“Those difficulties encountered in Venice last year taught me many things. In football not everything is uphill, there are highs and low, but the idea is to make difficult moments last possible. The determination and commitment that I have already perceived here are an excellent premise to obtain results. ‘It is the right mentality, you arrive as soon as possible “: as you read on ilovepalermocalcio.comthus begins, in the presentation press conference, The new purchase of Palermo Joel Pohjanpalo.
Who then continued: “Being a top scorer in Serie B has been a great goal, but now we start again. I want to respond to the best to the expectations of the fans. Arrival in an already trained team and my main goal is to integrate me. The pressures And expectations are fuel for us footballers. On TV as a child and I already understood that he had something special. Happy to be part of it, but I don’t like to compare myself to others.
So going to the objectives: “The fans want Serie A as soon as possible, and it is a great responsibility for us. I feel the weight of expectations and I hope to be up to it. In the playoffs everything is possible. We all have the same goal. I have Already supported two training with the team and I saw a very high quality. They expect goals, and I hope to make them for the club, for the team and for the fans.
The final note, the choice of the shirt number on the 19th: “My number has always been the 20th, that would have been my first choice but was already busy. I chose the 19 because I used it in Hamburg and it is a lucky number for me Then I discovered that here in Palermo it has an important symbolic value, it was the number of Schillaci, the hero of the World Cup.