In the 4th round of Serie A played in the early morning of this morning, Udinese lost 0-3 to Milan at home. Udinese coach Renjaic attended the post-match press conference.

What do you think of this game?

First of all, I want to congratulate Milan for their well-deserved victory. If Milan continues to play like this, they will get a high ranking in the Serie A, which is also their goal. And we have to learn from this game, this formation is no stranger to us, but we made some personal mistakes and Milan seized the opportunity.

If you make such a mistake when facing an opponent like Milan, you will be punished. We conceded 0-2 at the beginning of the second half, and the game was almost over early in this case. Milan has excellent defense this season, a compact formation, experienced players, and strong in confrontation. We have seen all of this.

How has Zaniolo recovered?

Obviously, it is not easy to perform as soon as he appears in such a game. He also needs training and competition. He was from a not-so-hard league before and hasn't played much in the past few months. We will give him time to see when he can recover to 100% of his state, and over time we need to detect and understand his state.

We hope he can play in the intense game, and he himself hopes that when he integrates into the team and reaches his best form, he can certainly make a big contribution to us. We have seen what he can bring in training and we need to give him time. In addition, some of our players joined the team very late, but unfortunately we are unable to detect their status through the warm-up match now. There is another game next Tuesday (Copa Italy) and we will arrange some players to play to try to give them more time to play.

Udinese performed well after the opening game, but what happened afterwards?

We lost some important confrontations and I will re-watch the game video and give the final judgment. Obviously, this home defeat disappointed us all very much. I didn't expect such a mistake, such as the steal from behind by Rabiot when she dribbled the ball, which could have been predicted to be avoided. Of course, Rabiot has been doing well in his career, but we did lose some simple ball rights.

Milan is a team with great strength, they play well and can make the most of their opponent's mistakes. Maybe we lacked a little energy and determination ourselves, Ata and some other players were a little invisible in the first half, and Bravo was just a 20-year-old young player, but he was facing top defenders, some of the ball was not done well, and some didn't go as we expected.

You use four defenders in this game, not the three-center-back formation I was responsible for, I made the decision, I believe reducing one defender and adding one midfielder can better control the game, and Milan usually uses a single center. The problem today is not tactics and formations, but the lack of energy and the greater strength of Milan. The second goal conceding made the game harder and we almost gave up on resistance. At the beginning of the season, Milan had almost lost any goals except set pieces, and they played very aggressively. We must accept this result. If you only defend when facing Milan, then you cannot win.