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Andrea Malgrati, coach of Lecco, spoke at a press conference on the eve of the match against Parma. These are his words reported by leccochannelnews.it: “Let’s go there and play it. We want to put on a great performance.”

A beautiful victory in the first leg
“Winning at home against Parma was one of the best results, I remember the match well and the very strong emotions. It felt like being in a stadium for thirty thousand people, everything echoes here: pleasant, but that is in the past and we have to do our best possible. Parma then and now? Two completely different stories.”

The match against Venezia?
“We saw it again like many other professionals, who complimented it. I want to see that team again and propose that football again, coming out to applause despite the defeat was the goal I set for myself.”

Can Buso reach double figures?
“I don’t know what he will do, I wish him the best. Everyone has an objective, it’s not easy to combine personal ones with team ones. He has understood how to adapt to the category, he has improved a lot in the defensive phase and he will take that baggage everywhere; he’s learned to detach himself from the defense, with the ball at his feet you don’t move him: he still has a lot to do like other young people I’ve seen well; they have to think about themselves and do what’s good for the team.”

Your journey with Lecco?
“The year was incredible, I grew up quickly within this suffering. The season began with an uphill battle, an agony: we got out of it, then there was what happened and the annoyance remains. The past is the past, will it remain so bitter in the mouth if we don’t manage to reach the goal Bonazzoli spoke of regret, when you’re there on the bench it’s tough and personally I know what it means to live it as a Lecco fan from the coach and when you are helpless it becomes difficult: in football you never lose, you learn.”

The situation of the injured?
“Inglese had a problem with his buttock and won’t be there. In addition to him, Beretta and Listkowski will be missing, while Lamanna has undergone surgery. Louakima? He’s fine, if I manage to reward those who have been here training without playing I’ll be happy to do so.”

You and the club have taken responsibility, should the locker room also take it after your words? This is one of the questions asked at the press conference Francesco Calzonacoach of Naples that two days before the match against the Rome – match valid for the 34th matchday of Serie A – he responded thus: “Everyone, the players cannot help but consider themselves responsible, they are the ones who go on the pitch in the end. I make the choices based on what I see during the week, I feel that there are players sacrificed, but apart from three, Mazzocchi, Dendoncker and Natan the rest have had space, more than we think, so they must feel responsible and they have had the space to show off. I tell them this every day the first managers, me and them, the club was close to me, the president the same, he never had a negative impact, he takes an interest every day, he is very nice, polite and respectful with me, he asks me many things, but it’s normal for a head of a company.”

Then in another passage he added: “In Empoli I saw a lack of desire to win, we didn’t have a shot on target, we conceded two chances and it surprised me because it was the first time, with Frosinone we had created a lot by missing chances in the area, until Empoli I hadn’t had this feeling of lack of desire. From Empoli yes, before instead the lack of not conceding goals is not a question of tactics, but of attention, desire to go beyond the mistake and make a run not foreseen in training to recover the ball and save the game. team. We miss this, I never see the extra run-up, it’s not an excuse but I didn’t think there were any problems up to this point in this troubled season, but it doesn’t mean ending with this trend, we have to react, I’m not in it and I’m there. ‘I told the boys.’

CLICK HERE for the full press conference Francesco Calzona.

Under favorite opponent it is likely that Gian Piero Gasperini wrote the name of Davide Nicola. Because the two coaches have been opponents 8 times in Serie A (the last one was the 8-2 in Atalanta-Salernitana last year) and the current Nerazzurri can count on 5 successes and 3 X signs.
In short, zero defeats.
Always positive numbers, but a little more balanced, in the direct matches against Empoli. Because in the championship there are 16 (there is also the 0-0 in the 2004-2005 Serie B at the helm of Crotone) and they tell of 7 wins, 5 draws, 4 setbacks. However, if we only take the Atalanta period into consideration, out of 9 direct clashes the positive ones amount to 7 (6W – 1X).
And Nicola against the Goddess?
It will be the tenth meeting in Serie A. He has only won 1 time. Curiously at the first opportunity. It was the 2013-2014 season and the coach from Luserna San Giovanni won 1-0 from the Livorno bench.

