a great World Cup performance, Special Olympics also played a wonderful World Cup, but he was always held on the handbrake because he could not encroach on Mbappe’s space. Special Olympics won attention at the World Cup, a level of competition that helped him a lot and he passed the test well.
Leo is facing the problem of contract renewal. What kind of advice do you want to give to the club and the players?
Considering that Leo has become such a player, he owes Milan a lot and he should be grateful to Milan, which is what Donaluma did not do, and if the players do not show gratitude, then we have nothing to say.
Leo has proved his importance and his performance in the World Cup has been somewhat limited, but when he was able to release himself, Leo still showed his character, though not fully.
What do you think of de Ketlare? How can we activate him?
De Caitraere is lost, he wants to do a lot of things on the court, but the actual performance is too slow, when he is lost, he can not express himself in his own way.
Have you ever met a player who is skillful but a little shy in your coaching career?
Yes, but then we managed to activate him.
How do you relieve the pressure on the players?
When you see some bright spots in a player, you have to encourage him, help him do better, and tell him, “this is just a starting point, and you can continue to do it.” so it depends more on the psychological level than on the technical and tactical side. I think if a player is not psychologically mature, he will not be able to express himself because he will be scared and will be held on the handbrake all the time.
What do you think of the new signings signed by Milan this year? Like Oleg?
Oleg has been injured all the time, what else can he think of a player who is often injured?
What about the other young players? Such as El-Adli, Jaffe and Franks, they don’t have much playing time.
The coach can see them every day, so he has his own judgment, there is no argument about this issue, if the coach thinks they are strong enough, he will naturally arrange for them to play, otherwise he will have to sit on the bench or go to the stands, but today’s players will not be in the stands.
Because now the list of bench seats is longer…
It’s a terrible feeling to put the players on the stands because they train for a week and end up sitting in the stands watching the game. It’s hard for the players to accept, but the coach has to make a choice.