"If I don't win trophies this year my mother will remind me, and that's right. My dad was the soft one, my mom is the tough one. So it has to be because you get the most out of someone. To value a player you have to get to the person. These are kids, each with their own difficulties and emotional sides. I am strict like my mother: I do not tolerate mediocrity, nor that no efforts are made to improve. If I see players demanding with themselves, then I become a positive support rather than a friend. When I don't see that level of tension, then I have to ask for more "
On Leao's smile while playing? "At first I was worried, then I realized that that's simply his face. It's good to be yourself. Having fun is essential: football is passion, it is fun, it is enthusiasm "
On Tomori: “I had seen impressive features in Tomori but it was a surprise. He has everything we needed and is very serious and calm. Always determined, enthusiastic, positive. With him a few words are enough. He has grown a lot in these two years, but he can still grow more. Since he is faster than the average defender, he sometimes takes too much risk by trying to advance too soon. He must learn to wait in certain situations. But he is such an intelligent boy that he will improve even in this ".