Soon the Hellas Verona coach Paolo Zanetti will speak from the press room of the Scaliger club to present the match that will see the Gialloblù take on Simone Inzaghi’s Inter at the “Bentegodi” tomorrow in the restart match after the international break valid for the thirteenth matchday of the first leg. As usual, you can follow the LIVE text of the press conference on TUTTOmercatoWEB.com.
11.06 – The press conference begins
What Verona will we find again tomorrow?
“We need to find the best Verona again, the team only met in full yesterday, we lost an important player like Duda, today training will be decisive but we want to play a great match.”
Last year a gross error affected a great match for Verona at San Siro, a comment on the designation?
“Last year I wasn’t the coach of Hellas but I remember the episode, a lot has already been said and there’s no need to add anything else, as far as the referee is concerned we shouldn’t care about the age or origin of the referee, I’m sure that he will concentrate on putting in his best performance, just like us.”
Dawidowicz?
“He’s recovered, he’s in the game and he’s applying for a place, Coppola has had a sprained ankle among other things, Duda will be out for three weeks/a month. The others have played a lot, Suslov played two games and yesterday he hasn’t trained, Tchatchoua has traveled a lot as well as Livramento who has returned from Mauritania. They are players who travel a lot and today’s training will be crucial but those who have remained here have trained a lot and well the latest assessments”.
Is a three-man defense an option?
“If you think about them, they have strong points in all areas of the pitch and you end up playing a wait-and-see game. I want to play our game, at home, Inter are among the four strongest teams in ‘Europe, it’s clear that we will also make tactical assessments but we don’t want to be spectators of the match and play a game to put even a great team like Inter in difficulty.”
Aggressive race?
“We need to dare but also have the right balance, we will try to play a balanced game, we worked with those who remained on some concepts, especially on the defensive phase which we tried to improve, especially in the details. Beyond this match we need to raise the ‘the bar from this point of view’.
How much does Duda’s absence weigh?
“Belahyane was in the national team but didn’t play, he is fresh and will be in the game. He is an extraordinary young man with a lot of room for improvement, I think that tomorrow he will be able to compete with players who will one day be his teammates, I’m not saying Inter but I’m talking of the level he deserves and can reach. Serdar is our cornerstone.”
Has Verona emerged from the crisis?
“Each match has its own story. In Florence we had a good first half despite conceding a goal and therefore having to play it all uphill. The search for continuity of performance must be our objective. For those who work for these types of objectives, the Whoever is most inside comes through. We need to build a strong core within this team which was evident with Roma, now the difficulty is always finding it.”