Collecchio, October 10, 2025 - Tjaš Begić spoke after the friendly against AC Monza in the press room at the Mutti Training Centre in Collecchio.

'We are really glad we won the friendly against AC Monza. For us every fixture is serious and we always play with a winning mentality, which is essential in this league. It was an important game for those who haven't played as much recently because it gave them some minutes on the pitch in a different way to when we train. My position on the pitch? A somewhat attacking full-back. It didn't go too badly, it was my first time. The first goal conceded was my faul, today I play my best and when that happens your opponent gets to the ball first. In terms of my defending I can definetely improve. But my attacking was much better, that's football I guess. I do what the coach tells me, I've always been more of a left winger or an attacking midfielder, but things change. I'm someone who tries to always do my best, and I need to change things up a bit, take fewer risks, but at the end of the day my goal is to play and get as many minutes as I can this seaso, but what really matters is the team. If they were to tell me that I wouldn't play one minute this season, but we would stay up, I would agree in a heartbeat. Everyone on the team thinks like that too, and that's how we can reach our goal. If I get to play more, I'll be even happier to help the team get there. The defeat to Lecce? There's always a downbeat feeling after a loss, but we will move on from it, it's done now. So, we haven't dwelled more than we need to on the loss, we discussed what we need to do to up our game in training. It's not good to dwell too much on what's happened. There are mistakes we need to correct and we will work harder to do so.'