LIVE TMW – Hellas Verona, Zaffaroni: “We leave San Siro with our heads held high. We need more quality”
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10.50 pm – Yet another defeat away from home for Hellas Verona Marco Zaffaroni, who comments on the knockout suffered at San Siro against Inter during the press conference. Live text by TMW extension.
23.17 – The press conference is underway.
First question: what is missing in Verona?
“Today, in my opinion, we played an excellent game, we come out of this important stadium with our heads held high, against a top-level team. I liked my team, despite the goal that came straight away we were on the pitch well and we played a match that We got ready. We were aggressive, we prevented him from playing. We missed the last phase, of finalizing, the last pass. There we have to improve in quality, in precision because in any case the rest of the performance was good and overall I’m satisfied. The boys were good, but we need to grow in quality.”
Is it a matter of individuals, to train, to fix with the transfer market?
“We have to continue as we are doing, it’s the right path”.
A comment on Sulemana?
”He entered well, like the others. There is the right spirit, which we must maintain. Trust is the basis for being able to play these games that we lack. We saw these things tonight and we have to look for this kind of quality that we lacked by working during the week”.
What are you thinking about to make a comeback?
“I think looking at the standings is something that takes away your energy and brings you nothing. Concentrating on the race and on your weekly work is the only thing to do. If you work well you can achieve results and, even if the standings aren’t look, it improves anyway. I think making tables is just a waste of mental energy, which instead we need to be able to play this part of the championship, with everyone’s desire to reach the goal”.
Sports director Sogliano said that the players who have the will to wear yellow and blue must remain.
“There’s no doubt about this, to play the last part of the championship as we want it to be, it’s logical that we need people who are 300% convinced. To play the type of championship we have to do, we need all guys who are super convinced”.
Especially in view of the next…
“It’s a match like there will be others, there are still about twenty. We can’t talk about a last resort because there are so many matches, it’s clear that there are some that play a different match due to the position in the table outlined so far. For us, every match becomes decisive, important, from now to the end it will be like this”.
What does this evening at San Siro mean to you?
“There was emotion, but if you ask me if I enjoyed it, I’ll say no. You’re caught up in the match, you just think about that and you forget about the rest. But the impact with this stadium is certainly there and you can feel it The tensions, the things that a game brings with it make you forget everything.”
Did you find the Inter you expected?
“Yes, we knew they’re a team that you have to try not to let them play. If you give them space and time, they’ll put you in difficulty. I repeat: in my opinion we played a good game, the lads were good and we prevented them from playing like they usually do. We did well from this point of view, as I said before we need to improve in the other phase, but we are convinced we can do it”.
23.25 – Zaffaroni’s press conference concluded