PS: the one just mentioned also represents the only time in which Mister Nicola managed a Tuscan team against Atalanta in a match valid for Serie A… at least before this weekend.

ALL PREVIOUS BETWEEN GASPERINI AND NICOLA IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP
5 Gasperini victories
3 draws
0 victories Nicola
26 goals scored by Gasperini teams
11 goals scored by Nicola teams

ALL PREVIOUS BETWEEN GASPERINI AND EMPOLI IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP
7 Gasperini victories
5 draws
4 Empoli victories
20 goals scored by Gasperini’s teams
13 goals scored by Empoli

ALL PREVIOUS BETWEEN NICOLA AND ATALANTA IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP
1 victory Nicola
3 draws
5 victories Atalanta
12 goals scored by Nicola’s teams
26 goals scored by Atalanta

Thomas Tuchelcoach of Bayern Monacospoke at a press conference on the eve of the match against Eintracht Frankfurt, speaking about the 12,000 fans who signed a petition asking him to stay despite his farewell having already been agreed: “Even if this topic does me ‘good’, because it’s nice when the fans want you to stay, it’s not a priority and it’s not allowed to be a priority. In the next 11 days we will only talk about football, nothing else. We want to do our best and collect as many points as possible in the Bundesliga the best result and reaching the Champions League final. Whether pleasant or unpleasant, I don’t let it influence me, we just focus on counting every day to achieve our goals and there is no exception.”

The Monza after losing at home againstAtalanta in the last round of the championship they aim to reverse the trend in the away game in Lecce. The opponent, especially at this historic moment of the season, is not the easiest: Gotti’s team is in fact going through a good moment, both in terms of results and performances. Coach Raffaele’s impressions in the press conference the day before Palladino.

2.45pm – The press conference begins Raffaele Palladino.

At the press conference on the eve of the match against Milan, the Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri explained in more detail the importance, from his point of view, of qualifying for the next Champions League:

What is Juventus missing to fight for the Scudetto?
“The club and those who make the transfer market must answer this question. I am the coach and not the transfer market. We must remain focused on our Champions League objective. This would allow us to see Juventus in more competition and then there is the economic aspect that we must not forget. Now we must remain focused, because the teams behind us are scoring points. We must be good at playing a good game and winning again in the championship.”

How would you categorize your season with the Italian Cup victory?
“These are not my exploits but those of everyone. Of a strong club, of a strong team. When we are at Juventus everyone must have the ambition to win. Then if the others are better, we have to work to improve. For a club Italian team, the important thing is to qualify for the Champions League. Then we all like to win, but we have to try to get back into the Champions League because playing in many competitions is very nice. there will be more matches but it would be wonderful.”

Does the Champions League move that much?
“I’m a business person, I’m a coach on the pitch, but clubs today are companies. You have to achieve your objectives, especially in the Italian championship, participation in the Champions League will ruin your budget, it’s a question of numbers. The challenge in the Juventus years is to be competitive within sustainability, this will be a good challenge for Juventus because next August, when the championship starts again, they will set out to win. Then maybe it doesn’t happen, but for those who work at Juventus the ambition and objective must be to obtain the maximum result”.

Edoardo Gorini, Cittadella coach, spoke at the press conference on the eve of the match against Feralpisalò. These are his words reported by Padovaoggi.it: “Decisive point? Definitely. Feralpisalò did better away from home, they have a very profitable way of playing.”

Are you thinking about any changes from the module point of view?
“With the 3-man defense we are a little more solid and that’s what we wanted after the run of negative results. We managed to get what we wanted. The objective is to win, we have to continue to create opportunities. Don’t give points of reference to level of tactical system is positive. Against Ascoli the heat affected our aggressiveness, while against Südtirol we only dropped in the second half and we were against the wind. The important thing is to maintain our attitude for as many minutes as possible, the objective is to do so in the next four games. Let’s think about winning, so we can save ourselves mathematically. Then we’ll see what happens on the other pitches. Feralpi is dangerous, I fear them a lot.”

