We are all fine, the only ones missing are the suspended Altare and Ellertsson who will leave with us. They will not be joined by Primavera, who played yesterday. I really enjoyed this week. We turned disappointment into anger. I saw desire. What happened in Spezia is part of growth. After the match I told the boys that I had nothing to say because these are moments that everyone must understand. We were so good at plan B that we have to glean all the experiences we had, both in the first and second part, and make them our own for these playoffs. We need to erase what happened in the championship against us. The playoffs, even though you got ahead a lot, give you another chance. Palermo is a completely different team to the one we met last time. They are a completely different team and have a completely different vibe. We found them perhaps at a moment where they were not well, not so much physically but mentally and we were good at taking advantage of it. We know very well that it is one of the most important squads to win these playoffs. Them and the Cremonese. During the championship this was not seen however, as we saw the other evening (against Sampdoria ed.) they asserted themselves in the fields that the squad they have. But we are here, we are ready and we must be good at three things: understanding the atmosphere that will be there, keeping inside what we have collected during the championship, knowing that we are a strong team, and clarity, because the playoffs are played in two games and not in one”
These are Paolo Vanoli’s declarations on the eve of Palermo-Venice
