Once the First Playoff Round of the Group Phase has been played, and while waiting for the six exciting matches of the second round (which will be played on the evening of Saturday 11 May), a new appointment returns with Aperi Cthe program that talks about Serie C NOW on the Lega Pro Youtube channel. Guest of today’s episode, Avellino defender Thiago Cionekwho with his team placed second in the standings of Group C of the third series, won by Juve Stabia.
The first topic covered could only be the form of the green and whites in view of the playoffs: “I try to always be positive. We will try not to find excuses, to recover our physical and mental strength and to give our best in these 20 days. We will do everything to get to 100%. We have a great technical staff, an important albeit young coach and extraordinary fans. There are all the conditions to do well”, the footballer’s words.
The defender, who also had a past in Serie A with Palermo and SPAL, has been in Italy for over ten years and expressed himself as follows on his connection with the country: “I’ve been here for twelve seasons now, I consider myself really lucky.” to be in a beautiful country like Italy, where football is experienced in an incredible way. I played in Serie A, B and C and improved a lot. I learned a lot as a central defender, especially in the tactical part, and even today at 38 I still don’t stop doing it.”
Cionek also had the privilege of playing very important competitions, including the 2018 World Championship in Russia and the 2016 European Championship in France, with the Poland shirt, and emotionally recounted his experiences with the national selection: “I played with Lewandowski: it was a privilege. Then in the national team, between 2014 and 2019, there were many players who play in Serie A such as Zielinski and Szczęsny. It was a winning group, which reached very high levels. It was an honor to be part of it.”
