Giacomo Modica, after Messina-Potenza, appears in the press room and his first words tend to celebrate the value of the salvation obtained mathematically after the draw with the Lucanians: “We achieved our objective with sacrifice, merit, self-sacrifice, building something of importance through the game of football. The icing on the cake was the empathy with the city, always close to us even when away. We gave and received something, finished a week early, even though we had 39 points eight days ago and salvation was never in question. We were dreaming of another goal, but we lost a lot of points along the way without having any decision in our favor and this team could have had fun in the playoffs. Evidently it had to go like this, we did ours, but it’s a masterpiece all the same because there were so many vicissitudes. Starting from wandering around the training grounds, but these guys loved this shirt. This is the masterpiece, even if the frame of the painting is missing.”
The Biancoscudato coach returns to the match against Potenza: “The first half was tense, we suffered from an inactive ball, but we made the wrong approach on an emotional level. Then the team did its duty fully, entering the race itself. In these last five matches there have been teams with sudden surges, it is necessary to be attentive and vigilant to everything that could happen. Florence played a good match, they needed to be encouraged to be more ready and dynamic to help the team. But, in this championship, we have found other important players. Marco remains an excellent player with whom at times we didn’t agree with what our understanding of football was, but without ever problems.”
Finally, Modica does not hold back regarding a hypothetical future on the Giallorossi bench: “The fan had never seen 45 points in three years of Serie C. Cheering from the keyboard doesn’t count, I don’t consider them fans. The protest from the gallery? A person frustrated with life. Future? If the club wants it, we’ll talk about it, Messina is my second city, I became a player here and I owe my football life to this place because these colors are life. If they want to play football they will call me, otherwise they will go and choose another coach. I have shown that I can be a coach when the conditions are right to do so. It’s true that Messina has tradition, but something hasn’t worked in football for years and so they have to come to an agreement and then I’ll be there if they deem it appropriate. In any case, I thank the president for granting me the privilege of coaching in Messina, the staff who worked with me, these guys who went on the pitch and all those who were closest to us during the complicated moments and the best ones. . These wonderful fans deserve a separate discussion and a huge hug, the 250-300 always present in all the away matches and those who applauded and thanked us this evening for what we did.”
