Capozucca: “Genoa, Gilardino is not guilty. Even off-field issues have an impact”

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The director Stefano Capozucca to TMW Radioduring Maracanaspoke about the situation at Genoa: “The situation is not the best, both in terms of standings but above all club-wise. Everyone thinks that they don’t have an influence, but things off the pitch ultimately create disturbances in the locker room. It’s a situation that doesn’t help a team struggling at the bottom of the table. What do I expect now? In Gilardino, given the injuries, important players have been taken away coach is now the only one who is not at fault. In Bergamo he took the plunge, but he had a patched up team.

What to advise Gilardino? I spoke to him, but I won’t say what I told him. He’s a decent boy, he’s a coach who has demonstrated his value on the pitch. He has had several difficulties, he is worried because he sees the situation too. Serie A is tough, one looks at the table, the players read, listen, so there is no serenity. The coach now has to live with these problems and tell the players to only think about the pitch. But footballers are human, there is distraction on these occasions. You have to think about the pitch but in the end you feel a situation like that and it affects you.”