Genoa coach Patrick Vieira spoke at a press conference ahead of the championship match against Lecce
The 2025 of Genoa starts from Via del Mare Lecce. The Grifone will face the Salento team on Sunday 5 January (kick-off at 3pm) for the nineteenth matchday Serie A. In view of the match, the Genoa coach spoke at a press conference from the “Signorini” sports center in Pegli, Patrick Vieira.
Here are his words: “In Empoli we played a good team match, where we had difficult moments but we overcame them with unity, quality and the right mentality. In Lecce there will be another difficult match to manage. They are a proud team after losing the last match. It’s difficult to play against them at home. Physically they are strong and have individual qualities, especially up front. Once again we will have to play as a team, showing that we can all work on the pitch difficult, but we are ready. These matches are important.”
Towards Lecce-Genoa, Vieira’s words at the press conference
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Vieira analyzes the aspects on which his Genoa can improve: “We haven’t done anything important yet, the team must continue to grow. There are still many things we want to improve. The positive thing is that we are growing as a team. We can and must improve in ball possession and distribution. In general we lose too much of the ball and we can play even better defensively, but we haven’t done anything yet.”
On the unavailable: “There is no big news, Ekuban and Norton-Cuffy will be unavailable for this match. Balotelli is back and has trained all week with the team, he will be part of the group. Mario has always been positive towards the club and the team and it is important to understand that the fundamental and important thing is not the individual, but the team.
Our goal is to remain in Serie A and if we all understand that the Genoa club deserves to be in Serie A, if we understand that ‘we’ is more important than the individual, we will have better luck in remaining in Serie A. This goes for Mario, for me, for all the players. The market? It’s very difficult in this period, but I’m happy with the group I have at my disposal. Let’s see what will happen.
Ankeye? He will leave for Lecce. I understand that it is a particular period where there will be many names on players arriving and leaving. We must be good at managing this situation calmly and with trust in the club, in the director and in the president. My focus at the moment is on the team and not on the individuals who leave or arrive.”
Growth
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Vieira concludes: “The important thing is the team. I believe that if we play better and use the ball even better we can create more opportunities to score more goals. I’m happy with the team we have and my concentration is on what I have at my disposal now In the transfer market you never know what can happen. I like to manage the players I have available, the club manages the rest.”
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