The goalkeeper of Beneventofresh from the retirement of Mancini Park Hotel of Rome and since the resumption of training in view of the play-off debut scheduled for next Tuesday (14 May), he was a guest on the broadcast OttoGol aired on OttoChannel.
These, then, are the words of Alberto Paleari:
ON WAITING FOR THE PLAY-OFF: “It’s not easy, we also thought about it with the team. We will only find out the opponent on Sunday, after the draw. We trained in Rome to feel good physically, now we are preparing things in various situations. Personally, something like this has never happened: in Serie B we knew who we were going to meet. With Mister Chiavelli we goalkeepers study the attackers, now we still don’t know. Even organizing the trip to Cilento won’t be easy. We will work on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday morning and then play the game to the best of our ability“.
ON MISTER AUTERI: “He is very attentive, he can understand certain situations that we on the pitch don’t give too much weight to. This year we made some mistakes especially on dead ball, we have to limit these mistakes to win the play-offs and we have a week to do it. If this week we manage to consolidate some valid concepts then we will certainly carry them forward, it is difficult to prepare something between one match and another given that they will all be close together“.
ON THE CONDITION WITH A VIEW TO THE PLAY-OFFS: “Ciciretti did all the training today, even if not with the team. Capellini missed training today, but starting tomorrow…All the others are present, it was a tiring retreat in Rome. At 9.30pm everyone was already in the room resting, while we doormen did a different job. We trust that the Prof. has done the best possible preparation, he knows them. I am very confident, we all have enthusiasm and desire to try again starting on Tuesday. Watching the others playing in the play-offs makes you realize that you finished third, but personally I want to play and take to the field, perhaps even to face the teams in the other groups. Maybe in the single match if a team takes the lead immediately then it ends and it can be more complicated, but with the first leg and the second leg the values emerge in the end“.
ON THE POSSIBLE OPPONENTS IN THE AEB GROUP: “Padova managed to move forward both in the Italian Cup, where they lost in the final to Catania, and in the championship, where for a long time they were close to Mantova who then won. I know some players there, Donnarumma is in goal. Carrarese has Panico in attack, who I have known since Cittadella and who also scored here. When you find yourself in the play-offs, especially since we enter, they are very prepared. Vicenza has also done very well since they changed coach“.
ON THE FAVORITE FOR THE PLAY-OFFS: “Benevento. I know the guys and we can have our say. We had some difficulty scoring more goals than our opponent, Lanini for a period seemed like the man of providence scoring several goals and is still our top scorer with 7 goals. As a team, perhaps we may lack the 15-goal striker such as Ferrari from Vicenza, Fischnaller from Torres or Curcio, but as a team… There is no need to win the matches by a landslide, there have also been doubtful episodes but now the VAR will be there to eliminate them all . We all want to demonstrate and try to take this step further. For us it could be eight matches, which could then change the careers of both the younger ones and ours: a promotion would help the environment, the presidency, the club but also the kids who have made their debut and can have a future and continuity in this society. We are loaded“.
ON THE PRESSURES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SQUARE: “There is a little bit of pressure, even many players who remained this year made important categories. Meccariello played in Serie A in Lecce, he only played one match with us but if we are in such an emergency he will have to prove his worth: Pastina has had meniscus surgery, Terranova is injured. Now there are Capellini, him and Berra. We have players who have seen important fields, it’s okay for the public to expect something more. Nobody likes to lose, we also want to win and stay on top. We have gotten over the fact that Juve Stabia won deservedly, now after Catania and with the withdrawal in Rome we have turned the page. The square must help us, if we were able to create this amalgam as happened in 2016-17, this enthusiasm that infects more and more people, it would be wonderful“.
ON THE OTHER CAMPANIAN FORMATIONS: “We have analyzed them, Avellino actually presses hard and creates several scoring opportunities. Patierno scored 20 goals, many penalties but he always scored 20 goals. I didn’t play the return match against Casertana, but the first leg did and they came from several recoveries: Proietti and Curcio are definitely there. That’s not to say that he can’t win a bell this year, let’s hope… especially for us“.
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