Angelo Gregucci
“Congratulations must be given to the boys. On a slippery surface they clung to the game. Compliments must be given to a staff who works every day to bring the ship to port, I can assure you that it is complicated. Decent first half, we tried to keep the game under control with a low danger index. We struggled to gain ground, then something was missing, a bit of clarity. With a bit of luck, we are bringing home some cleah sheets, we were holding on to the bone with the teeth. It was in the air that a match like this could be decided by one episode. But in my opinion it’s not enough.” As Angelo Gregucci – Sampdoria coach together with Salvatore Foti – after the victory over Spezia.
“Theologically the God of football rewarded us today, in other situations he doesn’t do it. There are difficulties. I don’t let myself be influenced by the result. I make an analysis as logical as possible. You call all the matches important, I call them decisive” says Gregucci again.
The analysis of the match
Palma’s performance on his debut, a positive performance before his expulsion at the end. “I’ve seen one of the mistakes, that if you make it at the Olimpico, at San Siro then you pay. Great performance, great prowess. I did that job. The striker immediately measures whether you’re cool or not. But he makes a big mistake. He’ll pay for that in grown-up football. He’s 17 years old. And we have a 19-year-old boy in goal. I don’t care how old the youngsters are, if they’re strong they play. Whoever is in a position to give goes on the pitch.”
Brunori’s performance, preferred to Coda. “Brunori put some content into the match. That push was missing in the first half. He worked a lot for the team. I’ll say a few words about Brunori. I saw something. I’m not interested in what the individual does for himself, I’m interested in what he does for the team.Even the boys below, Pafundi and Cherubini, must learn to do decisive things, not fists. Pafundi must improve, he must understand many things. His performance was not positive.”
Ricci is a decisive man
How can someone like Ricci not play in this Sampdoria? “In football, others have the ball too. If you want to clear the ball in mid-field, Ricci came in. Even in another match he was decisive. He wasn’t catapulted by Marte. To summarize: if you put content in, you play. If you don’t put it in, you don’t play.”
The performance of Di Pardo and Cicconi on their debut. “They can do better, in terms of one’s quality of foot and the other’s quality of running. They can put in more content. They have excuses. Someone who is a breaker must improve his condition. We will need to improve on the breaker and the good foot. They can be more effective, they can contribute to Samp.”
Is this a new Sampdoria? Today there was no one from last season in the starting lineup. “I saw both those and these. It’s an advantage. We have to become a solid team as soon as possible. These still have to become familiar with the environment. The teams that make literature are those that have been playing together for a while.”
