The words of the Nerazzurri coach after the success in the late match against Genoa: “The objective was to get back to the left side of the table”
Raffaele Palladino he’s having a last minute party with hers Atalantaprivateer on the Genoa pitch: “Difficult match for us, I want to congratulate Genoa who gave everything in the numerical inferiority: I saw them not giving up an inch, they got to all the individual duels. We were slow in the maneuver, in the turnover. We had to open up the fifths to find space in their shirts. In the second half I asked to move the ball faster and we fixed something with the attacking midfielders, but even if it was a dirty match it gives us the enthusiasm we needed. There are no easy matches in Serie A, but we are continuing to climb the rankings.”
On Hien’s goal celebration: “It’s not like me to run like that, it’s the first time it’s happened to me. But today I let myself go a bit, I started running together with the boys who had all left. Genoa had more than one chance to score goals for us at the start of the second half, even from set pieces: but I like to win even in a painful way, it tempers our character and makes us understand that we have room for growth. In Serie A it’s full of dirty games: a success like this gives us value and can do us good. Now we’ll face the direct clashes in a different way compared to a month ago”.
Regarding the calendar that is starting to get tough: “The objective was to score as many points as possible before the Inter-Roma-Bologna triptych, but we will analyze them match by match. Now we first of all had to land on the left side of the table, the team had set itself this objective. From here on we’ll play it with everyone. We lost some players due to injuries and the Africa Cup of Nations, but I need everyone: let’s try to recover as many people as possible, I need everyone.”