Alberto Gilardino is preparing for the trip to Venice. After the good point obtained against Roma, Genoa will take to the field at the “Penzo” against Eusebio Di Francesco’s team from Veneto. In view of tomorrow afternoon’s match, the rossoblù coach spoke at a press conference from the “Gianluca Signorini” sports centre in Pegli, also focusing on some individuals: “The unavailable ones will be Messias, Miretti and Ankeye. I hope Norton-Cuffy will recover at the start of the week. We are now recovering Bani and Zanoli and that is a positive thing. They will come with us to Venice. We are facing a team that is injured after the 4-0 at San Siro, a team that does not reflect its position in the standings with a prepared coach. It is the second home match in front of their fans, it will depend a lot on the approach to the match that we want to have. We must play a match with great determination and awareness like in the second half against Roma, this must be our mentality in tomorrow’s match”.
Will there be any changes compared to the match against Roma?
“The team had an important reaction. Both mentally, physically and tactically. This must be our belief from the first minute, starting tomorrow. We know that there will be difficulties in the match but we know that we are aware of our qualities and our strength. For the tactical dispositions and the variable in the players, these are evaluations that I am making. We still have today’s training and based on the optimal conditions of the players, I will evaluate”.
You will meet Venezia after the friendly match in Moena.
“The market said that tomorrow will be a different match. Totally different, where points count, the standings are fundamental. The performance counts. The final result will depend on the type of performance, attitude and approach with which we face the match”.
Could tomorrow be a trap race?
“In Serie A they are all traps. You play at home against Roma and it’s difficult, you go to Venice and it’s very difficult. They are tactically complicated matches and also physically. What counts is the mentality, what you want to put on the pitch, the desire to compete in all areas of the pitch against the individuals of Venice”.