At 3:00 AM Beijing time (CET) on October 14, Club Brugge will face Inter Milan away in the second matchday of the Champions League group stage. Ahead of the match, Club Brugge goalkeeper Yann Sommer, who spent many years playing for Inter Milan, attended a press conference. This is the second part of the press conference.

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【Sommer: It will feel amazing to face my former teammates tomorrow】

Hello Yann. Are you a sentimental person? Do you think you will receive a warm welcome when you return here tomorrow evening? In any case, you have played hundreds of matches throughout your long career, but I cannot imagine that tomorrow's match will just be an ordinary match with nothing special about it for you. When the two teams walk out onto the pitch, coming back here must be an incredibly special and memorable moment for you, right?

Yes, I am indeed a sentimental person, but tomorrow's match is a very important match for us at Club Brugge. So I will stay highly focused and maintain absolute professionalism. Of course, when you return to a stadium where you have played many matches and won titles, the feelings inside are always very special. We won trophies together here, and I am very familiar with many former teammates here. But before the match officially starts, these personal emotions are not what matters most to me.

Of course, I look forward to seeing these old friends again after the match and chatting with them. But before the referee blows the whistle to start, all my focus and energy will be devoted 100% to the team's performance and the match itself. Yes, as I said earlier, we hope to show very good quality as a team on the pitch tomorrow evening.

Hello Yann, good evening. Today, Cristian Chivu gave you very high praise and kind words during his press conference. He said that people can only feel deep gratitude toward you for the wonderful character and qualities you have shown, as well as your superior abilities and outstanding contributions as an excellent goalkeeper on the pitch. What memories do you have of Chivu? Also, during the year you worked with him, what differences did you notice between him and Simone Inzaghi in terms of coaching and managing the team?

First, Cristian Chivu is an excellent coach. I worked with him – we collaborated for a whole year, and he is extremely talented and very strong, both tactically and in communication, in his personal conduct and daily interaction with the players. Yes, I really enjoyed playing football and working under his guidance at his club, and I had so much joy.

As for Simone Inzaghi, he is the one who brought me to Milan. He decided to sign me and bring me to play football in Milan. So I am also very pleased with his achievements. Over the past few months, Simone and I have stayed in touch. Both are extremely strong and excellent top-level coaches, just as good as our current manager (laughs), yes.

Hello Yann, you just spoke about many emotions and inner feelings about returning here, but I want to add this: tomorrow evening you will not only step into a great stadium where you won countless titles, but you will also step into a stadium that will cheer for you and sing your name. Because I know Inter fans very well, Curva Nord will certainly be very friendly and warm to you tomorrow evening, and there may even be special songs written just for you. These songs and cheers may stir your emotions much more deeply than you initially imagined. In short, looking back at your time in Milan, what kind of relationship and emotional connection do you have with Inter fans?

It has always been an incredibly beautiful, harmonious and sincere relationship. As I just mentioned, Inter fans and I have shared many wonderful and glorious moments. Every time I think about us leaving the stadium and parading through the streets of Milan with tens of thousands of Inter fans after winning the title – the entire city of Milan filled with black and blue, a sight never before seen – and of course, the magnificent scenes inside the stadium during each home match, that was truly an amazing atmosphere, filled with passion that took your breath away.

Yes, I feel very fortunate and happy to be here once again, to play once more at this great stadium, in front of such passionate fans. However, tomorrow evening I will be playing for the opposing team, and for me personally, it will be incredibly interesting and challenging to directly face and compete with former teammates whom I know so well. Yes, I really am looking forward to this match... I'm not sure how to express "I'm looking forward to it" correctly in Italian, so I used English (laughs).

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