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Ranieri: "An important match but not decisive against Cagliari"
- "We're playing a lot: it won't be decisive, but very important yes". In nine words Cagliari-Verona according to Claudio Ranieri. "We have to dance, we're all at stake, even Salernitana - he explained in the conference on the eve of the Easter Monday match - they are very important points for salvation and we have to bring them out somewhere. In any case we now have to do them all well: we know that then there will be a cycle of matches with teams playing tough goals. But I never look at the name of the opponent: the boys know what they have to do." A new Verona: "Compared to the first leg - he observed - they are certainly another team that always plays forward. With other players like Noslin, who is very good, and perhaps with the rediscovery of those who didn't play before. Before they had a point of central reference in attack, now they attack the spaces. We had done well there, then we were penalized by the expulsion of Makoumbou. It is a match that must be played with great determination, in front of us a team that is very similar to us: they close well and she starts again quickly. She's also more physical than us. We have to react and move quickly."
Domus sold out despite Easter Monday: "We are very happy with the fact that the fans follow us even on this particular day. They gave up the outing without parity: we hope to reciprocate them with a good performance. The appeal to the fans? Go on a diet - he joked - and stay with us." A fundamental stop, according to the coach: "It allowed us to recover those who were less well - he concluded - Mina trained, even those who returned from the national teams were in good shape. The imagination of Oristanio and Luvumbo? It will take a gradual reintegration: they will not be one hundred percent, but it is better to have them than not to have them".
Cioffi: "Udinese is ready for the survival play-off"
- "It will be a very important match against Sassuolo, we know that it is a survival play-off. We want and must be ready." Udinese coach Gabriele Cioffi said this when introducing the Easter Monday match at a press conference. "I want to thank the staff of the Italian national team and coach Spalletti for the sensitivity and respect shown towards our club and Lorenzo Lucca - he added - who had a fatigue, but trained with reasonable continuity. I will speak to him tomorrow and we will start from this to evaluate his presence." The coach reveals that on Monday "there could be surprises ahead against Sassuolo, even if Lucca and Brenner have completely different characteristics". The Brazilian "is more similar to Florian Thauvin. A deep attack is a solution we have thought about. We will try to recover Keinan Davis for Inter". The Bianconeri are working hard to "understand the limits and work on them - the coach assured -. The DNA of a team is difficult to change, but the boys have been committed to doing so for some time, with effort and sometimes with pain: it is the case of the match against Torino. We are aware that a very important match awaits us on Monday, and this is the first step on the journey." Moving on to the analysis of the neroverdi, the coach expects "an opponent who will start very strong. They will try to crush us and isolate the offensive department on one-on-ones. Dionisi has left a strong mark and Mr. Ballardini is teaching us to reorganize much more quickly ". "The Emilians - he concluded - are very dangerous in transition, we will have to be good and careful to play our football knowing that they will be waiting for the restart due to our unpreparedness or generosity".
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