Last May 3 he was diagnosed with a myotendinous injury to the biceps femoris of his left thigh, which could have jeopardized the playoffs, but the full-back Padova Niko Kirwan could instead return for the promotion play-offs through which the biancoscudati are looking for Serie B. Having reached second place in the standings, the Venetians will enter the race for the Second Round of the National Phase, and will still have a week off, perhaps favorable for the player who yesterday, on a local TV , as reported trivenetogoal.itexpressed himself as follows: “We are reducing the loads after having pushed so hard. I feel much better, I hurt myself on the Triestina, I pulled my flexor, but I should be done by Tuesday, then we’ll see”.
Going instead to the team: “The friendlies we are playing are like summer friendlies. They are used for training, to get a feel for the match atmosphere. They were good tests, we are well and we are excited, even if we are doing a lot of physical work. Oddo tried to give us some serenity: chasing Mantova throughout the championship and then finishing second wasn’t easy mentally. Two years ago we had a much older team, this year we have players of a lower average age and who came from less important places. They are very hungry and they have shown it, let’s hope they have an extra gear even in these playoffs“.
