The words of the Biancoceleste coach who spoke at the final whistle of today’s match directly from the press room of the New Balance Arena
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One point each between Atalanta And Lazio at the end of the match at New Balance Arena. The Biancoceleste coach at the press conference Maurizio Sarri he commented on what he saw on the pitch.
It seemed like a very difficult match, but the team was thrilled. This match shows that the team believes in it, even in the words said by her on the eve.
“The players give the sensation of becoming a real group in which the collective objective goes above the individual ones. But it’s not just running and self-sacrifice: the first half was of an excellent level, while the second clearly saw the opponent’s pace increase. But out of the fifteen players on the pitch tonight, five or six had their first training session yesterday morning, it was normal that something could be paid in the long run. But in that part of the match the team was good at suffering and fighting together, with great defensive availability. A coach leaves a similar match happy. We have been in this disastrous condition for three weeks and tonight too we lost the player who was best at the moment and the most dangerous for this opponent. But Isaksen is starting to grow and had a good game too. In a potentially dramatic moment, three results arrived, it wasn’t easy. And today even stronger teams have shown that without players it is difficult”.
Gila and Romagnoli are out of contract. Will he veto something?
“I came to Lazio and they told me that I would decide the transfer market in June, but it was closed. Now they’re telling me that I’ll decide who leaves, but that will probably be closed too and they’re taking the piss out of me (laughs, ed). Let’s see, when there is certainty about the future in the next meetings we will lay the foundations. There are players who are fundamental for us, but we must also thank other players. At the moment I would say that Basic is untransferable: out of the squad for a year, he is ready and emotionally involved. High moral values, then with me in the year of second place he made over thirty appearances. His personality has improved, he is confident and aware of his abilities. I am happy with many players, some have greater potential than that expressed. We’ll try to get it out of him”.
How much time is left to bring the intensity minutes to ninety?
“What is missing is having a period of collective health, being able to train them continuously. Isaksen had played two stints in the national team and already with these he had values that kept us very cautious during the week. It means that the illness he had had an impact, they are values that he never had even after the ninety minutes. There are many guys who have returned these days, when you lose continuity in training your condition suffers. Those who had continuity reached the ninetieth mark, Basic himself was almost angry because he said he felt he could continue, despite the cramps in his calf. We had to remove it. Zaccagni had his first training session yesterday, Vecino two days, Marusic only one at full strength. There are a lot of situations like this”.
“I don’t know, it’s too early. First evaluation tomorrow, the instrumental one on Tuesday. The hope is that it is a tendon thing and not a muscle thing”.
Have you set yourself a goal in your heart?
“I’ve been saying this for three months, maybe you’re not listening to me: you’re like the president (laughs, ed). We have to create the foundations for a competitive team, if we have had a stagnant market and the others have risen in value significantly, giving a material objective means taking the piss out of fans and players. Players don’t even take you into consideration when you don’t set an achievable goal. We need to lay the foundations to create a competitive team for next year”.
What market do you expect in January?
“I don’t know, they tell me he could even be completely free. This depends on the president, he should be asked”.
Fabiani said he will make a transfer if necessary. Does the coach think it necessary to change this team?
“I would be the happiest coach in the world if on January 1st my players had grown so much that I had to reply to the president that he didn’t want anyone”.
How did Provedel regenerate?
“He can answer, he’s here. I just let him play, I have great faith in him and I put him in. If he takes this choice as extreme trust and then it makes more I don’t know, but the merits are all his. Tonight he saved our lives in our time of need. If he is happy to regenerate, I am happy with his performance”.
What do you think of Tavares’ match?
“He played sixty minutes at a good level, then we suffered and the match was less suited to his characteristics. Sixty minutes give us confidence, because we know he still has margin. Not only temporally, but also in terms of performance. If it’s a start it gives us a lot of confidence”.
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