Feralpisalò?
“They shut down and start again, they are definitely not a slow team. They have won five times away, they are very dangerous. It will depend on us, as always. It is not a simple match, then we will think about Como, Bari and Cremonese. It takes great humility and respect.”

Injured players?
“We’re the ones from Bolzano, there’s no big news. Negro is a little behind, while Salvi I’m considering whether to bring him. I don’t know if it’s worth risking him, taking into account that we’re playing Como on May 1st.”

Tessiore?
“He expresses himself very well in that position, tactically he is very intelligent and has the technique to do very well. Maybe tomorrow I will add an extra striker, but Tessiore is an extra weapon at our disposal. Cassano is fine, he is an alternative in more like all our offensive players. I have a choice up front, then in relation to the opponents I lean towards one solution or another. It’s a doubt I carry towards the match against the Brescians.”

Pittarello?
“He has to try more for the shot. There’s no such thing as bad luck, the important thing is to be convinced, trying and trying again. I hope for the classic goal from the ex.”

Word of interest comes from Scotland Turin For Bobby Wales, eighteen-year-old striker from Kilmarnock. This season – he underlines Tuttosport – he was loaned to Alloa Athletic (Scottish League One, equivalent to our Serie C), where he is demonstrating the qualities already expressed in the youth categories: in twenty-four games he scored twelve goals and served four assists, numbers to which it is necessary to add two goals in as many Challenge Cup matches.

Wales was born in Dublin and therefore has an Irish passport: a question that also makes him attractive from a bureaucratic point of view, as he is not a non-EU citizen. Standing 1.85 meters tall, his best qualities are remarkable speed and a great sense of position. He has been called up to all the Scottish national teams: he has made three appearances in the Under 17s, four (with one goal) in the Under 18s and six in the Under 19s.

In addition to Torino, Wales – who has a contract until 2025 – is also interested in Venezia. Obviously this is an element of perspective, to be evaluated and possibly tested at higher levels than the current ones: not surprisingly, its cost is only around 250,000 euros.

L’Eintracht Frankfurt has decided to activate the purchase option and has communicated that he will redeem Hugo Ekitike from the PSGmaking him sign a contract until 2029. Below is the press release from the German club on its official website:

“Hugo Ekitiké arrived at Eintracht with a total of 13 goals in Ligue 1 for Stade Reims and Paris Saint-Germain. In the 2022/23 season, Ekitiké won the league title with PSG and the domestic Super Cup the following season. The 1.89 meter tall striker has made twelve appearances for Eintracht Frankfurt so far. The Frenchman scored his first goal in the Bundesliga last matchday. By activating the purchase option, Ekitiké receives a contract until 2029. The manager sportsman Markus Krösche: “Hugo has shown in his previous appearances what qualities he has. We are firmly convinced of his great potential and look forward to seeing him in the Eintracht shirt beyond the current season.”

1.45pm – At 2 pm the Biancoceleste coach Igor Tudor will present tomorrow evening’s match against Hellas Verona at the Stadio Olimpico in a press conference. Follow the live text on TUTTOmercatoWEB

2.00 pm – Igor Tudor’s press conference has begun

How did the team recover from the match against Juventus?
“Let’s see today, we did two days of training. We have a day of training to prepare for a super important race, it is the most difficult race because it closes a cycle of many races in a few days. We can’t make mistakes, all the points are important and tomorrow we need to score points.”

How are the injured?
“I have to evaluate the injured people today, some have recovered, others are halfway there, so we’ll see what today’s training tells us.”

