Venice, Di Francesco: “We must distance ourselves from market rumors”

Venice receives on Monday at 6.30pm Verona of the former Paolo Zanetti. After the draw with Parma, coach Eusebio Di Francesco presents it like this the Penzo race in the press conference: “We are aware that the market shifts the balance, we must be good at distancing ourselves and I have had positive responses from the boys. Beyond the derby it is important in terms of results, I am confident, regardless of who will be there in The team has responded well on compactness. It is undeniable that there are rumours, the ability must be to keep them away from the rumors. From Monday we will return to talking about the rumours, you know more than me.”

Venice, Di Francesco before Verona

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“What can you expect from captain Pohjanpalo? I don’t want to go into too much about it – explains the orange-green coach -, I think everyone’s professionalism is worth it, I’ve read little or nothing, I’m not interested. The boy sent me the being focused on Verona and that’s the only thing that interests me. I know it represents Venezia, I’ve been there as a player and I know what it can mean.

Positive performance last Sunday, despite the emergency in Parma? I have to say that the conditions were even worse than before the match against Inter, but we managed to put in an important performance. We conceded a rather naive goal from a penalty. We conceded long-range shots, allowing us to dominate after conceding a goal, but Parma also had a lot of offensive players.”

Di Fra again

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“What if I recover some injured players? Let’s first talk about who has arrived – continues Di Fra – Candé can be a starter. Yesterday Schingtienne trained, we’ll recover someone from behind. Zampano then returns from suspension. For the rest we should be the same. We’re not recovering not even Sverko.

What impressions did Candé make on me and what kind of player is he? He is similar to Sverko in terms of characteristics, he can play more at 4 than at 5, he has to recognize my and the team’s requests, he is a smart boy. He can also play central 3 just like Sverko.

Duncan’s condition? He’s still not recoverable, his injury has lasted longer than it should have, we thought he’d be back this week, but unfortunately that’s not the case.

Verona? He often did well away from home, more than at home. It resembles Parma a bit in terms of some characteristics, because it is vertical and because of the choices it has before it. They are very dangerous on the restart. Tengstedt and Sarr are excellent players and have valid alternatives like Mosquera. We have to be good at falling back when they go to reconquer.

How should Candela be managed? Antonio probably won’t be among the squad, there are situations underway. We have chosen a path, we are evaluating.

What if we could play 4? There are various possibilities, but I start from the assumption that we must start from certainties.

If Zerbin can only play as a fifth or also in the two attacking midfielders behind the striker? It could, even if it prefers to start more from the outside in terms of characteristics. In recent years with Conte he has also worked as a full-back, to make it clear that he is more of a fifth. In that area I prefer to have fantasy players, he is more open field.

How is Sverko after the fever? He had a little problem with a muscle near his hip, it shouldn’t be long.”