“The attitude on the field is not measured by the shots on the target.” “I congratulate the boys, many would have folded with this Genoa”
GENOA. Don’t tell Gabriele Cioffi that Udinese had to give up because in the end the shots on the mirror of Genoa’s goal were zero.
“This is not how you measure the attitude on the pitch, whether a team has given up or not”, argues the coach, rejecting the observation with the precious tie in his pocket.
“We did our best and the maximum at the end of these 90 minutes was to get a point,” he concludes in a post-match that was partially contradictory in his declarations.
Judgement
«We have been ugly and dirty», Cioffi began, fishing in the repertoire of quotations – how can we forget the masterpiece of Ettore Scola? – to tell the Udinese match in Marassi to Dazn’s microphones.
“Honor to Genoa who started very strong and maintained this aggressive attitude until the expulsion, only afterwards did he loosen his grip”, then pointed out the coach to make it clear that the attitude of the opponents, always inclined to contrast, to dirty play, to the “falletto”, he influenced the meeting not a little. «A bad game», Cioffi then concludes to close the picture.
Answer
But alongside the “aesthetic” judgment, the Juventus coach proposes another one. Linked to the character of his team, to the mentality. «I have to say good to my boys who have withstood their impact and brought home the tie. Coming from extra time with Lazio is a lot of stuff. Other teams would have folded with this Genoa ».
But then Cioffi gets tangled up with thoughts. “The maximum? No, the three points were the maximum », he guarantees by answering the questions” posted “, given the access restrictions even in the press room, only to be denied once he has heard about the aforementioned renouncing tactic. But it must be understood, it was not an easy afternoon.
The singles
An afternoon that began with a last-minute exclusion, that of Udogie. «He had severe dizziness in the warm-up, we chose not to risk it. And so I put Soppy in his place, who played a great game in terms of attitude ».
The rest is better to overlook. But many have done worse. Deulofeu, for example. “It wasn’t his game. When I then decided to change it, the expulsion made me think it would come in handy. Deulofeu is someone who can change 90 minutes with one play ». But this time it didn’t happen.
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