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1.00pm – Good afternoon, friends of TUTTOmercatoWEB! In a few minutes, coach D’Aversa’s press conference will take place and he will present tomorrow’s match against Parma.
1.25pm – The press conference begins.
How is the team reacting from a psychological point of view and how did you analyze the last thirty minutes against Napoli?
“In the last two games there was no result but the team always put in a good performance. I analyzed the first sixty with the team, you can’t have a performance like that and end up 0-0. It’s not the second half was balanced, the regret and anger are there for the first two thirds of the match. We have to improve in the last choice, we have to be more determined to exploit some opportunities determination makes the difference, but little was said about the performance, at least at a national level, against Napoli who are one of the favorite teams for the scudetto. We thought about the things to improve, that’s where we focused our attention the most in a balanced way without getting depressed or excited depending on the result. We cannot be satisfied with the good performance.”
Tomorrow you return to Parma, what feelings do you have?
“I’m returning to a stadium where I spent almost four years and where we did very important things. I’m happy to return, when I think of Parma I think of the club and the people who allowed us to have that great experience. I still feel these people, I have strong ties with many of them. Having said that, tomorrow I am an opponent and I aim to take what we didn’t get with Napoli.”
What Parma do you think you will find?
“Parma is a team with good players, with a goalkeeper who is also good at the long ball. They are technically good, we have to be careful throughout the ninety minutes. The level of concentration must be high for the whole match”
What do you think of Pecchia? How do you manage your strength at the moment, with so many games on the horizon?
“I’m happy for Fabio Pecchia, the fact that he extended his contract and I wish him the best of luck after tomorrow’s match. Having said that, right now we know that we have to face many close matches, but we only have to think about tomorrow’s match. What makes me The happy thing is that I will probably use most, if not all of the squad. This will allow the guys who have played less to show their qualities.”
Can we consider Parma a team that has important physical capabilities?
“The new ownership has spent 400 million euros, it’s not a little. They have a way of thinking, I want to work on young people and I’ve noticed it too. They have signed strong players, but they also have the right experience. Parma is not a provincial team , for the investments made it is a team that is on a par with a great one. We cannot afford to think we have a simple commitment.”
We are at three months of work, there was a strong desire to press the opponents. Did he expect you to do it really well?
“It wasn’t a hope, we worked to get this done. Due to the characteristics of the players I have available it is advantageous to take away time and space from them, also to reduce the gap with the other teams. Regardless of this there are many positive aspects but we must never feel satisfied. We are only at the beginning, I would like to improve those aspects that we developed well against Lazio and Napoli but which did not see us bring home any results. We must do everything to the maximum without mistakes, then if the opponent he will be better, we will shake his hand. The recrimination of the last matches must lead us to improve.”