Joseph Cuomodefender of Vicenza, spoke at the press conference after the goalless draw with Carrarese, the first leg of the Serie C Playoffs. These are his words reported by the official website of the red and whites: “Ronaldo’s injury after five minutes? Ronaldo is a strong, fundamental player, but Fausto Rossi came in and did very well, he went into contrast. Their strength is very physical and Fausto played a great game for me, so we are certainly missing a few players to complete the squad and also have more people to replace during the match, but at the same time we must not create excuses. Let’s go and play our match, without problems, on Sunday in Carrara, we are strong and have great enthusiasm.”
Defensive solidity?
“Fantoni played a great game, a boy who was always there, he found a strong player like Golemic in front of him and therefore he didn’t have great continuity and he was ready. We all felt very good behind him, at the end match I went to ask Confente how many saves he had made and the answer was zero, so it makes it clear that in our last 20 metres, the opponents are struggling.”
Recover your energy?
“Tomorrow morning (today, editor’s note) we will go for cryotherapy at the president’s house (laughs, editor’s note). We definitely need to recover our energy, we played a great match against Avellino on Sunday, but I’m happy with this match because, even in some difficulties, the team has always been there, it’s always there, we never suffer, so this makes us understand that the team is really compact. I’m happy with this and I really want to congratulate everyone.”
Sunday?
“We will play the match of our lives, without ifs or buts we will go there and play our match. We want to reach our objective which has been this since the coach arrived, now we have him there and it’s up to us on Sunday to do what we can to achieve it. Then we all know that football is strange, but we will do everything we can, that’s for sure.”
Morale in the locker room?
“We complimented each other, the match was very masculine, it’s a final, we’re happy, that’s fine, we tried to play our match, something came to us, something a little less, let’s go on Sunday and play it head-on opened in Carrara”.
Golemic called it family?
“You’re right, what we showed in the playoffs, we built over time. I’m thinking of Avellino, I don’t know how many teams would have come out the way we did, here we put down a great team like Avellino, this makes understand that over time we have built, a family has been built, everyone gives the best of themselves, 100% on the pitch for themselves and their teammates.”
Public?
“Certainly when we play at home, hearing the public is an added bonus. Finding 11,000 people on the pitch cheering you on always makes you give that extra thing. I don’t know how many will be able to come on Sunday, but we will feel confident in them and they will give us a big hand as they have done up to now and on behalf of me and the whole team, we can only thank them because they have been close to us from the first moment.”
