Udinese, Cioffi needs redemption: “We need facts, not words”

The defeat in Verona still burns: “It would not be for sportsmen not to want it”

UDINE. «It would not be for men of sport not to have the desire for redemption. We need facts and contents more than words ». Gabriele Cioffi thus opened the presentation of Udinese-Lazio on the company’s TV channel, promising a reaction that at Juventus would be worthy of the best Rocky Balboa called to get up after the one-two placed by Ivan Drago.
Okay, the cinematic flash takes us back in time, but the boxing metaphor serves to define the hook suffered by Udinese in Verona on Sunday, which was followed by the uppercut on Monday by the Federal Court of Appeal which canceled from the classifies the three points at the table with Salernitana.

A quick combination that Cioffi, in the Sylvester Stallone version at least for the hair that recalls him, admitted to having collected: «It was an anomalous week because we had six points removed, the three deservedly from Verona and the three from sports justice. I won’t go into that because it’s not my job, so we will be happy to play that game again. As a team we don’t want to look for alibis. There is neither luck nor bad luck.

We created luck with Torino and we created bad luck with Verona. The important aspect that focuses everything is that we have forgotten why they won with Toro ».
Here, in fact, having remarked the above forgetfulness shows that the coach wants to find a much more mentalized Udinese with Lazio. «Our attitude wants to be clear and defined because Udinese’s DNA and identity are well defined by a defensive attitude to which must be added a good game. Against Verona there was the good game, but not the identity. We don’t play for style exercise, but to try to score points with solidity and with the style that has characterized Udinese in recent years, trying to perfect it and make it more captivating ».

But since the words “are zero”, as the coach admitted at the opening, what matters will have to be given by the players, with Cioffi unbalanced yesterday on the returns of Destiny Udogie and Roberto Pereyra. “Udogie we have recovered it and it will be there. The “Tucu” is fine, for us he is an important player and he is on the right path ». There will also be Marvin Zeegelaar (“He rejoined the team at the end of the week due to flexor fatigue”), but not Nuytinck: “He is a very important player for us, he is unfortunately behind in his recovery and will not be in the match”.
All this, to try to lift Udinese from the carpet in the presence of Lazio, respected and analyzed in this way by the Florentine coach. «This year is a different Lazio, in contradiction with the characteristics of the coach’s style. It is a strong team that, despite the absences, deserves to be at the top, so for us it will be an insidious game where it will not be enough to make everything perfect. I expect a match similar to that of the Olimpico, because Sarri has that style of play, a dribble style, a maneuvered and dribbled construction ».