Cioffi after the victory with Sampdoria: “These are three points that also enhance the peers with Lazio and Milan”

Then on the saving rate at 35-36 according to Marino: «Let’s think about one race at a time». “This time we unlocked it immediately: it hasn’t happened often since I’ve been here”

UDINE. «We had prepared it like this. We wanted to start aggressively and unlock the result immediately, we did it twice within 12 minutes: I’ve been here for some time and this has rarely happened ». Here is the message launched by Gabriele Cioffi with the three points up for grabs against Sampdoria in his pocket. Heavy points if, as stated by the director Pierpaolo Marino before kick-off, 35-36 will be enough to reach salvation.

“What the director says is fine, but we have to watch one game at a time and try to collect the maximum”, explains the Florentine coach who does not seem too convinced of the calculations that Marino also revealed to Dazn’s microphones.

“I am happy for the boys because we struggle every day and when there is something to enjoy, as they say in my Florence, it is right that you enjoy”. The Juventus coach starts from the psychological aspect to describe the success of Udinese. Then there is the determination, as he underlined in the press room, after the “challenge” for the TV. «I liked the attitude of the team, that desire that is not lacking.

At the level of conviction, I say that Udinese played to win: it must always be like this, then maybe you win games, draws or lose them, but the winning mentality must be there anyway ». There may also be room for errors in this framework. The bianconeri made a lot of mistakes in the final phase. “There are always things that can be done better, but there have been mistakes in attack, such as in midfield or defense, but overall we deserved the three points.”

Leaving aside the safety quota, then, it is important to understand how much Cioffi feels in the saddle and galloping in the sprint to stay in A. “Now we don’t look at the ranking, what we want is to look at the present, projecting forward makes no sense in this time of the season.

You build performance during the week and what I like is that we are not satisfied, that we are showing that we want to keep this course, that of improvement ». However, there is also a strictly numerical aspect and this is touched by Cioffi: “The three points enhance the draws with Lazio and Milan, but now we are starting from scratch”.

Finally, the names of the protagonists. “Pereyra was monumental, he was The captain, not just a captain. He put his attitude and quality on the field and when he could be tired he didn’t slow down, on the contrary, he accelerated, he didn’t spare himself ». Then a small lie: «We missed Pereyra, but it is not due to Makengo who was the author of great games in his absence». Ultimately as a footballer Cioffi was a defender and cannot give up these characteristics even as a coach, even when he talks about Becao’s mistake on Caputo’s goal: “It was unfortunate, but we were precise in many other situations, perfection does not exist “.