Which, after starting the season with chiaroscuro, seems to have found its light: “In the first round, we may have experienced a little more pressure, we struggled to identify ourselves in the Serie B championship, but there was a relegation throwback, it was a big setback for everyone. And if you look at Genoa, the same thing happened. Now we are much calmer, we have found our balance, and we are trying to maximize our potential. As Mr. Ranieri said, we did not disdain the second place, this is understandable, but for now we are thinking about how to continue on the wave of what we saw in the last races.
The last races that saw you among the main characters. Good season for you, right?
“I think my performance was the same as the team, I struggled in the beginning but then found my size. However, now I don’t want to balance, the championship is still long, and I prefer to wait and see what happens. It happens”.
After the relegation, you still decided to stay at Cagliari. Why this choice?
“Here I always had a good time with everyone, with the club, with the people, with the city, and I felt that I was indebted to everyone. As I said, the relegation was a bad blow, I want to recover. , the same number that the guys came this year than, above all, those who were already with me last season.
Serie B was your debut in senior football: how did you find it again?
“Compared to what it was four years ago, the competition is certainly much higher. Previously, the gap between the best and worst teams was bigger, sometimes the results were more obvious. Now there is more balance, every match is difficult.”
Was it good for you that you were immediately projected into such a difficult category when you were very young, or is it sometimes better to work your way up?
“When you arrive in Serie B, you have to show yourself right away, you don’t have time to understand the category better, you have to be ready because no one is waiting for you, even if young players need to be given time: lately. I heard the coach say that young players also make them lose points, and it’s true because they have no experience, but they can only do it by playing. The step from Primavera to Serie B is tough, the environment is very different, and maybe gaining experience by going step by step will allow you to respect more specific times, but I also believe that everyone has their own path, and mine was like that.
There is also a lot of talk about youth for a team that seems to have gone astray. Why don’t we start looking at other categories than A for that?
“I was often called up to the under-21 team and coach Nicolato always told us that he had little time to get to know us, to give us the opportunity to develop tactics … The national team is not like a club where we are constantly together, rhythms different. And series A is probably preferable for player selection because it is taken for granted that whoever makes the difference in A is more ready for blue, B is considered a category for gaining experience and then making a dash. “.
Going back to your years at Inter, what did you take away from the process of joining the youth teams of one of the most important Italian clubs?
“It was a wonderful experience, I won the Scudetto with Primavera and was even called up to the Europa League after training camp with the first team. I watched Cansela a lot before he moved to Juventus. mine because it’s more technical but it was a source of inspiration, I got a lot of advice from D’Ambrosio who took me under his wing, so to speak, and from Gagliardini I was able to admire Lautaro Martinez. in any case, I have always been lucky to find groups, like this year in Cagliari, that work hard and are useful.”
You also won the tournament in Viareggio with Inter – one of the many situations that can be revisited in Italian football: why has it become so worthless?
“To be honest, I haven’t followed him for a long time, but I can say that for me it was an important stage of growth and career, not counting the final victory. Competitions with foreign teams at a young age teach a lot, you learn a different understanding of football.
Instead, let’s end with a real note: will Lapadula manage to become Serie B’s top scorer? Spells are allowed!
“(Laughs, ed.) I have seen few players as hungry for goals as he is, he is crushing in the penalty area. For me, yes, he will succeed.”
Source: Tutto Mercato Web
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