Avellino returns to “Partenio” for the last match of the regular season. Having forgotten the defeat in Taranto, the green and white team hosts Crotone and the objective is to lock down the second position. Michele Pazienza presents the match in the press conference like this: “It will be the last match of the championship, it is very important for us, we want to ensure the objective that we changed during the work. It is a commitment that also represents an extra push in sight of the playoffs, we want to address it by correcting the situations that led us to not achieve a result in the previous match. Over the course of the week we said what we think, how we saw them and how we experienced them. We are there prepare yourself as best you can for tomorrow’s match which represents a final.”
On the mental aspect: “From this point of view we have an advantage, during the championship we chased the team that is celebrating the championship victory today. We should have learned something. By looking at the others, we will take energy away from what we have to do. It’s a lesson that my team and I have learned the hard way. We will focus on tomorrow’s match and what we must do. We must not be naive, we have already paid the price for this way of doing things.”
On the team: “From a mental point of view, I take a step back and talk on a general level about what this team has achieved. The boys have made an important journey. We have done a lot but not enough. We are still missing something and therefore we need to work. start again in tomorrow’s race, remembering everything that led us to achieve so much, with the awareness that there is more to do but that it shouldn’t put pressure on us. The attitude and the spirit of sacrifice, the desire to arrive, will be important before the opponents and to knock down the goal because it means achieving immense joy and the possibility of winning. Tomorrow we have to achieve our goal and we have the desire to finish second, so we have to win the match in every way. Is it a good condition? The boys have trained well, some are improving like Varela, but he is still a little far from the condition to be available. There was a slight fatigue from Rocca, I think and hope it’s nothing serious . We will also evaluate this afternoon. Solutions forward? I still have doubts, I will decide after training.”
On the singles: “Russo is fine, he’s working just as well. In the last three matches he was penalized by my choices, but he maintained the quality of his training and his growth, constantly and with a lot of attention. As early as tomorrow he could have a chance. Good, he’s a substitute. I always expect something more from him, but he’s the type of player who, given his characteristics, will definitely need to find consistency Doubts about the formation? They are D’Ausilio-Rocca, Sgarbi up front and Llano also growing. The rest of the situations will remain the same.”
On Auteri’s words: “I have read them. They are statements based on facts. To reach second place, we need a victory tomorrow. We must remain focused on our path and our objective”.
On Crotone: “Even if something changed in the January transfer window, with the return of Mr. Zauli I believe that the idea is similar to that seen in the first leg. He lines up with a 4-4-2, a bit dynamic because it changes the possession phase. It is a team that should present the same idea of play as a group ago. We know the characteristics and concepts of the coach, we studied Crotone in the first leg and in these last matches, in general it is not the case. distanced from the idea of going forward”.
