Ascoli, Sottil: “We want the playoffs and we don’t hide. Pisa? Strong but we’re fine”
Guest of Sky Sports the Ascoli technician Andrea Sottil he made some statements after the success at SPAL and in view of the big match against Pisa: “Playoff goal? We don’t want to hide. We are there and we are convinced that we can stay there until the end, playing with the possibility of dreaming and confronting ourselves for a place in the sun.
The Pisa? It is a race that prepares itself. We are in a great moment, we come from excellent results and excellent performances. The team is fine physically as well as mentally. We come from a great performance in Ferrara and we know very well that Pisa is a strong team. We, however, play at home and are determined to confront each other openly. The difficulties are high, but we will be ready.
An assessment of my adventure in Ascoli? I am satisfied and determined to do even better. I arrived last year because he had strongly believed in the team because of a good potential that we were then good at, together with the management, to believe in it. Doing something incredible given the departure. This year we have restarted from a good base, with Valentini we have built a level team. I have to thank the patron Pulcinelli for the esteem he gave me, even in difficult moments. He gives us serenity and confidence. With Valentini we then corrected the team, with his knowledge and my indications, by inserting specific elements. Since then we have turned and now we are happy to have turned.
Ascoli with 17 different scorers? Attacking is collective work. I like to bring so many men forward, empowering the boys. Whether they are defenders or midfielders. Buchel is the prime example of a play that always shortens forward. His goal yesterday is very rare, for the power and accuracy.
How would I deploy my son Riccardo (Fiorentina winger, ed)? He is a pure outsider, with great acceleration. To play with me I would deploy him as an attacking midfielder or second striker.