{"id":36866,"date":"2024-11-23T03:38:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T00:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=36866"},"modified":"2024-11-23T03:38:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-23T00:38:50","slug":"milan-coach-we-respect-juventus-but-do-not-fear-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/23\/milan-coach-we-respect-juventus-but-do-not-fear-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Milan Coach: We Respect Juventus but Do Not Fear Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Paulo Fonseca, AC Milan&#8217;s coach, stated on Friday that his team does not fear facing an unbeaten Juventus in the Italian Serie A.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Milan has played one less match than its title rivals, but three losses have placed them in seventh position as they try to catch up with Juventus, who are one spot ahead.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Speaking to reporters ahead of Saturday\u2019s game, Fonseca said:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It\u2019s not decisive, but it\u2019s important, like every other match. I can\u2019t say the match against Juventus is more significant than the next one (in the league) against Empoli because we need consecutive wins. It\u2019s a different match, but I always think positively. We are Milan, and we have great respect for Juventus, but we do not fear them. We are here and ready to win.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Juventus will be without their top scorer Dusan Vlahovic for this match, but Fonseca is well aware of the abilities of his potential replacement, Timothy Weah, having previously coached him at Lille in France.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Fonseca commented:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Juventus adapts very well. I don\u2019t know if Weah will play. He\u2019s extremely quick, attacks the depth, and is not like Vlahovic. Of course, it won\u2019t be the same. We\u2019ll need to pay more attention to his movements in behind and less to his hold-up play because he doesn\u2019t contribute as much in that area.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Although Fonseca\u2019s first season with Milan hasn\u2019t always yielded consistent results, he has secured significant wins at crucial moments, such as victories against rivals Inter Milan in the league and more recently against Real Madrid in the Champions League.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He added:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;I think it\u2019s about motivation, not pressure. It\u2019s easier to feel motivated against teams like Inter, Juventus, or Real Madrid, but it\u2019s harder to maintain the same drive when playing teams like Cagliari. The pressure is always there, every day. If we don\u2019t want to handle the pressure, we shouldn\u2019t be here.&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paulo Fonseca, AC Milan&#8217;s coach, stated on Friday that his team does not fear facing an unbeaten Juventus in the Italian Serie A. Milan has played one less match than its title rivals, but three losses have placed them in seventh position as they try to catch up with Juventus, who are one spot ahead. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36867,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36866\/revisions\/36867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}