Genoa – Concentrated, serene, determined. Aware of having taken care, once again, of every detail to prepare the challenge with Spezia, which can become a watershed for his Sampdoria. And for his future: «The value of the race – explains Roberto D’Aversa – we all know, we have no room for error. But the points at stake are always 3 and we must not overload it with responsibility. Because too much nervousness can lead to loss of precision and clarity. A victory would most likely mean returning to mid-table, a position that belongs to us. It is clear that in this moment we face it as a battle for salvation ». The coach mentions balance: «Never lose it, not even in judgments. This is the same Sampdoria that drew with Inter and lost by measure to Milan and Juve ».
These days the climate has certainly been better in the Spezia home than in the Sampdoria. One more obstacle for the coach and the Dorian team. As had already happened in the days preceding the away match in Cagliari, suddenly charged with tension after Ferrero’s Milanese call of D’Aversa: «More than the defeat of Cagliari this environmental situation it created a draw with Udinese. But it is useless to go back. The team must think exclusively about La Spezia, without loading the race, I repeat, with excessive responsibility, because everyone is responsible for his or her own for what belongs to him. And without thinking about the rumors involving the coach. It bothers me not to be on the bench for the suspension, not to be on the sidelines alongside my boys in a match like this. The expulsion was excessive.
But I am calm and confident, towards the team and my staff. And then there will be the president and the club at the stadium ». Speaking of president, Ferrero also went up to Mugnaini yesterday and attended training from the sideline: «Usually I listen to the president’s words and take ideas. He’s right about me being angry. Due to the fact that in the first eight games of the league the episodes, apart from Empoli, have always been against us. I am angry because in Cagliari there was the 2-2 penalty and only my voice was heard to protest to the referee. I don’t think that the character of a team is judged by the intensity of the protests. However, we must be respectful of the regulations, but do not pass for stupid. We must make sure that we bring the episodes to our side as well ». A passage on the many goals collected recently: «In Cagliari we played with an extra midfielder but it didn’t help. The number of goals scored is determined by the attention, by the errors, by different situations, even independent of the game system. With the great teams, for example, we defended ourselves well ».
They were days of confrontations, even rough ones, between the ds and the team, the coach and the team, the president and the technician. But on Tuesday evening there was also a moment of unity and unity, a group dinner in a Chiavari restaurant (offered by Colley): «The idea came from the boys at a time when there is an air that is a little too“ beyond ”. They wanted to demonstrate compactness. I like it, it’s positive. I’m also waiting on the pitch with the Spezia. If we think about the first 8 races, I think we are missing a couple of points … Besides, I can’t blame the boys for anything. From the point of view of daily work I consider myself lucky to coach this group ».
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