Luca D’Angelo spoke in Press conference from the ‘Capellazzi’ room of the ‘Ferdeghini’ sports centre. Here are the statements from the trainer Spice three days away from the very delicate survival challenge withAscoli:
PINK SITUATION – “Kouda is well and will definitely be called up, Reca on the other hand we have to wait a little longer. The national team returned well, Cipot had a few days of fever, while the others are all fine. The rest of the team has trained well and is ready for Monday’s match.”
TOWARDS ASCOLI – “We know that an important challenge awaits us, but then other equally important ones await us; It’s clear that the pressure must always be there, because it’s what pushes you to do things well and we will have to be ready on Monday afternoon, from all points of view. This mental strength will have to accompany us in every match that remains until the end of the season.”
HOME FACTOR – “I think we lost against Feralpisalò not because we underestimated the match, but because they knew how to put us in difficulty, while we didn’t play well. We are not in a position to underestimate our opponent and we won’t do so on Monday either; we will have to exploit the public’s support to our advantage, which we are sure will not be lacking”.
THE KEY TO BEATING ASCOLI – “Against Ascoli we will have to play well first of all, because if we manage to do so we will have a better chance of winning and then we will have to be attentive for the entire 100 minutes, because every action could be the decisive one. However, the team has trained well in recent weeks and I am convinced that they will take the field with the right attitude. The boys will have to be good mentally, have the right consideration of what the game is. The same also from a tactical point of view, as well as from a physical point of view, because there will be many duels in the middle of the pitch.”
FROM MATCH TO MATCH – “In recent days we have talked about the match, trying to focus on how to try to put Ascoli in difficulty. There is no point in talking about the following matches, because we have to think from match to match, without looking too far ahead.”
PHYSICAL CONDITION – “Physically the team is fine, but we have to take into account that after every game it’s different. Ascoli plays differently than Reggiana, who we managed to contain well throughout the match and on Monday we will have to try to adapt our qualities to the type of opponent”.
MATEJU AND THE ABSENCE OF CASSATA – “Mateju can play in three different roles: in the three-man defense both as an arm and a fifth, or if we play as a full-back. We will replace Cassata properly, we have a lot of choice and I will make the best choices based on our characteristics and that of the opponent we will face.”
WISNIEWSKI – “He’s a strong player, he’s a little behind in his condition but we’re happy to have him back on the pitch and we think that before the end of the tournament he can be available again and maybe even among the starters”.
CIPOT – “Cipot was penalized a bit by our way of playing, he is a wing player with great qualities. He is proving to be well, so much so that he scored for the national team, he is a boy who has great potential and will be able to be useful to us at the end of the season. He is a boy who works very hard and needs playing time to grow further.”
THE MANY GOAL OPPORTUNITIES – “I believe that we have always created enough opportunities, in Reggio we created so many, so much so that the best on the pitch was their goalkeeper, but the important thing is to do this type of performance, immediately having a good impact on the match”.
