Milan drew 2-2 away to Lazio in Serie A Round 4. Head coach Amorim was interviewed by Ghazi Al-Omari, a reporter from Iraq's Fourth Sport Channel, after the match.

Coach, thank you for accepting our interview. Are you disappointed with the team's first-half performance, or proud of the team's comeback in the second half?

Both. It's not just me personally; the players feel the same way, and you can clearly see that in the atmosphere of the stadium and the energy the team showed in the second half. In the first half, we were completely out of sync. We absolutely cannot give away an entire half to the opponent; we absolutely cannot start a match like that.

During a match, you need to maintain a completely different fighting spirit. But the most important thing is what I felt in the locker room and the ideas I heard the players express in their media interviews after the game – there's complete consensus, which is very positive, and we can continue to improve and build on that.

In the first half, you actually had the first clear scoring opportunity, and Mandas made an extremely brilliant save, but then the team seemed to collapse. What exactly went wrong with the tactical approach in the first half?

Everything went wrong. When there's a lack of proper intensity in the game and when we can't execute at the right pace, we will struggle immensely against any team, let alone an excellent and very confident opponent. In the first half, they clearly outperformed us; in the second half, we clearly dominated and performed much better. So we need to not only build on the positive aspects of the second half but also address the problems we exposed in the first half.

We discussed this last week, but it happened again this week – for example, against Torino and Venezia, Milan often responds well in the second half, especially after you make substitutions. Why do you think the team usually shows better form in the second half than in the first half?

I'm not entirely sure. If you look back at the match against Torino, we actually played better in the first half and had more control of the game; we just scored very quickly in the second half, so I don't feel the second half was better against Torino. In the match against Venezia, we created more chances in the first half, not the second half – the opening minutes of the second half were actually quite difficult. As for the match against Juventus, I think we had better control of the pace in the first half, but ultimately scored in the second half.

So sometimes – as we discussed before – it's more about the team's overall mental state, not just about substitutions. It depends on the cohesion and fighting spirit we display at specific moments. Sometimes at other times, we tend to slip into poor form quite easily, but we can definitely improve on that.

From tonight's match, do you take away more positives or more negatives?

Both. If the situation were exactly the opposite – if we played well in the first half and then relaxed in the second half to secure the win, the feeling would be completely different. Although we finished the game with good momentum, you still need to feel extremely frustrated and disappointed after the match. Again, it's not just me who is frustrated; our fans and players are too. That's a good thing; the frustration I feel, my players feel it too, which is a very positive sign.

Of course, this frustration can also serve as a basis for future improvement...

It's a long season, and we're about to start our European campaign, which will be very demanding for everyone. Playing away at Lazio is never easy, and playing away in Turin is also difficult. We've played three away games and only one home game. But considering that we could have earned more points from these matches, we must feel frustrated, and it's very important to deeply feel and maintain that frustration.

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