Once played at a good level is not enough. The Genoa comes out with a knockout from Ferraris against one Lazio who, especially in the second half, showed greater quality with the ball at his feet. After four consecutive useful results, Grifone was narrowly defeated by the team coached by Tudor still postponing the appointment with the home victory which has now been missing for two months.
The approach to the match is what the coach likes Gilardino, to whom Nord dedicated a chorus at the beginning of the second half. Very high attention in defense with the opposing team not finding any openings to cause concern Martinez, while the Griffin showed good plots and dangerous actions but was unable to find the winning move. He tried Retegui with a conclusion that ended above the bar after a good dialogue with Gudmundsson but the “sliding doors” episode happened at the end of the first half Ekuban. The Ghanaian striker with an Italian passport was unable to take advantage of a three-on-one counterattack, there were also the Icelandic and the Italian-Argentine against the only Farmhouse, putting the ball a hair’s breadth to the bottom with the scream of the goal that remained strangled in his throat.
In the second half, also thanks to the tiredness that made itself felt (the Genoa played in Florence on Monday evening while the Lazio took the field on Friday evening within the friendly walls) and the most prominent class of players took the stage with Felipe Anderson who found the right hole for Kamada, able to serve the person attending Luis Alberto which he surpassed Martinez. So much bitterness for a mission that, especially in the first part of the match, seemed possible thanks to the charge of the 30 thousand “Ferraris” who however returned home empty-handed. «We had an excellent first half against a team of great quality – he said Gilardino – let’s think about who we face and the path we have taken to date. Until Retegui and Ekuban they held their own, we created opportunities to put them in difficulty. We slowed down in the second half, certainly having played four days ago may have had an impact. At that moment the Lazio he took the ball of the game with his qualitatively better players. We were a bit long even between the lines, we didn’t shorten well. It’s a shame, there is regret but the boys gave everything. We have to archive thinking about what we did in the first half.”
Special mention for the fans who yesterday gave the coach a chorus at the start of the second half: «As I have always said there is great affection on my part, towards the fans in general, towards our people, I believe it is mutual for that that we have shared up to now together with the boys, with the team, for what we have managed to create, so it made me very happy and emotional.” As regards the defensive phase, it is worth mentioning the goal conceded which is very similar to the one conceded against Frosinone in terms of how the action developed: «These are situations in which we need to improve. It will be my job to continue on certain types of aspects so that some goals never happen again.”
A judgment then on the individuals starting from Spence: «He has room for improvement in all phases. He can only improve and smooth out his defects by enhancing his strengths when he plays »but also Strootman: «It was right to give him a chance for the professional he is, for what he shows every day in training. Badelj he played four days ago and two consecutive games could have been a problem. It was right to make this change.” A pass up too DeWinter who showed some uncertainty in the role of central defender given the absence of Bani: «I believe he can play central in the near future. But he is a footballer who can play both “arm” and central and I believe that at times he has also done decent things even if he has had some mistakes in the defensive phase where he can improve.”
Waiting to find out when the match against the Cagliari (the League of A has not yet released the calendar) Gilardino could recover the solo Vitinha While Bani, Messias and Malinovskyi they should remain in the pits like the long-term patient Matturro: “They are certainly important players but I trust in those who will be there, in the daily work and in the growth that will still be there.”
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