by Mattia Farinacci
Ternana loses in Bolzano and finds itself with its back to the wall. Against Catanzaro it’s a challenge from inside or outside to still cultivate the slightest hope of direct salvation or play out so as not to keep Lecco company. In the pre-match conference, coach Breda relaunches the team by recalling the ‘exploits’ of the rossoverdi on difficult pitches, despite being aware that the challenge represents a last resort: «In football what is taken for granted does not necessarily come out. We drew with Lecco who were coming off seven defeats in a row but we won against Palermo who were going strong at the time and with Cittadella who were coming off seven victories in a row. Tomorrow we have to do everything and focus only on Catanzaro. By playing every 3 days you need to recover physical and mental energy. It’s logical that when there are only 2 games left there are no calculations to do, it’s in or out. You just have to think about the opponent, who is the surprise of this championship for the way he plays on the pitch, for the coach who did an extraordinary job and for the players who all come from Serie C and who have proven to be strong. for B. But every match starts from 0-0. Even before Cremona, with a defeat we could have risked being second to last but tomorrow’s final scenario is what we will create with our match on the pitch and our desire to take points.”
The match in Bolzano Regarding the ‘Druso’ match, Breda explains the difficulties of the initial approach but also exalts the team’s ability to get back up after the blows suffered: «The approach was not what we wanted, but beyond the will that one had there are many aspects. In the first 10 minutes in Bolzano we suffered from the physicality of their center forward and we weren’t able to start as well as we wanted. We started badly but this is a team that reacts and we showed it against Südtirol, Cremonese and on many other occasions. This group has shown that nothing is taken for granted and has found the energy to play unthinkable matches on difficult pitches.” On the episode that inevitably influenced the progress of the match against Valente’s team, the expulsion of Boloca, the coach from Treviso explains the choice not to replace him at half-time: «I thought about removing Boloca as I had done against Modena, but Beyond the recommendations made to the player on the situation of the second yellow there is a lot to say… The idea was to wait a little and see how it went. We had found a nice balance after the first 10 minutes and I didn’t feel like upsetting it. They too had several warnings and must have had a few more. We even took the lead with 10 men and there is a lot of regret. The episodes could have gone much better from that point of view too.”
The match against the Calabrians Looking ahead to the next match, tactical and attitude changes are not excluded: «Playing offensively is an aspect that I have taken into consideration and there are many reflections on it. We worked on many different situations. When interpreting the race we need to understand what characteristics we find ahead and what type of race we want to set up. We’ve been working on the 4-man defense for several weeks and so it could be an alternative.” Therefore a prohibitive match on paper, given the strength of the opponents: «I expect Catanzaro to be combative in their way of being on the pitch and because I think they still strongly believe in fourth place, which is a very different placement from fifth. At home we did less well because in the desire to get a result we fell apart and it never happened away apart from those 10 minutes in Genoa. We have to think like when we are away from home and get used to the fact that we have to suffer. They play with 4-4-2 but then when they attack they have many different rotations and having played together for 3 years they are familiar with doing certain things. They really don’t play with the attacking midfielder because they are good at changing developments and we have to be good at working well on preventatives.”
