On the eve of Venezia-Cremonese, a match valid for the second leg of the Serie B playoffs, the Grigiorossi coach Giovanni Stroppa spoke at the press conference. Here is an excerpt of his statements, reported on the club’s official website.
“I have been here for 7 months and I took the team from 11th in the standings, then we earned this opportunity at the end of an extraordinary journey. We are playing for a beautiful final and we have nothing to lose, Venezia on the other hand comes from a course of about two years, it has 7-8 players who made the Serie A and the playoffs last year. Maybe they will have the pressure, I honestly focus on mine. We saw what happened last year between Cagliari and Bari, we’ll see what happens tomorrow. I think the game will be open until the final whistle.” Beyond everything, for Stroppa these “are matches that happen very few times and that everyone would like to play, facing them is wonderful. We must have light-heartedness, attention and concentration in wanting to do it in the best way. We are living in a beautiful situation and we really must live it in this sense. It’s not a question of light-heartedness, on the contrary: the matches against Catanzaro and the first leg show that we are focused, determined and aggressive at the right level, we are at an extraordinary level. We must continue with this feeling, knowing that we have the possibility doing our job in a beautiful environment and I hope it can happen to me and everyone again. Even on Thursday I felt the participation of all of Cremona. Clearly a result can change our lives, we have always worked for this. But we must remain calm.”
