Pre-match press conference for Roberto Boscaglia, coach of Ancona, who host Lucchese tomorrow in an attempt to reach salvation without dangerous appendices after the regular season: “When you play everything in ninety minutes, there are risks. We have to eliminate anxiety and the pressure, from this point of view we are getting there very well. We know that Lucchese will have nothing to lose and for this reason they will be able to play with complete mental freedom. I expect them to play their game and, playing without the stress of the result,. They might even do a lot of things better than usual. We will have to be very careful. The boys know that they have to make the plays compared to what we tried during the week but they also have to try them knowing that if they make something wrong, nothing happens and they have to continue to do it. play with great confidence. When I arrived I found a team that was a bit dejected from a mental point of view but which immediately believed in the work proposed with my staff. Tomorrow we will play a match that, until a few weeks ago, we were hoping to play. Everything depends on us and I have very positive feelings, always respecting Lucchese who are a very good team and who I have been following for some time.”
The Sicilian coach’s contract provides for an extension in the event of survival: “The renewal is just a note. At the end of the match I will sit down with the club and anything can happen. I will stay in Ancona if there is everyone’s agreement and I will marry the projects that will be put in front of me. I feel great here, with the management and with the boys. In fact, I have to say that I also found it strange to see such a strong team in that position in the rankings. I will fight for them too.”
Boscaglia underlines the importance of motivations: “Absences must absolutely not influence us, both ours and Lucchese’s absences. We must think exclusively about our motivations and we have prepared the match as if it were a Champions League final. It will be a difficult match, against a team built to play a top championship and we only have to look at ourselves.”
