Monday commitment for coach Alberto Gilardino’s Genoa, who will face Cagliari at Ferraris tomorrow. The coach spoke like this in the pre-match conference: “We meet a lively team, mentally very strong given the latest results. A confident team that has found certainties and confirmations. It has certainly found a solidity through the coach and the team group that has allowed it at this point in the championship to be aware of their qualities. We know the importance of the match and the sacrifices of the boys who led them to make them. It’s time to put a strong stamp on this championship, we must play a concrete and highly competitive match.”
“Bohinen? He’s a great professional. I take this into consideration, I can understand her feelings but I hope there is the possibility of having space between now and the end. But it’s important to be compact tomorrow.”
About Vitinha: “He’s fine and trained during the week. He doesn’t have 90 minutes but I think he can also be involved in the match. If needed, he’s a player with important characteristics”
On the injured Messias, Malinovskyi and Bani: “I’m still out. We hope for Messias and Malinovskyi that there can be positive situations in the coming weeks. It’s normal that they have been very long injuries. For Bani it’s very long, I don’t know if we’ll recover him by the end of the championship. Matturro is having a quick recovery, it is a pleasant surprise. It may be that he returns before two weeks.”
On the Cagliari coach, Claudio Ranieri: “He is a coach who reflects his way of being and his way of positioning himself on the bench. He is a person of great depth and this is reflected in the way he approaches the race. The team perceives this attitude and transforms it on the pitch. He has achieved excellent results, he has won, he is a highly experienced coach. For me it is a source of pride and a source of great responsibility to be able to deal with a coach like that.”
