First joy for Monza in this Serie A and a bad defeat for Hellas Verona. 0-3 the final at Bentegodiwith Dany Mota Carvalho the great protagonist: super goal in the first half, after 9 minutes, and a second in the second half for the Portuguese, chosen by Nesta to replace the injured Maldini. In the final, Bianco’s goal sealed the score and the Brianza people could breathe and celebrate the victory that had been missing for too long.
Nesta’s words.
The Monza coach was satisfied with his first success on the bench in the top flight and commented after the match: “We work and live for success. It was a long wait, we all wanted it, we had never won… We are very happy. Certainly victories unlock everything because losing and drawing hurts, you lose confidence and courage in the game. When you win it’s another thing, the team has always been on track, we have had many injuries, but there have been matches good even against the big teams. Let’s grit our teeth, we trained with 9 Primavera last week, this doesn’t do us any good. I complimented them even when we lost, they don’t deserve certain results.”
Zanetti’s words.
Little to say for the Hellas coach, who made a mea culpa after the match: “The result is not a lie if you look at the mistakes we made. In these categories you pay, we did everything to recover it, but then we made life difficult for ourselves. When we comment on a 3-0 at home we have to lick our wounds and understand the reasons why. The first was a Eurogoal, their goalkeeper was the best on the pitch, but the 2 and 3 to 0 we were well positioned. They were smarter than us, we have a problem to solve from a mental point of view.”
The updated Serie A standings after the first eight matchdays.
Naples 19
Inter 17
Juventus 16
Milan 14
Fiorentina 13
Atalanta 13
Lazio 13
Udinese 13
Turin 11
Rome 10
Empoli 10
Verona 9
Bologna 9
Like 9
Cagliari 9
Monza 7
Parma 7
Genoa 6
Lecce 5
Venice 4