Luigi Frescocoach of Virtus Verona, spoke in the press conference at the end of the match drawn 1-1 on the Pro Patria pitch: “We went ahead 1-0 at the moment when in reality a draw would have been right, then we conceded a goal free kick. When I saw that the opposing coach removed a striker to put on a midfielder, I thought ‘now we’re scaring him a bit’ but then we were left with ten men and everything changed. We’re trying to grow in physicality, we are one team very much technique but lacks intensity: even in training we try to have more and more pressure on the ball, we are trying to improve. The through balls at the tip were annoying us, so I blocked the Methodist. We had a great opportunity at the end, there is really missed a comma…
Pro Patria also had chances, so the draw is fine. The referee directed the match well, but was a bit hasty with the sending off. Today we did a little less than usual, also thanks to our opponents. If we put it on a purely physical level, it’s like Harris with Trump: with a progressive policy she could have won, but she wanted to imitate Trump and then people followed the original. The same goes for us: we have to win on the game and on the dribble.”