Monza, Bocchetti: “Great spirit and determination, I felt that victory was close”

The Monza coach, Salvatore Bocchetti, spoke after the championship match won at home against Fiorentina on the twentieth matchday of Serie A

The Monza achieves the second victory in the championship by beating the Florentine 2-1 in the match valid for the twentieth matchday of Serie A. At the U-Power Stadium the Brianza team is dragged by flashes of Patrick Ciurria at 44′ and of Daniel Maldini at 63′. For Fiorentina he shortened the distance Lucas Beltran from a penalty in the 74th minute.

The red and whites thus interrupt their negative streak of five consecutive defeats. Three points which allow Monza, still last in the standings with 13 points, to get closer to the safety quota, now six points away (Hellas Verona fourth from last with 19 points). It therefore falls Raffaele Palladino leading Fiorentina against its recent past. This is the fourth defeat for the Viola in their last five Serie A matches.

Monza-Fiorentina 2-1, Bocchetti’s words after the match

First success for Salvatore Bocchetti in 9 matches as a coach in Serie A. The current Monza coach, evidently satisfied with the result obtained against Fiorentina, spoke like this after the match: “I saw a team that brought malice, hunger, determination, competitive spirit I felt that the victory was close, these guys deserve it for how they worked in training and for how they suffered. We are happy to have given the fans that victory that was missing for a while boys suffered between injuries and negative events. Obviously we haven’t done anything yet, but now our championship begins. We will continue to suffer race after race, let’s put this aside spirit, a lot can be done.”

I glimpse the spirit and courage that I want from the boys and that is needed by the teams that need to save themselves. Maldini? Daniel is phenomenal, he can give us a huge hand. He’s working well, for me he’s a fantastic player. You have to give everything, I asked all the boys. When they are called upon, I want them to give everything. It’s true that sometimes it’s difficult to get into games in progress, particularly in the case of a team that has to fight until the end. We must all give everything even for a few minutes, this team must have this prerogative. The market? After this evening (Pablo Mari out at half-time, ed.) I need a defender. We see. Did I talk to Palladino and Galliani? Raffaele was great, even after the defeat he complimented me.”

On the formation and the penalty awarded to Fiorentina: “This was the right formation to face them. I’m not a fundamentalist, I always study the teams we face to find ways to put them in difficulty. But beyond the formations, it’s the spirit that counts. The penalty? I’m one who doesn’t tend to talk about refereeing incidents, but the penalty for Fiorentina was a bit generous. In any case, we also play against these things, my boys were good at staying together and suffering together it is seen the true strength of Monza, which can count on men of the highest level.”



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