Eve day at the Ternana house. Tomorrow Roberto Breda’s team will be busy at the “Liberati” in Terni. Against Vincenzo Vivarini’s Catanzaro the rossoverdi are called to victory to keep their hopes of salvation alive.
TERNANA-CATANZARO, ROBERTO BREDA’S PRESS CONFERENCE
Point of the situation…
We just have to focus on the match. At the moment they are all hypotheses knowing that in football what is taken for granted does not necessarily come out. I’ll give you an example: we caught Lecco who were coming off 7 defeats and we drew, Cittadella was coming off 7 victories then went into crisis. Despite the great regret we have, we must focus on everything we have. Mental energies must all be focused on the field.
Do you recover?
No we lose Boloca
Tomorrow’s game will be a turning point in one direction or the other
Tomorrow’s race isn’t easy. The opponent is the revelation of the championship. They made the most of a group of kids who come from Serie C. The coach did a great job. Let’s just focus on this. I remember sitting in the dressing room before Cremona and seeing that if I had lost we could have been last. There are many final scenarios but what we do will be decisive.
Does the Breda man still believe it? Why was there silence after the match?
When I take on a task it is because I believe in it. In the last period there have been anomalous injuries, see Achilles tendon and others. So we always tried to find solutions. The Breda man was hoping for something different. At the same time he continues to be committed to finding new solutions. I’m fatalistic. As a group we have created beautiful, even unexpected alternatives to many situations. We’re still there racing. Could we have left earlier? Could we have already been done for? They are part of the “could have but didn’t happen” alternatives. We are all sorry for the type of performance in Bolzano and for the result. You can’t complain much about kids. In the past we played important matches against Palermo and Reggiana where no one thought we could win. The silence after the match? We had an early plane and that’s all.
What approach should you give to the race?
It’s the great dilemma these days. I’ve taken into consideration playing offensively. From today to tomorrow many reflections remain open. We worked on different situations. No alibis and we think about working. When setting up the match we need to understand what game to play. They are good at restarts. If you leave the game after half an hour it’s not the best. It is important to create different possibilities. Between today and tomorrow we hope to choose the right ones.
Did you think about replacing Boloca at half-time in Bolzano? If so, why didn’t you do it? You have the cash men in the middle, do you pass by four?
It’s logical that I thought about Boloca as I did against Modena, but beyond the recommendations made to the boy and which he implemented, on that situation however… The idea was to wait a little. It wasn’t an easy match. After 10′ we had found a nice balance. Going to give up that balance in short. They too had ammonites, perhaps they could have had more. The regret remains. We’ll take care of the mistakes. But not about the episodes. Back four? We’ve been working on it for a couple of weeks, it could be an alternative.
Catanzaro plays 4-4-2…
They have many rotations. They defend 4-4-2 then when they attack they take other routes. It’s a team that has been playing together for three years and in addition to the great work done by the coach there is great familiarity in managing situations.
Is Ternana comfortable facing the 4-4-2?
The last time it was Palermo. It’s difficult to stop at one number. In various settings they are good at rotating and changing developments. Very fearsome team on the counterattacks. Many times they stay up with many players.
Aggressive attitude right away?
The approach beyond the will that one has is the result of many aspects. In the first 10′ we suffered from the physicality of their center forward. After the bad start the team reacted. I also like this ability to not take the result for granted.
Play without worries?
We must remove anxiety, nervousness and the error due to frenzy. We must play focused on the present, capable of reading situations. I expect a very combative Catanzaro. They really believe in fourth place. I don’t expect to find a team that comes here just for once. We have to be good at reading the game. What did we do less well at home than away games? In the desire to get a result we have fallen apart many times while this has never happened, except in Genoa 10 minutes. Here at home we have to think like we are away.
Why is Pereiro often not served continuously by his teammates?
It’s not that in training we say “don’t give the ball to Gaston” – he laughs – I’m just saying my interpretation: the fact of having had injuries had more of an impact on this aspect than on the lack of possession. Dynamics need time and security. If I think about matches like Reggio Emilia and others. When you go and mix it up, it’s not easy to maintain certain dynamics. He needs to switch on but he did well even when he touched few balls. It’s logical that he would like more balls to play, so would we. The context was always evolving and it was not easy to give continuity to the work and certainties.
Will Breda believe more in the experience or youth of its players tomorrow?
Experience is a value but it is more important to understand how to set up a match from the beginning and how to try to make it evolve, it being understood that some are good for 90 minutes, others for certain fractions or types of matches to be played. I ask the boys to stay in the game and the second time if you score a goal, continue playing to attack.
