Pisa, Aquilani: “The new championship starts again from Cittadella? No, continue what we did”

On the eve of the match with Cittadella in Pisa, Alberto Aquilani assesses the situation.. Let’s start with the state of the team after two weeks of national team break, the weeks leading up to the 10th day of the tournament: “The state of the team is very good, we had ten good days, I saw a team with the desire, awareness and the right attitude to face this correctly national break.The state of the national teams is clearly different from each other, Mlakar and Nagy only returned yesterday and will train today, but they are fine.Among the injured, the situation is with Gliozzi, who returned yesterday, but after a long stop: he wants to make up for lost time as much time as possible, but obviously it needs to be managed. Then there’s Arena, who came back yesterday, didn’t do much, and Vignato, who has a bit of a problem. He doesn’t have continuity in training, but he’s fine. D’Alessandro? I think he had an MRI yesterday and he’s already halfway there, I think he still has a month to go even if he really wants to get back into action. This gives us confidence, but it takes the necessary time because he had a serious injury.”

On the opponent: “Playing at home should be an advantage, even if we are aware that we are dealing with a tough team, which in Serie B is one of the most difficult: they have a clear understanding of football, comfortable in this category, but we will implement everything that is part of our work process to see improvements that will allow us to have a great match. I don’t say the word “victory”; first of all, performance is important, which leads to victory. We have the performance and quality to compete in an important race.“.

He then adds: “We also have to recover, we play this match knowing what happened in the previous ones, and I don’t want to say that a new championship starts tomorrow. We will continue the championship, hoping to bring new ones.” and the best things on the field are the other players. Of course, whether we win tomorrow or start again may be different, but these are discussions that mean little, football does not end with ifs and buts: We know that the enthusiasm generated by the unsuccessful home win is missing, but we want to achieve it, so we focus only on work.“.

Getting personal: “How did I cope with the break? About halfway between anxiety and calm. The players give me peace of mind, I can see how they train, even if we miss a few points lost along the way, but I know that it is a long journey where we place points that then align, in the hope that they will create a line that will give satisfaction to everyone. Emotions make me anxious, but more than anxiety, it is excitement, and without anxiety you cannot do this job.”

He concludes, thus responding to those calling for training to be opened to the public: “We play the day after tomorrow, but it can be done later. The problem is where, pure logistics. Do you think I don’t want it?” do it? This is something that can be useful, Pisa is a hot place that conveys emotions, good or bad, but which stimulate everyone.”