(from acmilan.com's italian page
link. My translation)
MILANELLO- After Paolo Maldini, it's Mauro Tassotti's turn to discuss the situation at Milanello. The assistant coach talked to Milan Channel today. Here are his statements on football and non-football related themes, including the situation with fans and Stefano Borgonovo's illness.
MILAN-BOLOGNA
Against Bologna, we did some things good and some things less good. In our best moment, and in this I refer to the first 20 minutes of the second half, we weren't able to capitalize on our chances and were afterward made to pay. As the captain said yesterday, it was a bit of misfortune because we should have been able to manage something.
We didn't have a lot of time to practice the 4-2-3-1 during the week because we only had the strikers available starting the Tuesday before the game. To really assimilate a formation takes months. Therefore I don't think we lost the game because of the formation. Actually, we suffered more in the first half. The 4-2-3-1 allowed us to create good chances in the second half. We need to work on it, because this formation is the on ethat allows us to field attacking players. We need to become better in interpreting the game when the ball goes to the opponents. I'm convinced also that as our condition (ie, physical condition) improves, it'll be easier to play in attack.
TO GENOA WITHOUT TIFOSI
To Genoa without tifosi? I think it's sad to deny fans the possibility of going to the stadium to watch a game. Right now I think it's the only thing to do, however. We're waiting for the waters to calm. After we can rethink something that will last. This seems to me to be more of a temporary solution. One can't deny people the chance to see games. To go to the stadiums to watch a show - but it should only be for that. To cheer or to whistle as they wish, if they're not happy. But it needs to stop at that.
FORZA STEFANO!
We knew about Stefano's illness and that he didn't want it publicized. Now he's gone out into the public with great courage to let people know about his condition. I think this could do good because now people who hadn't known about this illness are aware and can aid in research. Only with that can we go forward. It's an illness that little is known about but it's aggressive and research about it isn't going as quickly as research into other better-known illnesses. There's already a foundation for research and we're playing the game in Florence against Fiorentina to raise funds for research. After, we need to not stop but to continue to work for research and be sensitive to the subject.
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(Fishdoll note: this is the first interview with Tassotti that I remember seeing in quite a long while.)