In football, many are said, but not all are confirmed…
The famous last words, the “unhappy” declarations on the eve of the Serie A matches…
WE HAVE A GOOD MATCH
Allegri before the match between Roma and Juventus: “Roma are having an excellent championship and are fighting for a place in the Champions League. At home they come from four wins without conceding a goal. A good match awaits us in a full stadium. You have to be good to play a good game.” Good game yes, but the result says 1-0 Roma, whipped by Mancini…
TONIGHT DE KETELAERE SCORE
The occasion was tempting. The absence of Brahim Diaz has opened the doors of ownership for Charles De Ketelaere at the Franchi against Fiorentina. The AC Milan Belgian prince hadn’t started from the 1st minute in five matches between the league and the Champions League. Last appearance as a starter in Serie A in the home knockout against Sassuolo 2-5 on 29 January.
CDK in the pre-match: “I’ve been through difficult moments, but I’ve felt good in this last month. I’ve changed several things to feel better, I feel the trust around me. I’m ready to help Milan in the best possible way”. Here, Fiorentina won 2-1. At times a positive match for the Belgian with a couple of interesting plays. Growing, but still not as decisive and incisive as the Rossoneri world would like. Ah, before the match, so Leao on his Instagram profile: “Tonight De Ketelaere will score”. It didn’t quite go like that…
On the eve of the match against Lazio, the manager of Napoli leaders, Luciano Spalletti, did not shy away from remembering the ride of that Napoli of Sarri, who arrived one step away from the Scudetto, lost in the hotel after an Inter-Juve (with Spalletti Nerazzurri coach): “Sarri has ideas similar to mine, like that of commanding the game. He was a bit of a football masaniello, he became the leader of a revolt in the way of seeing football. Me at home I always chose to see Sarri’s Napoli and applauded him standing up. When I was able I went to watch the matches and on the fields of Castel Volturno there are still the passing lines of his football.” Here, Spalletti had to applaud Maradona also for Lazio… of Sarri (0-1 Vecino, at Inter with Spalletti in that 2-3 suffered by Juventus). It all comes back…
WE HOPE THEY DON’T SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS WITH US…
Gasperini on the eve of Atalanta-Udinese: “It’s a team we know well, they’ve had an amazing start to the season. They’ve had problems that they’ve been having for a long time, let’s hope they don’t solve all of them tomorrow. It’s a match that can give us momentum” . Sottil’s Udinese does not share this opinion, the Goddess’s attacks crash on the Friulian wall. Silvestri a monument, saves everything. It’s 0-0 at the Gewiss Stadium…
THE TEAM PREPARED WELL
On the eve of Inter-Lecce, Baroni charged his team: “The team is doing well and has prepared itself for a difficult match. There is a great desire to do well against a very strong team, not only in Italy”. For heaven’s sake, Lecce has impressed this season with several exploits and a reassuring standings. But at San Siro the people of Salento never shoot…
Very confident Alessandro Zanoli, defender of Sampdoria, in the pre-match against Salernitana: “We have prepared the match in the best possible way this week. An essential match for us, we have many direct clashes at home. Today we absolutely have to win”. Yes, it was very important to win for the blucerchiati: 0-0.
The two new faces of Hellas Verona, Cyril Ngonge and Ondrej Duda, immediately fitted right into the Scala’s game mechanics. Before the match against Spezia, Zaffaroni charged them as follows: “The new players played right away, especially Duda and Ngonge. After the initial exploit, there is an adjustment phase, but both are performing well. They can certainly grow a lot, from a physical and knowledge point of view”. Said and done, both injured and forced to raise the white flag during the match at the Peak…
March 6, 2023 (change March 6, 2023 | 09:56)
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