Serie A, Hellas Verona-Udinese

"We will play as we have always done, we do not feel any pressure but we only think about playing match by match. It has been our creed since I arrived and we must continue like this": the coach Andrea Sottil said it to Udinese TV on the eve of the away from Verona.

    "We are aware of our strengths, the ability of the team, which has done extraordinary things, but - indicates the coach - it is part of the past. What matters is living in the present. Staying in the present thinking about the past creates a sense of fulfillment and little determination, and instead we need hunger. Our only goal is the match in Verona ".

    There will be many exes on both sides: "The boys do not lose focus. It is part of football, it is not the first and it will not be the last time that such a situation will happen. I train a group of very mature men and I am sure that when the referee whistles the start of the match they will only have great competitive nastiness ".

    The Gialloblù did not start this championship in the best possible way (5 points in 7 days), but it is no excuse to underestimate them.

    "They lost important players and bought others.

    They have a consolidated tactical system and there have been many players there for years, they have intensity and physicality.

They know how to play well in transition and they know how to accept duels with aggression.

We will have to be ready on the second balls ", acknowledges Sottil, who expects" a ferocious start, as it should be.

But we too are ready for this departure ".

    An honorable mention to Gerard Deulofeu, man assist in this start of the season, with five decisive passes.

"I see him very serenely - Sottil points out - clearly inside it is that being a pure striker he has this 'suffering' for not having found the goal, but he is a great champion and trains at 200 per hour. The goals will also arrive and there will be many , I'm sure".

The Juventus coach uses his diez number as an "example of 'we', of what we are building. Deulo is not finding the goal, but he has an incredible enthusiasm in getting the others to score. And this is a devastating force".