I know that it will be a really tough final,
like it always has been, since every time that I have played this type of competition.
And we’re going for it.
I know my players, the respect, because what they do is,
is really, really, really good, the way that they play.
Well it was a lovely night, to see Riyad (Mahrez) back,
to see him, he’s living here, in Jeddah.
So it was really, really nice to see him, (he) had dinner with us,
and spending time together, it was really, really cool.
And he knows, like Laporte, Cole Palmer,
Gundo and Joao Cancelo in the first part of the season.
They were a really, really incredible part of the success
for the many, many years that we had in the past.
And when we can see them again, it was really cool, it was really nice.
Unfortunately he cannot attend tomorrow’s game, because he has a game with his team.
But yeah, it was, we have incredibly good memories.
It was an incredible love for Riyad in the locker room,
he has been missed, a lot, by all of us.
But yeah, he took a good decision for him,
for the last years of his career, for his family, and we wish him all the best.
The first step we have done it,
we won the first final to deserve to play the second final.
And we tried in these hours after the game against Urawa
to see Fluminense as much as possible, to understand
what they want to do, the quality that they have,
with Martinelli, with Andre, with the experience of Felipe Melo.
with the experience of Marcelo, of course, with the keeper.
So they have five, six, seven players that are more than 30 years old,
that means that they can control the emotions perfectly.
And always in Brazil they have talented players,
Cano is an exceptional striker,
Jackson when he comes on from the bench, always he is dangerous.
He is a different type of player than Cano,
but Cano is a guy who has a goal in his head.
So yeah, they play,
a typical, typical Brazil style, from the 70s, 80s,
early 90s, 1994 when they won the World Cup in the United States,
Brazil changed a little bit the way that they play.
But now again, they play.
Where is the ball, a lot of players,
the short passes, the combinations are really good.
Their big talent is one against one, physicality.
We have to be aware of how much we run behind the ball sometimes,
in some moments we have to be resilient of that.
Because with the way they play, they demand a lot of effort.
Trying to be aware and precise with the ball is so important tomorrow,
and accept that we’re playing a typical team,
the way that they play we’ve never, ever faced before.
And that’s why you have to, it’s not positional, they move a lot.
If the ball is there, there’s a lot of players there.
If the ball is on the other side, there’s a lot of players on the other side.
so we have to impose our rhythm and our positional game
as best as possible.
And yeah, do a good performance.
Because we know that without a good performance
and being resilient in the bad, bad moments, it will be so difficult to win the final.
If you win this championship,
would this be a turning point for the team in the Premier League?
It’s different competitions, but I could say that it would be a good boost for us, yeah.
In the short time, maybe for Christmas time it will be better, that’s for sure.
But the reality is that it’s completely different competitions.
And the reality is that in England it’s completely different
to being here, in this environment.
especially in this competition.
I’ve said many times,
it's so difficult to come here, so difficult.
So you had to win the Libertadores, or you had to win the Champions League.
And both competitions are really, really, really tough.
And that’s why it’s just prepare, it’s unique, and give everything we have to,
because it’s something that remains, it remains forever.
When you win this competition, it remains forever.
And we have to, because, the Premier League okay,
we have this season, and next season, and next season, and next season,
always we will be there.
But here,
I don't know if we will come back to play the final of the (Club) World Cup.
So, yeah, prepare well, understand what they do and try to impose our game
because of course they have their strong points,
but we have our strong points as well.
We have our weak points, but they have their weak points as well.
And we’ll try to read it, and be ourselves, and,
and go for it until the end.
And yeah, this is what we are going to try to do tomorrow.