Empoli-Sampdoria closes the Serie A round
"It will be a game you can't miss. It's not that you relegate or save yourself based on Castellani's result, but doing well will serve to give continuity to the work we did during the World Cup to prepare ourselves physically and mentally for this second part of the championship".
He has no doubts Dejan Stankovic, coach of Sampdoria on the eve of the match in Tuscany with Empoli.
And he asks to take a further step forward after Sunday's defeat against Napoli.
"Continuity fills you with strength, with self-esteem: we have to be strong, compact, concentrated, against a team that plays football, which moves a lot, with patterns and automatisms. They make you dizzy a bit but we'll be prepared for every situation".
Rincon will be missing, expelled on Sunday with Napoli and there are some doubts to be resolved in defense and attack but Stankovic asks the team above all for one thing: "We must be present at every tackle, every duel and every second ball. And maybe have a few episodes Please, given that lately we have suffered many penalties for example. And Rincon's expulsion has also penalized us. These are circumstances that can happen but what gives me courage is the reaction of the boys I saw with Napoli."
And on the injured he adds: "Some of us will recover. We've had kids struggling with the flu, but there's no time to feel sorry for ourselves: we have to recover on the run, honoring the shirt and respecting the teammate close to us. Who goes on the pitch from