During today’s press conference, the Genoa coach Alberto Gilardino spoke about Alberto Zangrillo’s statements made in recent days: “It’s a feeling that we must have. We don’t think we are superior to the opponent, we can’t allow ourselves this. I think we must always speak very clearly, it’s normal that last year we accustomed the whole environment well and when you go 0-1 down at home against Verona, on a mental level, it can’t seem real and instead it’s the reality of Serie A. These are situations that can happen and you must always stay in the game maintaining lucidity”.
How did the locker room take the president’s words?
“For me, the president reflected reality and my thoughts. You can’t have flights of fancy, you have to think game by game. As of today, we have a mini-championship ahead of us until the break, and I’m also referring to the derby. My thoughts are to think one game at a time. As of today, my strengths are focused on tomorrow’s game. Then we’ll think about Venezia and then the derby.”
And what about Ottolini’s words?
“The director, like the president, has every right to express his thoughts. Absolutely respectable. I touch it with my hand every day, minute after minute and I have clear feelings from the team. It is normal that the director made a general speech. We have been very good at cashing in and valorizing players to cash in important figures. We are talking about two different realities and two ways of thinking with different ideas”.
Read Alberto Gilardino’s statements