12.10 – Good morning, friends of TUTTOmercatoWEB! In a few minutes you will be able to attend the Empoli coach’s press conference Davide Nicola on the eve of the match against Lazio.
12.30 – The conference begins
Final Rush, what do we need now?
“We are at the final rush, it is a match that lasts 270 minutes. I believe that, as Einstein said, there are two ways to see life and the match: the first is to think that nothing is a miracle, the second is that everything is a miracle. We belong to the second, I want this and I want it every day we must translate, we face a qualitative and strong team.”
How much will the team have to “pedal” against Lazio?
“The boys are sacrificing a lot, but I asked them to do even more. We have to add up all the individual events, the team can benefit from them and find further resources. From a practical point of view against Lazio we want to create our game, they will force us to fight for every single ball, in my opinion we should be free from a mental point of view to produce our type of game. At this moment we have to believe in it, we have already demonstrated it and we have to divide the match every quarter of an hour something will happen and we must remain focused and attentive”
What impression did the cheering school you attended this week make on you?
“I challenge anyone not to be struck by so many children filling a structure. This is also a responsibility, because they look at you with great disenchantment. The project itself impressed me a lot, it is a great value that is worth fighting for”
Beyond the numbers, in terms of sensation, have you seen this team grow?
“From the point of view of growth it must be related to two parameters: the mentality and the way we used to express ourselves. There have been matches in which we combined quality in the possession and non-possession phases, when the matches begin to weigh because there is no there are more, try to filter these things I just described”
What do you expect to see tomorrow?
“We continued to work on ourselves, in relation to the opponent. We worked on how we played, on how we can not lose clarity and organisation. We are continuing this project, but the difference lies in the micro-improvement”.
