At the Udinese Christmas dinner, which took place last night inside the Bluenergy Stadium, captain Florian Thauvin was naturally also present. The French striker, on the sidelines of the event, made some statements on the current affairs of the Friulian club.
Thauvin saysto the microphones of TV12: “This evening is a nice opportunity to all be together, even with families. We are going through a slightly more difficult moment, but in football it happens. We must stay as united as possible, because only the team can change things. Now we have to put our heads down and work, that’s what’s important. I spoke to Touré today, these are things you learn over time. He must improve, in football as in life it is important to always do better. I like the idea of the trident and I also wanted to see it on the pitch. We had worked well during the week, but then what happened is part of football. We have to keep working and do better next game.”
This is what manager Gianluca Nani spoke instead: “Regardless of the results that have not been positive in the last month, we can consider ourselves lucky people and these moments help us to remember this. I am pleased that the boys did not digest the defeat against Genoa, because it is true that we can we are complicated on our own but it is equally true that we could have done more even with ten of us. The owners are right, we must and can dream big. We feel a little guilty with the fans who are always close to us and we would like to return some results to them more. We are continuing towards our goal that is to save ourselves, the sooner we get there the sooner we can think of something more ambitious.”