Soon the Hellas Verona coach Paolo Zanetti will speak from the press room of the club’s headquarters to present the match that will see the La Scala team opposing Davide Nicola’s Cagliari at the “Sardegna Arena” on Friday evening in the match valid for the fourteenth first leg of the Serie A championship. As usual, you will be able to follow the text LIVE LIVE of the press conference on TUTTOmercatoWEB.com.
11.15 – The press conference begins
Week of important reflections?
“The only thing that matters is the Cagliari match, what happened shook everyone and this shock must make us bring out something. We went into retreat, also taking away what may be our freedoms. We did it to look inside ourselves and prepare for the match as best we can, we must leave the waste of the last match behind us. We are here and we can play our championship well.”
Did you put your face to it after Inter?
“I ask more of myself, I have to give my best without having any kind of regrets, I get into difficulty when I don’t have the perception of having done my best. We are a team and we must all work in the same way and make sure that everyone gives more than 100%.”
How is this retreat going?
“We will only know if the retreat will work after Friday. We certainly used all the time of the day to think about our next commitment, without being distracted by everything superfluous. If we have to use more time of our day and we will need it, we will do so in the future too “.
In Cagliari, choices of rupture or continuity?
“I think we’re starting from scratch, then not everyone accepts these moments in the same way, for example abroad it’s something that doesn’t exist and I had to explain it. I’ll make some evaluations relating to the week and whoever shows that they care about it will go on the field. the fate of the club”.
Water in your throat?
“Yes but not for the ranking position because we must remember that today Hellas is within the objective and has all the potential to reach it because if there are teams behind them they probably have problems too. The water at the goal is for a we set ourselves a bar but were unable to maintain it. This team has fighting in its DNA, they already achieved it last year when they had four points less, but today we feel defeated and dejected, obviously it’s annoying. to we first and we first want a reaction that must be there.”
Important direct clash?
“It’s an important match for both of us, we come from different times, Cagliari has probably already passed our moment with a withdrawal at the beginning of the season. It will be a difficult and hard-fought match but it would have been so regardless of the moment, we will go to a hot pitch in which we will have to bring out our best, from a mentality point of view we must give more. We must focus on what we have to do and not on what has been done. Above all, we must have the ability and clarity to manage the moments the footballers who must go onto the pitch without fear, without worries, and give 100% for Hellas.”
Do the players follow the coach?
“There are no players against me or the club, we have to prove things with facts. For me personally it’s excruciating to be in retreat, I haven’t been home since Saturday with a wife and two children at home asking where their dad is but I do it because this mission comes first and I’m not afraid of what Friday will be and I try to do my best but for this I need the team, then we can talk about all the tactical aspects you want but you have to feel the fire inside and this is what is missing because otherwise then the people he goes away and we get made fun of by our fans, and for me this is enough to stay in training camp until June.”
Are you talking to us or the team?
“I’m talking to the team, so maybe they watch this conference and maybe give something more. Then maybe someone doesn’t like it when we talk this way but that’s how I am.”
Was there a heated confrontation in retreat?
“I can confirm that it was a heated confrontation, there were no fights, then I think that if it happens it means that we have something inside us, that we are men, but absolutely nothing serious happened.”
How important is the old guard?
“It’s important for the team, the Senators need to drag the young players along and I saw this in the retreat. Then the real hand is given on the pitch and not in words. That’s where you see how decisive a player is.”