Siena met this afternoon in Castellina Scalo where the finishing process took place on the eve of the midweek round against Montevarchi (tomorrow, Mannucci stadium in Pontedera, kick-off at 17.30).
The training session began with a one-touch bull with two players in the middle. Then the team was divided into two groups for an athletic course consisting of high and low obstacles. After the athletic part, Gilardino led that tactic.
Out defender Alessandro Favalli who was subjected to magnetic resonance imaging in the morning after the muscle problem he accused on Saturday during the match against Reggiana. The player will have to undergo new diagnostic tests in 15 days. Present as always outside the field the sports director Giorgio Perinetti and the collaborator Pierfrancesco Strano.
In the press room, Mr. Alberto Gilardino presented the match. “We had two days to prepare for this match against Montevarchi. Playing immediately is positive – explains the coach – especially after a defeat because there is a desire to restart. Personally I want to see an important reaction from the boys, a mental reaction, of impetus, of determination to go to a tough match on second balls and duels. I am sure we will be ready to do all of this. Training? I will still do some evaluations, but I have seen and understood that on the part of the team there is the knowledge of being inside a project. We have been working together for only a month and on my part there is the will to make everyone participate. On the form it is not a question of numbers, but of research on the pitch and playing space ”concludes Gilardino.
After finishing, the Siena coach has called up 23 players.
Goalkeepers
Ivan Lanni, Federico Mataloni. Matteo Morocco.
Defenders
Leonardo Terigi, Luca Milesi, Matteo Darini, Ricardo Farcas, Niccolò Marcellusi, Christian Mora, Claudio Terzi, Lorenzo Zaccone.
Midfielders
Alberto Acquadro, Tommaso Bianchi, Cristiano Bani, Cassio Cardoselli, Francesco Disanto, Tofol Montiel, Salvatore Pezzella.
Forwards
Ottar Magnus Karlsson, Ignacio Lores Varela, Stefano Guberti, Alberto Paloschi, Giordano Conti.