The Danish is at the top in Europe among the specialists on the subject: “I exalted me like this, the challenge is to steal the ball without making a foul. When you have many companions who come from your own culture is easier, but here everyone has excellent relationships. Masini and I for example …”
Here you need a step back, because Calamita Frendrup, aka Mr. Tackle, was born from afar. Morten was about fifteen years old when in his Brondby, his football cradle in Denmark, a German technician arrived, Alexander Zorniger, today at the helm of the Odense, who soon had the merit of guessing the potential of the Genoa player making him make his debut almost immediately in the first team. A convinced assertor of the very high pressing, which for Frendrup became a sort of rule of life. Always attack, even without the ball. From here to Morten today, the passage was short: in this start of the season it is once again the player of the main European championships with the greatest number of tackle won (with Masini on the wheel: something will mean).
She, who grew up in the myth of Gerrard, today is the ideal model of the player Box to Box, after having confirmed herself year after as an extraordinary Rubapalloni. The dowry is innate or must be cultivated.
“For me it is something I feel inside. As early as I child I understood that I can do this type of game well, but I think it is difficult to establish today because I have maintained this attitude since the Danish. The advantage compared to other specialists for example in placed kicks, is that in my case any training allows me to perfect the tackle, trying to do it in the cleaner and correct way possible, without committing a foul”.
She is also the exception to the rule of a kick that has no more flags. In three and a half years he became the most present player of the squad (129 games), at just 24 years old. Would he expect to become a symbol of the Griffin, when he arrived here in 2022 not yet affirmed?
“My football is built first of all on three basic concepts: being able to play, feel good and be happy. Nothing. This is why today I can confirm that I am very satisfied with my experience at Genoa. I lead? I tell you this: there are many in the team, and in any case you are not necessarily a leader because you have played so many games”.
It was one of the Genoa men’s men until the closing of the transfers. Have you weighed them to train with the thought that could be sold?
“I have not been conditioned, I got the habit that similar situations can be created in market periods. I have always remained concentrated and focused on Genoa”.
The Scandinavian Genoa now is worth almost a quarter of the squad: this year you are six. Three Danes (she, Gronbaek and Otoa), two Norwegians (Ostigard and Thorsby), an Icelandic (Elletsson). Are you very close?
“It is certainly everything easier when you have companions who come from your own part of the world in groups, with your same culture. In this way a more immediate personal connection is created, but here it must be said that the relationship is excellent with everyone, and not from today”.
Thorsby, one who has taken root in Liguria, says that here it is always summer … (laugh, ed)
“Well, I wouldn’t go so much, but it is true that you live very well here”.
The current rose is, in the opinion of the club, stronger than last year, but as Vieira says “it has been rejuvenated and is needed patience”. The beginning was complicated: what idea did it be?
“It is always difficult to make forecasts of this type, on the enhanced value of the team. Certainly this is potentially an excellent squad and we work to get the best of ourselves. From what I have seen so far, I do not exclude that important results can be achieved”.
Always Vieira: “Saving herself will be more complicated than the past championship”. The competition is strong: we think of the growth of Como, your next opponent, or the two initial victories obtained by the Cremonese.
“The general level has climbed, but the key word is to fight, attack every space we have, going to fight with everyone”.
Is finding the national team permanently among its goals, even in the world view?
“It would be nice if they called me, but the priority is Genoa: if it ever happened, it would be just a consequence of what I did here “.
Does your strength reveal to us?
“I use this simple word that says everything:” Togetherness “. You, in Italy, you would say solidarity, brotherhood, unity. It is our key value”.
The club aims to improve the thirteenth place of a year ago. Can you do it?
“Just that he wants to try. We have very high ambitions and this is everyone’s goal, even if it must then be contextualized in reality”.
How much did Vieira grow it?
“Having a coach who played at very high levels in your own role is a great fortune. Vieira is precious, he is helping me a lot to improve with the ball between my feet … with his voice he pushes me strong from afar during training”.
In 4-2-3-1 rossoblù, she and Masini seem to have a perfect understanding to guard the defense.
“True. We understand each other wonderfully, there is harmony even off the pitch and this helps. By now many words are needed, we understand each other in a moment, also because both on the field we have innate the same mission: to help the companions. Better than that …”
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