Venice, Zanetti: “I’m worried about the negativity of the environment”

Venezia will play tomorrow at 20.45 on the Turin field of Ivan Juric, fresh from the ko with Udinese. After the defeat against Napoli, coach Paolo Zanetti presented the Olimpico Grande Torino match in this way at a press conference: “A good week, we have recovered all those who were unavailable for Covid. We managed to do a full week of training so we can get back to a typical eleven. We faced the week thinking about the fact that the difficult cycle must be over for us, we know how tough the December-January period was especially from the point of view of the calendar, it put a strain on our psychological strength. We have to find ourselves, find enthusiasm, we have to do everything to reverse this situation. There are still 45 points up for grabs, we have a ranking position that is not yet compromised, history is still to be written. It was probably the most difficult period since I have been here, we must now assert all our qualities. On the pitch we will have to prove that we deserve this category. We are in a difficult moment, the results are not coming and we don’t shoot much on goal. We serve our forwards badly and this can be seen in different situations. We can’t shoot on goal once in the whole game, otherwise the best we can get is a draw. We saw at San Siro what Henry did on a cross from Ampadu. It means that we have the numbers to do badly, but we are the worst offense in the league and that’s where we got into trouble, because defensively we would be safe. I’m worried about the lack of trust that can build up in the team, I’m worried about the negativity of the environment. Let us always remember that at the beginning of the year they gave us up for dead and instead we are fully in the running for salvation. I will be the last to abandon ship and I will fight to the end to finish fourth because this is our goal “.

“Mateju? He has always trained – explains the arancioneroverde coach -, he played the entire first round and trained in the Czech Republic during the break, so he is ready. Today he swabs, if he’s negative he comes away with us. And I also give him a little thought that he can play, given that we are in an emergency on that band. Otherwise a solution can be Ampadu, which is the best we have in this sense. On the full-back we know how the transfer market went and we inevitably got the expulsion where we were discovered. Modolo will play in the starting position, I can say that. I see Busio in recovery, he had health problems let’s say, but now the player of the first round is returning and I take him into consideration. Let us remember that it is a 2002, it must not be him under pressure, but those around him. He gave us a lot, then he had a slight drop, now I see him free of head again. We will miss the two suspended players, Kiyine, Sigurdsson and Vacca. The bull? At home he scored a lot of points, he is a strong team, he presses you very high, he attacks you and does not let you leave your area, almost all the teams that went there have gone into difficulty. It will take a great performance to score points. Having said that, however, it is a bit useless to think about their strength, it will certainly be a difficult away match and we will have to give everything to be able to snatch a positive result. Serie A is this one. I was aware of it when I stayed, I knew a similar moment would come but I also know that we are in full swing to play history. A title for tomorrow’s match? A new beginning”.