What match are you expecting?
“Verona is a tough team and on track, tomorrow will be super difficult for us. For their position in the standings it is important, in Italy the matches are all difficult. Verona was an important stage for me like the others I have experienced in my career. In this job you grow step by step, I started coaching thirteen years ago and I have grown in all my adventures, since the beginning with the students of Hajduk Split”.

After a month in Lazio, what is the biggest difficulty and what satisfies you the most?
“There is no greater difficulty, the difficulties are always linked to the few days of training and the knowledge of the team which is still missing. The good thing is the disposition of the players, I found them all very willing to not make any mistakes. In this month Nothing went wrong in training.”

Were you surprised by the way the team played on Tuesday?
“No, not surprised. I don’t regret anything about this month, now I can’t say that we had a great game on Tuesday unlike the first victory over Juve. For me, the first victory is better between the two, achieved with 5-6 training sessions and without For me the first one was more difficult, but the important thing is always the path you are taking. We talk about tactics, about numbers, but the thing we need to work on every day is the mentality, from training to attitudes. match”.

Does Cristante’s goal reduce the hopes of fifth place?
“I didn’t see the match yesterday, right now all the points are important. We can’t influence the other matches, there’s no point thinking about it and losing energy. The energy must be spent on our team and our matches.”

Do you have any regrets about the first leg semi-final in Turin?
“I don’t agree on which match we played better, there are always regrets. I also regretted yesterday’s training, it’s always right to criticize and self-criticize. I’m aware of all the mistakes made this month, it helps me to improve understanding where we went wrong. It’s like the general in war, we always need to do an analysis and understand what happened, there are many things that affect performance and the result, the key is the time we use to grow.”

What room for improvement can Castellanos have? Can he play together with Immobile?
“You can see them together in a small moment of the match where you have to recover the result, sometimes more players who have goals in their legs help to score, but sometimes putting all the attackers doesn’t mean being more dangerous. Maybe if you haven’t worked on this solution you can’t be dangerous.”

Is Pellegrini behind his teammates? Can he play tomorrow?
“Pelle trains well, he’s been out with an injury and others have done well while he wasn’t there. He could play, he could not play, he has the same chances as everyone else.”

How do you see Zaccagni?
“Zaccagni can play as a wide forward, he can play as a winger. As a fifth player yes or no, he can struggle because he has to sacrifice a lot. He can also play behind the striker, for us he is an important player and we have missed him a lot. He has shown his importance in the years spent at Lazio, he can give us an important hand, he will play from the start, but he can come on from the bench.”

Is the team growing in terms of mentality?
“Everyone sees the mentality in a different way, the mentality is part of something that is even more important and we talk about values. Values ​​that a coach wants to convey, to which are added aggression, wickedness and the desire to always do something more. These values ​​are important not only in football but in all sports. Footballers are first and foremost men.”

Have you set the Champions League as your objective?
“I haven’t set any ranking objectives and neither has the club. The objective is to do well in all the matches, usually there are important differences between the teams, but at the end of the season the difference disappears. I know if it’s easier to face Verona who have to save themselves or a team fighting for Europe.”

Your opinion on Mandas?
“Mandas is doing well, I always say that when a goalkeeper doesn’t make mistakes that lead to you conceding goals he’s doing well. We chose to build slightly less from the bottom so as not to put him in difficulty and risk less, he always responded very well” .

How do you interpret the team’s racing data?
“The data must always be interpreted in the best possible way, there is the volume of running and then there are the individual duels. In our football there is much more duel, I think there is also more intensity than before, where there is it was more volume which is equally important.”

What did you like most tactically and what needs to be improved after a month in Lazio?
“It will take more time to talk about it, from a tactical point of view I liked everything, I liked the tactical interpretation of the team.”

Is there a chance to see Isaksen for a few more minutes?
“We will evaluate Felipe today, yesterday he ran in sneakers, he suffered a knock and he is a fundamental player for us. Isaksen trains very well, he is a player who is always focused and we will see him at work today.”

2.20pm – Igor Tudor’s press conference has ended