The striker of Beneventowho spoke in connection Skype during the transmission Focus C Series aired on OttoChannelreleased some statements regarding the time of Witch also with a view to the play-offs.
These, then, are the words of Eric Lanini:
ON THE PLAY-OFFS: “We will certainly face the play-offs, but they are a lottery: you have to be ready physically and psychologically. Last year with Reggiana I won the championship directly so I didn’t make the play-offs, but on some occasions I made them and they are truly a very difficult small tournament where you don’t have to make practically anything wrong. All it takes is for a game to go in a negative direction that maybe you don’t have time to straighten it out“.
ON THE AWAY AGAINST CATANIA: “We want to end the championship on a high note, doing our best to try to have a better position for the play-offs. Then we will have a training camp to prepare ourselves as best we can“.
ON THE BENEVENTO CHOICE: “In Reggio this year I didn’t find much space, despite what I may have done in these two years. Benevento showed me an important project, it is a company that wants to return to the categories that in my opinion a company and a city like this deserve. They made me feel important, that the project was important and that I was important to the project. I made this choice with the ambition of winning the championship this year, we will give it our all, otherwise next year we will be one of the favorites to win“.
ON THE COLLECTIVE AND THE MANY MARKINGS: “I am very fond of my goals, I count 88 including the Cup. Here in Benevento we have a very important squad, there are elements that the Coach chooses based on the strategy of the match. We have two teams that could play starters practically throughout the championship. Playing with important players helps you to perform at your best and, by performing at your best, you can also make your teammates perform at their best. I think this is the key, the Coach is very good at management because he was able to rotate and make decisions based on who was better and could give guarantees. Against Latina, in addition to me, attackers like Bolsius and Ferrante, who perhaps hadn’t scored for a while, also found the net: they repaid the coach’s trust, whether they were starters or as substitutes. This is something that gives me hope for the future, to win the championship or the play-offs you need important cohesion, that everyone feels important and gives their contribution because maybe all together will lead you to achieving a goal. objective“.
ON AVELLINO AND THE FIGHT FOR SECOND PLACE: “Avellino is a great team, they also had an important objective. What I was disappointed about was not even being able to play the return match, I wasn’t ready to play and I watched it from the bench because I wanted to be with the team. I saw that they certainly gave credence to my ideas: a team well placed on the pitch, aggressive, very fearsome. We lacked that final quid to materialize the actions that we still managed to propose, who knows how it would have gone if we had put the game on the downhill: the ball is round. Avellino will also play the play-offs until the end, I hope to meet them again because I wasn’t able to play them either in the first leg or in the second leg and it’s a heartfelt match for Benevento. Fight for second place? We are living it peacefully, we have to think about winning our game: if they do the same we will have done ours, there would and remains a bit of disappointment because we were in the lead but for a month we didn’t find victory and I am personally sorry not be there in that month to lend a hand to the team. We have to do well in the last match, trying to have a bit of luck in the Avellino result. As third or second, however, we will give it our all anyway“.
ON THE MOST DIFFICULT OPPONENTS IN THE PLAY-OFFS: “Sometimes the most accredited teams don’t even necessarily make it to the end. On paper I think the most important teams are Padova, Vicenza, Avellino. There are several teams that will be able to have their say, but there will also be the classic outsiders: they must always be taken into account. We have to think about ourselves, not about others: if we do what we know how to do and manage to put our preparation and our qualities into the field, we don’t have to worry about anyone“.
ON THE DIFFICULTY IN UNBLOCKING THE MATCH AGAINST LATINA: “Beyond the play-offs we always prepare with the same mentality, the difference between the first and second half is a football classic especially when you play at home. Then, when you unlock the game, it is obvious that the opposing team’s predisposition is also to risk something more and at that point you can find openings on the counterattack. What we need to do is get into the mindset that, when a match becomes difficult to unlock, we shouldn’t get caught up in anxiety or vehemence; when we unlock it, then, we don’t have to think about managing it excessively even though we think we have the game in hand, when there is the possibility of offending you can do it. We are working on it, otherwise in terms of team and attitude we are a team that really creates a lot“.
ON BEING A CHANGING ROOM LEADER: “Technically yes, also because I came here with great ambition and awareness. I wanted to give my contribution to reach an important goal. I’m not used to playing in the South, I only played 4 months years ago but for me it’s an unknown championship. In the first 4-5 games I scored one goal, then before the injury I scored 4-5 games in a row, scoring six goals. The injury came at perhaps the best moment of the season for the games that took place and I was also coming off an important rush. Finding the pitch again was important for me, I wasn’t 100%, but I had to grit my teeth and get back on the pitch because I needed to help out. I also found the goal, it was important. I will try to be 100% for the play-offs.”.
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