“We prepared ourselves as best we could for this challenge by taking advantage of the break also by virtue of the success against Cremonese which gave us a nice boost of confidence. It will certainly not be an easy race but I am convinced that we are ready”. The Mantua coach Davide Possanzini in the press conference he spoke like this in view of the match against the Calabrians scheduled for the weekend: “We will face a Catanzaro team who plays good football as the data confirms, who loves to keep the ball in hand a bit like us and occupies his positions well spaces. It’s a team that has drawn a lot and lost only twice, this means a lot. – Possanzini continues as reported Calciomantovano.it – However, as always, we will have to go there calmly and aware of expressing what we know how to do. Mantova is a mature team, which knows what it wants”.
Then there is room for recriminations regarding the ranking: “I agree with the president and I believe that the results are in line with our objective, which is salvation. Indeed, if we look carefully, perhaps we would have deserved a few more points for the level of our performances. – continues the Virgilian coach – We know that mistakes are part of the plan to carry forward our idea of football, but I hope that we will be able to fill some limits soon enough and get some satisfaction”.
Possanzini then returns to Catanzaro and the similarities with the path that Mantova is following: “Two years ago Catanzaro dominated Serie C, more or less like what happened to us last year, then in Serie B they confirmed themselves to the point of even touching promotion. There may be similarities in the idea of the game and the desire to always play the game. – concludes the coach – Then it must be said that with Vivarini they won the tournament with a budget higher than ours and after a long chase, while we made different choices. However, in terms of mentality, we have the same approach and I am happy to play against teams like this, obviously hoping to win.”