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17.05 – Good afternoon, friends of TUTTOmercartoWEB! In a few minutes the Empoli coach Davide Nicola will appear at the press conference to talk about the 0-0 draw against Frosinone.
5.36pm – The press conference begins.
From a tactical and emotional point of view, did the match you expected turn out?
“Today we faced a match with a high emotional coefficient, I’m proud of how the boys handled it. We’re fine physically, the contraction and cleanliness of the game is lacking, there are many duels. I’m happy because we managed to recover Ismajili, He was able to play 96 minutes in these conditions. He worked well when he was out. Caputo is also coming back and is improving his condition.”
Why is Zurkowski only during the race?
“Zurkowski has a physical problem and we are trying to manage it. He never holds back, he has this playing time. Fazzini has an incredible perspective, he is improving by playing. We also tried an alternative that I wasn’t able to set up today, they put us in difficulties in the first minutes and at the back we didn’t always support at the right times”
Are you satisfied with the point obtained?
“I am never happy but I am satisfied with the management of the difficulty of this match. When the matches end each match takes on a greater specific weight but today I saw the right attention against a quality opponent. The boys are satisfied with the performance, certainly I would always like better. We must not forget that these guys are making a crazy run and the consumption of matches is proving to be important.”
Is there anything missing in this race that you would like to see in view of the next race?
“Today the match was interpreted well, in no uncertain terms in the first twenty minutes we could have used the possession phase better, we lacked the right timing. We need to acquire the awareness of being able to play against any opponent. When we face teams that close you down spaces, we must have more quality”
Do we start from awareness to hope for salvation?
“I would add, in addition to the awareness, that we must put quality on several fronts. Both mentally, tactically and technically. We don’t want to live on peaks, reducing them gives you continuity from several points of view. You expect three final days of great emotions, we will play against important teams. We have to be good at making things go as we would like.”
Did you change anything during the game to unlock it?
“In the second half we changed something and gained more of an upper hand. We switched to three in midfield and forced them to do something different. In these plays we managed to develop better, but we need to improve in the last 25 metres.”
How do you rate Cambiaghi’s lazy performance?
“If I have to find an adjective, the last one I find is lazy. Some players have been struggling for a while and so even if you work in a certain direction you have to deal with this. It was also the first heat, then there was the weight specific to the match, Cambiaghi still managed to light up, albeit in spurts.”