Today marks a historic day in AC Milan’s history, and with the derby only two days away, Vincenzo Montella spoke to Milan TV and the rest of the journalists at the regular press conference at Milanello to introduce the match against Inter, Saturday at 12.30 pm at San Siro. These were his words:

THANK YOU SILVIO BERLUSCONI AND ADRIANO GALLIANI
“I have been recently informed the club has been sold, I spoke with both Galliani and Marco Fassone. I want to thank

and Adriano Galliani for having given me the opportunity to train AC Milan. The players and I have made the history of the club, although in a small part, winning the Supercup in Doha, the last trophy won by the President. I am really moved, this is a historic day”.

DERBY
“It’s going to be a very tough game, exciting to prepare and to play. Let’s focus on ourselves, knowing it’s going to be a battle. We want to win it: million of fans will be watching the match. If it was down to me to chose the best day to make this historic change, I would have chosen this day. The team trained very well and I am sure they will do the same also on Friday, showing they are 100 percent focused, despite this historic change. It’s going to be a great match”.

INTER
“Inter have technical players with great pace and we have to play an aggressive game to prevent them from moving the ball around quickly. How do you stop Icardi? You need to prevent him from receiving the ball, he’s a very strong striker who scores a lot and he’s’ now learning to play more and more for the team. With Gagliardini Inter have found a player that gives them the right tempo, he’s very physical and capable of finding space between the lines. It’s going to be a pretty similar game to the reverse fixture we played in November, a delicate and very technical match. Inter are having a downer? When you play a derby you reset everything“.

CLOSING
“What Berlusconi did was another act of love. I am sure the

have the intention and the desire to bring AC Milan back where it belongs. I will hear directly from them what they think about what I have done, for sure we’ll have the chance to discuss about this. I am positive and open to hear their feedback. This passage will help me increase my experience, without any disturbance”.

LINE-UP
“I still have to decide the starting XI, there are still two days to go to the derby, in the next hours I’ll know more. I have a starting line-up in mind, but there are several variables to take into consideration. We will face a team with top class players: it’s an important game. We need to play as a team, confident both tactically and technically”.

INDIVIDUALS
“With Deulofeu we are strong in the one-on-one, but I don’t think it’s going to be a different match from the one we played in November. Pasalic’s absence? He’s improving a lot and he can improve even more. but I don’t like talking about players who are not available”.

FUTURE
“I have always managed to distinguish what happens on the pitch from what happens within the Club, I want to say this on behalf of the people who make up the new management who have been extremely correct. In the next days, we’ll meet the new ownership and I am sure we will find an agreement on future projects, to bring back AC Milan where it deserves and give this club a glorious future”.

SILVIO BERLUSCONI
“I always listened to the advice he gave me in the numerous phone calls we had together. Lately, he has been very busy and we haven’t seen a lot of him. I have always held the President in great esteem, I admire him a lot“.

Source: acmilan.com