He doesn’t say anything about how the race will end. He believes she is open to any outcome, but above all he underlines that, at the moment, it is the most important match of the year for both of them. This is how Totò De Vitis sees tomorrow’s battle between Hellas and Udinese, a match in which two teams close to his heart compete, with the Veronese coached by his former yellow-blue teammate, Marco Baroni. At the Bentegodi crossroads, the Bianconeri must take the right path but also prepare, according to the former striker, for the eventuality in which salvation could pass through three direct clashes in a row to be played in the last, as many, days of the championship (with Lecce, Empoli and Frosinone).
De Vitis, Zebretta’s goal, however, is not to reach the final 270 minutes with water at their throats.
«Of course, you don’t have to wait for those three games to get to safety but also, I repeat, be ready for that type of scenario. The match in Verona is fundamental, the most important of the season so far. A type of match in which the true values of the two teams will not emerge, so I say that any result can come out. The points will be won by whoever demonstrates the most intelligence during the ninety minutes.”
Can even a small point be important for Udinese?
«Although a draw away from home is always good, and the weight of a crowd like that of the Bentegodi can be felt, I believe that the right attitude must be one aimed at seeking success».
Hellas also demonstrated in Bergamo that they have one quality, that of staying in the game.
«It is a formation capable of re-emerging even when you think it has collapsed. It has potential to be expressed, with interesting players like Suslov and Noslin. Baroni, my former teammate in Verona, was also good. He has done and is doing an excellent job, given what happened in January, when the club sold many players. Everyone took relegation for granted, but instead the yellow-blues are back in the running.”
The coach’s main talent?
«Perhaps his experience, at this moment, counts. Already last season he struggled in a similar situation in Lecce. He certainly knows how to manage the moment, also the result of the years of apprenticeship that he has done. He is a trained technician and a serious person.”
Verona is doing their best, could the Bianconeri have had a few more points and been safe in terms of survival?
“Yes I agree. But everything is still at stake and it all depends on them.”
As a striker that he was, can Lucca be an important weapon in this salvation for Udinese?
«I have known Lorenzo since he played for Brescia’s Primavera team. I followed him because I was involved in the scouting area of Sassuolo. He was then my son Alessandro’s teammate in Pisa. He has only partially demonstrated his qualities: the potential he has is enormous, he has everything a striker must have. It depends on his maturation, but he can become the new Luca Toni.”
Let’s try to indicate who is going down to Serie B. Is it too risky to predict who will keep company with a Salernitana team already separated from the others in the fight?
«Yes, because it will be a battle fought until the last day. To give an example, Luca Gotti’s Lecce has 32 points at the moment, he is breathing, but he always has to be very careful.”
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