SPAL, Oddo: “It is important to return to victory, the guys needed it and deserved it”

SPAL Coach Massimo Oddo he commented on the 2-1 home win over Cittadella at a press conference, according to the club’s official website: “I expected technique to be of relatively little importance at these moments. Today we won with all our hearts, with pride, finished with cramps, and when I asked the guys how they were, they gave me a good answer. Citadel is hard to play against, I knew the game could be unlocked with an episode and that’s how we prepared it. The guys psychologically fought very well for every ball, I am very happy for them and for the fans. We are here to improve the condition of a not-so-beautiful crop, but we must believe in it and keep working. I was convinced, even very convinced, that such a game was needed, and I was also convinced that with luck, the result would come, and we went in search of luck.

Great response from the group.

“This is a group of exceptional guys, I get to know them day by day, they have to find the right motives that turn into pride, and this is what I saw today: people with cramps and open heads who stay on the field and give everything. myself. We started as a four because we wanted to offer football and make games that would also be successful. Then, because I know my team, I knew that at 1-0 we would go down a bit because Citadel makes you go down, so I switched to another formation.”

What do you think of Maistro?

“Maistro is a player who has the qualities of Serie A: strength, stamina, fitness that he lacks for nothing, and if he learns to maintain this continuity, this is his way. Here’s another one: Zanellato, who was caught right now, but I’ve known him for a while, and he’s an important, quality player. Then there are years when it’s hard for a thousand reasons, but I’m here to try and get the best out of everyone. This team will not be in Serie A, but they do not even deserve the position they occupy. I am not a storyteller, this is a group that trains well, I am aware of the limitations of the moment, which are primarily mental in nature.

A return to victory is important, especially at home.

“A return to victory can give us a lot, but we have to set ourselves up for it right away, because there is another decisive match ahead. I said that I see a growing team, even with our limitations we are always doing something more, today we are doing more in terms of determination as well as technique and tactics. There are ten games left and we have to score more points than the others without looking at the opponent and how many games are left.”

Excellent Prati test.

“Prati is an exceptional boy, he doesn’t talk much and runs a lot. Today he played point guard and midfielder, which is not his role, but he adapted and put all of himself into it. Zucculini came in and touched a few balls, but the spirit with which he entered was decisive, it must be the mentality. For a week we read a press release from the curve, there is so much meaning in these words, I hoped that they could penetrate the hearts of the boys, and they did: there is a city that is suffering, and the least we can do is give everyone, and today we are happy that we made them proud.”

To whom do you dedicate the victory?

“I dedicate the victory to the guys because they deserved it and they needed it. I hope they can continue like this. This is the first time I’ve seen them joke in the dressing room so I dedicate this to them because they’re a really good band, I didn’t have many of them and they deserved this day as the whole environment obviously deserved it.”