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WATCH: Ruben Amorim talks Mason Mount, Amad and what Europa League glory would mean after Man United win
May 9, 2025
Ruben Amorim opened up on the likes of Mason Mount and Amad after Manchester United beat Athletic Bilbao 4-1 on Thursday night to reach the Europa League final.The Red Devils were 3-0 up from the first leg but found themselves 1-0 down at Old Trafford when Mikel Jauregizar struck in the first half.But United's substitutes turned the fixture around, with Mount scoring twice - and Casemiro and Rasmus Hojlund also on target - as the fallen giants secured victory.Watch Amorim's full press conference above.
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It was a good result, I think if you look at both games it was so much tougher than
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If you look just to the result, we have so many weaknesses and you can understand that
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in the game. But we are fighting and we managed to pass
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I think we deserve, if you look at two games, to be in the final
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I think that is clear and I agree
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money is not the most important. Even the title, to win a title as a coach, is that
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feeling that we can do good things. The feeling to give something to our fans, especially
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in this kind of season. So I agree, it's not just playing Champions League
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next year, it's that feeling that we can change things. Ruben can I just ask you about Mason now Because since you arrived there you always been so adamant that you can be part of your plan When he scores the second goal you just have this massive grin on your face
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Can you just talk to us about your feelings? Not just me, if you look at the bench, that is the best feeling as a coach
1:56
When you look at the other guys on the bench, they are so happy for Mason Mount
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because everybody in that dressing room see Mason Mount doing everything he can to be available
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He's a really good player, and you can see both goals are really, really good goals
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So I think not just Mason Mount, not just me, but also the teammates, they were so happy for him
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James. Hi, everyone. You've won major titles before, but if you were to win this trophy in the context of this season
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where would this rank among your achievements? Every coach will say that the next one is the most important
2:44
I think it's the title with more exposure, but I cannot say that it's the most important title
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I think your first one is more important because you want to establish
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you as a coach and to win something, to say that you have a title, but it would be massive
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especially after this season in Premier League. So for me it's the most important because it's the next one
3:23
Do you feel it would be a similar story in the final against Tottenham We beaten Manchester United three times this season in all three games
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With that record, do you feel that you'll do a win over them? That you overblend a win over Spurs in the final
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Every game has its history. So we lost the three last games, we can win this one
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So if you look at the odds, we are closer to win than to lose
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Both teams are going to play like all or nothing in this kind of game
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It's quite similar. The position of the coach is quite similar. I know that the NG has one more year
4:05
It is different, the context, but we are struggling, both of us
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So I don't know what is going to happen. That is a good thing and a bad thing with this team
4:17
I never know. So I will try to prepare the game. But I think we are improving if we have more solutions
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And you can see that we can take Garnasho that gives us the speed
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the transition for Ahmad. And to have that possibility can help us to win games
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Mason Mount, Kobe Maino, all these players. We can choose from these players and to prepare a final in a better way
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so that we have to understand that this final is completely different from Premier League games
4:51
What was your intention with the substitutions with Mount and Amal and what did you make of their impact
4:58
I think they changed the games but that is credit to the players
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I felt that we needed a little bit more energy We had to keep the ball I think when you play with Manu and Cazemiro we win in some areas
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but we lose a little bit in the way we push forward the team
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Bruno Fernandes is a really good player to drive the ball, but also to start the play with long passes
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and that ability can help us. Ahmad is to change because I felt that
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Garno was a little bit tired. It was my fault because he did a really good job against
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Brentford but we need also to try to win games in Premier League
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it's hard to think about everything in this kind of game so
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my thinking is always to help the team to win even your league final
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It's going to be hard. Players like Mezenmont, we have to be careful
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Ahmad is still getting his momentum. So some players are not capable to do that
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I felt Nuz, we rest Nuz, but you can feel that Mas Raui doesn't have the energy in this moment
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so we'll try to help him in that department. Dalo is doing everything to recover
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and I think they will push now to be available. So some players cannot play 90 minutes
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and you have to protect them to don't get injuries to the final
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