“Before talking about tomorrow’s match, I would like to extend my condolences from myself and from all of Salernitana to the Chiaiese family for the passing of Gianluca, a huge Salernitana fan who unfortunately left us prematurely. I would also like to send an affectionate greeting to Asia, a girl from Sala Consilina who was bullied in an unworthy manner on social media. We are all close to her and invite her not to give up and to always be proud of herself.”
“Tomorrow we have a match that we will face to the best of our ability because we want to end this championship with an important result. We owe it to ourselves, to the Society that has always been present and to our people who are preparing a noteworthy scenography as I have learned to admire in recent years. We want to play an important match against a team that is playing for a good part of staying in this championship even if it has a small advantage compared to the others.” These are the words of the technician Stefano Colantuono on the eve of Salernitana – Hellas Verona, on the club’s official channels.
“We want to play our game and give our fans one last satisfaction. In the last few matches we performed well, both against Atalanta and especially against Juventus. The team is starting to do something more and this makes me very happy because it means that the work of these few weeks has brought some results and tomorrow would be the worthy conclusion of a very complicated little journey also due to the many injuries. The match offers us the opportunity to close this journey well and we must try not to let it slip away.”
“For tomorrow’s race both Candreva and Maggiore will join the group with clearly limited playing time having only done a couple of training sessions with the group. However, Kastanos who is slightly ahead will have to be evaluated while for the rest, in addition to those already unavailable, we will not have Ikwuemesi (muscle problem) and Simy (high fever)”.
Colantuono then concluded: “The relegation happened and no one can erase it but finishing the championship in a dignified manner is something that will remain in people’s minds forever. We will not be the first or the last team to be relegated but we must set ourselves the goal of finishing with dignity and being remembered for a season that was negative but in which we gave our all until the last day with commitment, fairness and maximum professionalism.” .