NICO PAZ – “Out initially? Nothing, a private choice of ours, in terms of our culture, we are a team. We are a team, the team is always stronger than something. The most important thing is that the team finds the dynamics to win matches”.
PERFORMANCE AND DIAO – “Today it wasn’t easy, Lecce plays in a certain way and today they played with 3 central defenders. We prepared the match thinking that they would play with 4 and they played with 5. The players’ interpretation was good: we found the exit on the left, that’s where we won the match. We saw Assane Diao: in 5 minutes we saw what we’ve been missing in 11 months and we hope to find him in the best shape“.
STOP – “I don’t know about Morata yet, we have to be careful with Kempf. He’s fine, but he’s had a little problem with his side for some time. Nothing serious with him, we have a great center back on the bench (Diego Carlos, ed.) and we don’t want to take risks. I haven’t seen Kempf yet, I haven’t spoken to the doctor. In any case, great game against a team that wants to play for life, but the boys were good, with the comeback which wasn’t easy. An individual mistake changes the whole match plan a bit, we had prepared the game with 4 men, then with a change by the opponents to 5 men we changed again. But I’m satisfied with the boys, mature reaction, team reaction.”
INDIVIDUALS’ TESTS – “Everyone though. The mistake that Ramon made, but he recovered very well. Alberto Moreno played an incredible game, Diao’s return was visible in 10 minutes, 11 months without him we missed him a lot, we hope to get him back in the best form. Van der Brempt in the best form, Da Cunha and Caqueret but also Perrone with a great game. Douvikas does the job he has to do, scored a great goal on the counterattack. Lots of positive things, I’m satisfied in general but let’s think about the next one and there are 72 hours to go.”
RODRIGUEZ – “Jesus Rodriguez? I’m satisfied. I can’t imagine a 22-year-old son playing in front of 40 thousand people with Betis. He’s a child, you have to leave his space, but I’m here to put his face forward for them. We brought him here because in the future he will make a huge difference, like Perrone last year. The most important thing is the value you give him, then it takes months or years perhaps. I’m here with patience and to find the right moment. The rest doesn’t interest me. I want to convince the guys, if you make a mistake you can still learn. And let’s look forward. Rodriguez is 20 years old, he still needs to give his mother a hand on the lake (smiles, ed.). He’s happy with the goal, mind you. There’s no doubt about it, Rodriguez can become crazy, I have a lot of faith in him, which we don’t see today: he’s very young, the stronger he will become, I’m convinced.”
FIGHT FOR SALVATION – “Difficult situation when you’re down there. I’ve been coaching for a while, but you have to play the way you train. Last year we heard that there were people who came here against a small team, in an old stadium, even with Napoli and without Anguissa. A year later the teams treat you differently. Nobody comes here to see what happens. It’s not easy to always talk about salvation, it’s not even fair. But Di Francesco is a great coach, when he was at Venezia he did interesting things. At Roma they played very well with him as coach. Lecce is a team that fights and is convinced of what it does.”
MORE ON MORATA – “We don’t know what happened with Morata, I didn’t even know it was an injury that wouldn’t have allowed him to return to the pitch. I thought it was just a blow to the leg. Now I have to talk to the doctors.”
WE AS CHAMPIONS? – “I have always said the same thing, there are moments and plans, we are constantly growing, but we cannot immediately become there for the money spent… It’s not just the money, a year and a half ago we were in Serie B. Last year for 6/7 months we suffered a lot, then we improved, there are ups and downs, it’s normal. We are growing anyway, what we have done cannot be underestimated. Addai injured, Sergi Roberto, Morata, Kuhn, Diao, Goldaniga, they all played very little Congratulations to those who have always been there who have played a lot, 16/17 players. We want to respect the plans by performing. It’s not just the victory, it’s the identity we want to create.”
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