A Fabio Cannavaro catapulted into a press room to answer questions after today’s draw and Thursday’s defeat, he tries to think about the state of the art of his Udinese.
What is the difference between today’s game and Thursday night’s game?
«The match against the Giallorossi can be included in the “Strange Matches” chapter, because tactically preparing a 20 minute match is, for me Fabio Cannavaro, always very complicated.
My team is a team that has quality and a good base from which to start, however, from the first moments of my arrival, I noticed a group of guys who had a certain fear that was blocking them.
My work so far has been more of a psychological nature, trying to get into their heads to understand how to help them and remove this fear (which increases when looking at the current ranking).
Today we did well to take away all the space from Bologna and win a large number of duels and, above all, I liked the attitude we had on the pitch.
However, the management of the match needs to be improved: we ran too far behind our opponents and in the second half we left the ball to them. But I’m satisfied because football is like that.”.
Your assessment of Lazar Samardzić?
«It’s clear that since I arrived I’ve tried to speak to as many players as possible from the first team group: and he was one of them.
I got a little angry with him because he loses too many balls, while he must understand that he often attracts several opponents and must understand that he must manage the ball, because he has important qualities, even distributing the ball quickly.
He is a fundamental player for us, as are others. What makes me positive is that every time we tried to play, we did important things».
Motta complained about the time played, which was only 31 minutes out of the 100 minutes of the match: what are your thoughts on the rossoblù coach’s words?
«We are training on being dangerous: in the last few matches Udinese were a team that remained low and I pushed the boys to manage a match plan through play, trying to put on the field an important attitude and not fearful of the opponent.
I like a high pace in games where you play with great energy to manage the game».
How do you explain your goalkeeper’s mistake?
«The role of the goalkeeper is always a delicate one: our goalkeeper, regardless of being pushed, was good in other situations, where he saved several goals. Unfortunately these things happen».
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