Guest of the show ‘Big Chance’ edited by Chancebet Newsthe former Catania player Giuseppe Mascara, returned to talk about the situation at the rossozzurri house:
“Zeoli’s team had much more fuel in the first half than Atalanta, arriving first on all balls, short between the departmentsimmediately building opportunities in the opening stages with Di Carmine who found himself face to face with the goalkeeper. Match prepared down to the smallest detail by Catania. The technical staff knew where to hurt the Nerazzurri but in my opinion they didn’t expect this Atalanta to be a little timid compared to the previous matches played. This Catania has always commanded respect when there was something to achieve. Now we must not underestimate the return match”.
“It’s important to think about it, moving forward one step at a time. The Catania squad is well assorted. This year Catania has often changed formation, never finding balance between the departments. Now for a few games, however, the team has found its structure, its mentality, I have seen the teammates going to help each other. You understand that something profound, valid is being born. In my opinion in this sense it was crucial to open training sessions to the fans. The boys trained well, the coach conveyed to them the values of the city, of the fans, the importance of what needs to be done on the pitch and now Catania can play very well.”
“In my opinion, Zeoli will start on Saturday fielding the standard formation, then during the course of the work if he deems it appropriate to change the players within a ban, he will do so. It won’t be easy because Atalanta have a good dribble, they know how to play football, but Catania are superior. Tello himself proved to be an important element with the play that led to Bouah’s goal. The players must be used in their roles, without inventing anything. That’s what Zeoli is doing. The key was not to upset anything and Zeoli is mentalizing the players. Chirico? In my opinion he cannot play in the 3-5-2. With this system you always have to go in depth. Chiricò has other characteristics, he doesn’t play with his back to goal. You should change the module if necessary.”
“If Catania hadn’t had the group they would have been relegated. There were definitely some problems. Let’s not forget that the season started with a different coach and another team. Then we started again with a change in technical leadership, therefore a new working method, other concepts, subsequently a renewed team and change of modules, players with different characteristics. Inevitably it creates some bad mood that leads you to train badly. The team thrives on training. And you need to train well if you want to raise the level of performance and behavior”.
“Possible hiring of Palmieri as new Sports Director? Catania is a healthy, serious club that has put its best foot forward from day one. Catania is Catania. Only a madman could refuse Catania with 20 thousand people every Sunday and what it brings you in terms of visibility. The strength of a company is understanding its mistakes, they were certainly not committed in bad faith. I think Grella has already worked on the Sports Director under the table. Grella is a football man, he will also have an idea of the category. Group C is the most difficult in the third series. At that point it would perhaps be better to focus on those who have a more in-depth knowledge of this group, if Catania remained in Serie C of course”.
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