Ascoli, Mendez: “Great joy from the goal. Surprised by the complexity of Serie B”

Pedro MendezStriker Ascoli, who flew in from Sporting Lisbon, spoke the day after his first goal for Juventus, overflowing with happiness, and spoke about his feelings in a mixture of Portuguese and Italian: “At the moment of the goal, I experienced great joy. says the Portuguese striker. “Scoring the first goal at Del Duque in front of our fans who were shouting my name is priceless. Yesterday was a difficult match, as there are many of them in Serie B. We knew about the strength of Cagliari, but we were always careful, even after the goal, the advantages reacted well to the opponent’s attacks, did not let ourselves relax intimidated, on the contrary, we were good at doubling. In the last minutes we suffered a little, it was not easy, because Cagliari, in order to achieve a draw, played with long balls. Difficult to defend in such situations, Cagliari used three strikers and they all went forward in the last minutes. At the end of the match, the first phone call I received was from Nandito’s dad, the first goal is always special and he too had no words to describe his happiness. Dedication of the network to my girlfriend Beatrice who was in Del Duque yesterday for the first time since I was in Ascoli.

The striker expands his speech at the turning point, the one with Bari: “In Bari, we were able to give an answer, first to us, and then to the fans and the square. In San Nicola, we played with great spirit, and it was not easy in front of 30,000 opposition fans. From that moment on, the team started to rise, we play with our heart, with mentality, with unity, and when the match gets difficult, we can show even more heart and mentality.”

On his first experience in Italy: “In Portugal we watch Italian football and Serie B a lot, so I was not surprised by the difficulty of the cadet championship, I think there are 9-10 teams that can compete for Serie A. know that Ascoli believes in me, I have great feelings with the Patron, Director and Coach, and I will give everything for Askoli, because Askoli gives me everything.