Davide Nicola was very satisfied with his success on his debut as Empoli coach. “We had to put some behaviors into practice, I saw them and I’m happy with how this match was played. It wasn’t easy, the boys did it, it’s right that the spotlight is all on them” explains Nicola. It’s impossible not to comment on the performance of Zurkowski, author of a hat-trick: “He really played a great match. We tried to make the most of the characteristics of our players, everything else can be improved but seeing this ability to remain compact with the right distances between the departments shows that the attitude of the players was correct.”
“In five days – adds Nicola, in Empoli from Tuesday – you can’t be perfect but the group has given me great availability, this must be our DNA to undertake our journey”. He then defines his return after just under a year in Serie A as “exciting” after his dismissal at Salernitana and speaks of a “place that immediately put me at ease, I found a humble environment of those who know that in certain moments we need to be practical while waiting for everyone’s growth.”
“We weren’t able to express our football and we’re sorry, we went down straight away and the match went as Empoli wanted” commented Stefano Citterio who replaced the suspended Palladino on the bench. “We weren’t good enough in turning the ball around, we were slow and not incisive up front – he continues -. We lacked brilliance in overcoming the opponent and things became difficult. We could have reopened it with Mota in the only real opportunity created, but they with another restart closed the race.” “For our part it was a bad match, even if we have to give credit to Empoli. A bad match, we will analyze it to try to improve. Our championship must go through these matches, perhaps it was the only direct clash that we got wrong .
Empoli put a little more into it and deserved the victory.”
When Palladino “is obviously sorry for our performance, he also knows that we can do much better and we will try to do so in the next races”.
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