A challenge between people who know each other well, Pierpaolo Bisoli and Südtirol, a team that the Modena coach coached until December 4th. “It’s not a Bisoli match against Südtirol but Modena against Südtirol, I don’t go on the pitch, my players do it, I have to ensure that victory arrives which has been missing for thirteen matches”, says the Gialloblù coach, who in certain departments has the players counted. “We are in an emergency, I have to be very careful in my choices. Without Ponsi and Riccio, with Oukhadda who practically didn’t train during the week, we tried various solutions in the right-back position, most likely Magnino will do it.” Certainly not Santoro: “Last Saturday he played a superlative match. He’s a certainty in midfield, why should I take him away from there?”.
On the many penalties awarded to Südtirol: “It’s a team that often enters the area, I know its players very well, they are loyal, with important human values, I believe that they deserved all the penalties they received.” On Bozhanaj and Battistella, who shoot well from distance: “If we don’t put pressure on him, Bozhanaj can become an important player. He has qualities but still needs to be followed, in Ascoli I called him often. If he knows how to discipline himself with his qualities and with the shot he has can become a match-breaker, I told him right from the first training session, the same characteristics as Parolo, who I launched in Cesena: physicality, running, shooting, header In Modena, where there are several technical players, these two represent a good asset.” On the new regulation that allows him to coach Südtirol and Modena in the same season: “What I’m sorry about is that I took away from another coach the pleasure of sitting on the Modena bench but I’m very happy that this new regulation has given me the opportunity to come to an important reality like this. I am someone who is always emotional, I want to make the fans understand that I have been a loyal opponent and that I have always respected them but that now I will give everything to make them happy. I think they have already understood how I am made our bench would become the one on the side of our corner to feel the fans even closer to them. I get excited when people stop me in the center and ask me to help Modena win.” On the derby with Reggiana which will be played on May 1st: “I’m not thinking about it yet, the derby is a game in itself, the players take charge on their own. Now there’s the match against Südtirol which we have to win to reach first place objective that the company has set for itself.”
Rossano Donnini
