“This victory can give the shock: with Turin and Genoa the leap in quality”

THE INTERVIEW

Invoked, awaited and centered. Certainly three adjectives are not enough to define the importance of the victory obtained over Sassuolo, a success that Udinese had been missing for eight days and that in addition to the classification has also renewed the ambitions of the bianconeri who could restart with momentum after the break. Turin and Genoa, to be faced in the second half, seem in fact within reach, also because they are still “work in progress”, as defined by Antonio Floro Flores, former striker who has trodden European stages with the Zebretta, and who still wears today the black and white as a coach of Frattese, in Campania’s Excellence.

Floro Flores, what values ​​do you attribute to the three points caught with Sassuolo after a long fast?

“They are those victories that can shock you and that immediately bring back morale, serenity and also the desire to question yourself, because when you lose the first necessity, there are points to be rediscovered, but when you win you have to aim to reassert yourself immediately “.

Are Turin and Genoa, which Udinese will face at the resumption of the championship, ideal for the leap in quality?

«I would say yes because they are two work in progress teams. Torino have recently changed their coach and Juric is one who tends to give a strong mentality to his teams, but the time to get results is useful to him as much as to the players who find themselves working with a new training method. For Genoa, the matter is even more valid, since Shevchenko has just arrived, who also seems to have the qualities of a coach due to the results obtained with Ukraine ».

What pitfalls do you foresee for the bianconeri from the next two games?

“Toro runs and attacks, and then he will play at home, and Genoa will certainly have a shock from their new coach, so two battles are outlined under the nervous and temperamental aspect”.

From a tactical point of view, however, Gotti is trying more modules. In your opinion, what is the signal to be grasped?

«Of an intelligent coach who knows how to adapt, and understanding the characteristics of the players, he searches for the right form also according to the opponent on duty. And in any case, the form is always relative if the players do not have the right predisposition. For me Udinese are compact, solid and much more team than last year, regardless of the form, and will reach salvation well in advance ».

The fact remains that against Sassuolo it was already a delicate challenge …

“Because we missed those two or three more victories, in line with the performances, which would have changed the judgment on a team that this year no longer plays for that extraordinary single that was De Paul”.

Speaking of singles, do you like Beto?

«He seems to me a striker capable of creating lots of space for his teammates, he is also very interesting for how he attacks the depth and I see it well with Deulofeu running close to him».

With Sassuolo we saw the best Deulofeu …

«The same goes for De Paul. When you have a quality partner in the team you give him the ball, but there is no risk that the Catalan is a centralizer because this year the maneuver is more unanimous and there are others of superior quality, such as Pereyra, Beto. And then I’m curious to see Soppy again, one of the young players that Udinese was good at catching on ».

Pereyra said the retirement did not help to beat Sassuolo.

“I agree. Withdrawals are useless. You remove the players from their families and do not let them disconnect from problems, with the risk of making them arrive at the game with an empty head. But then you also need to understand why they do it, especially if the company aims to rediscover the spirit of sacrifice, as long as the group is united, because if you feel bad in a group then the withdrawal is even more deleterious. I was lucky at Udinese, because I only saw Paròn Pozzo hit the table a couple of times ».

An opinion on the championship?

“Beautiful and uncertain, with Inter returning to the championship fight and with Cagliari as a negative surprise, given that the players are there.” –