“We are holding onto this point”

April 19, 2024, 11.39pm

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“Let’s try to look at the glass half full. I think it was a good match from the point of view of aggression and not wanting to concede goals against a strong team.” Fabio Lucioni, Palermo defender, comments thus on the scoreless result against Parma at the “Renzo Barbera”. “We are holding on to this point, it must make us understand that we can compete against everyone and we have the qualities to play a protagonist final season, moving on to the playoffs”.

“I think that as regards the defensive phase I would talk about a global and collective attitude to try not to concede goals – adds Lucioni -. The moment you don’t concede a goal and end up with a clean sheet, it helps you mentally and makes you move the bar a little further forward. The coach brought as much serenity as possible to help us shake off some of the pressure. With the new formation we had a little more solidity and a little direct depth attack.”

“The dribbling is more due to a matter of compactness. This way we don’t overextend ourselves and give our opponents less opportunity to gain the upper hand. We perhaps lose something of unpredictability and speed in reaching a conclusion. We must take the good from this match to create the conditions for a brighter future in the future. We must arrive mentally well to compete in the playoffs, the teams will be strong and we are no less.”

“Aggression is part of Mignani’s mentality. Before Cosenza and before Parma we worked on non-sterile ball possession concepts. We on the field must be good at reading these things and exploiting them. I saw Di Mariano heartened and smiling, it could certainly have been worse. We expect him soon, if we had these 19 points that he has in the standings (he smiles, ed.). For me the injury is behind me and I only had the burden of the four yellow cards I later received in Cosenza. I hope I can contribute to this end of the season,” concluded the Palermo defender.