Parma 3-1 Rangers (4-2) UEFA Cup Last 16 Second Leg 08th December 1998 Parma’s credible 1-1 draw at Ibrox seemed to give their season the shot in the arm it needed as it sparked an eight-game undefeated streak. In-between the Rangers ties Parma impressively dismantled Alberto Zaccheroni’s AC Milan side 4-0, before comfortably seeing off Sampdoria 2-0 in Genoa. Meanwhile in Scotland Rangers, struggled to a 1-1 draw at home to Dunfermline before heading to Italy, making it three games without a win for Dick Advocaat. Parma, who hadn’t lost at home in Europe for four years started the brighter. Rangers were forced on the back foot early on with Balbo squandering a good chance of giving Parma the lead in the sixth minute. Fabio Cannavaro played a long ball in from the right and Chiesa flicked it on only for Balbo to steer it wide of the post. Rangers gave Chiesa too much room and the Finnish goalkeeper Antti Niemi twice had to scramble the ball away from the striker's feet. Despite Parma’s good start, Rangers shocked their opponents by taking the lead against the run of play in the 29th minute when Roberto Sensini carelessly lost possession to Albertz. The German midfielder took the ball on and delivered a low strike into the corner of Buffon’s goal to put Rangers 1-0 up on the day and 2-1 ahead on aggregate. Parma received a huge shot in the arm as the half drew to a close, When Sergio Porrini picked up his first yellow card in the 44th minute with a lunge on Veron. Then came his dismissal a minute later, leaving Rangers manager Advocaat furious. Just two minutes after the restart Parma were level. Juan Sebastian Veron had the beating of Giovanni van Bronckhorst, his cross found Chiesa at the back post who nodded it down for Balbo to finish from close range. Parma were soon in front, substitute Stefano Fiore let fly from the edge of the box, with his half volley leaving Antti Niemi no chance in the Rangers goal. Fiore had only been on the pitch a matter of minutes after replacing Alain Boghossian. Parma soon made it three goals in 20 minutes as Enrico Chiesa put the tie to bed. A moment of madness from Lorenzo Amoruso gifted Parma a penalty. The Italian defender inexplicably punched the ball clear of Chiesa who was about to get on the end of Fiore’s pass, Amoruso’s poor positioning forced him into the mistake. Cool as you like Chiesa passed the ball past Niemi, sending Parma into the quarter finals with a comfortable 4-2 aggregate win. Parma: Buffon, Thuram, Sensini, Cannavaro, Fuser (Mussi, 84), Baggio, Boghossain (Fiore 56), Bennarivo, Veron, Balbo, Chiesa (Crespo, 74). Substitutes not used: Nista (gk), Vanoli, Orlandini, Giunti. Rangers: Niemi, Porrini, Hendry, Amoruso, Numan, Albertz, B. Ferguson (Miller, 81), I Ferguson, Van Bronckhorst, Wallace (Amato 73), Durie (Vidmar, 54). Substitutes not used: Brown (gk), Stensaas, Wilson, Kanchelskis.
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Rangers 1-1 Parma 24th November 1998 UEFA Cup Last 16 First Leg Having seen off Wisla Krakow in the second round of the UEFA Cup, Parma faced much stiffer opposition in the form of Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers in the last 16. Alberto Malesani and his side had three weeks to prepare for the tough trip to Govan. However, the Parma coach just couldn’t find a consistent formula. The Parma tactician faced the same problems in his preparations, first a draw away to Bari before hammering Perugia 4-1 at home, however Parma would face defeat in Sardinia as Mohamed Kallon’s strike gave Cagliari all three points, sending Parma to Scotland with a lot on their mind. Parma were not the only one’s with a lot to think about before the trip to Ibrox. Dick Advocaat’s side had just been humbled by the hoops as champions and bitter rivals Celtic annihilated them 5-1 just three days before welcoming Parma to Glasgow. Malesani made three changes to the side that lost to Cagliari at the weekend, Luigi Sartor, Mario Stanic and Abel Balbo all came in while Roberto Mussi and Enrico Chiesa missed out, Stefano Fiore had to do with a place on the bench. Despite the hostile home crowd, Parma got off to an excellent start, with Rangers still reeling from their weekend embarrassment. Hernan Crespo had the first real chance of the game after 14 minutes, but Antti Niemi kept the Argentine at bay. Moments later Crespo’s fellow countryman Juan Sebastian Veron fired over after being set up by Mario Stanic. It took the home side until the half hour mark to be of any threat to Gianluigi Buffon’s goal, when Andrei Kanchelskis fired wide from a Rod Wallace pass. As the half drew to a close Buffon was finally called upon as he comfortably kept out Ian Ferguson’s long-range effort. Dick Advocaat was looking for a second half reaction from his side, the Dutchman replaced the ineffective Jonatan Johansson with Gabriel Amato. The change seemed to spark some life into Rangers, as they started the brighter in the second half. Parma had Buffon to thank for keeping the scores level as he pushed away a Jorg Albertz thunderbolt. The expectant Ibrox crowd were soon silenced though as in the 51st minute Abel Balbo gave Parma the lead. Veron slipped a neat ball through to Crespo who’s shot was kept out by Niemi, but the rebound fell to Balbo to easily fire home from close range. Just moments later, Niemi was beaten again however Colin Hendry desperately recovered to keep out Crespo’s effort which would see the Scotsman collide with the post. Hendry recovered and was able to continue, with him playing a key role in the equaliser, his header from an Albertz cross was nodded down to Rod Wallace, with 20 minutes left the former Leeds United striker made no mistake in beating Buffon. Ibrox was rocking and Rangers could smell blood as they pressed for a winner. Soon after the equaliser Parma hearts were in their mouths as Gabriel Amato went down in the box after colliding with Luigi Sartor, the Parma defender was lucky to see French referee, Alain Sars wave play on though. Both teams had chances to win it at the death, Gordon Durie missed a golden opportunity to give Rangers a lead to take to Italy before Anti Niemi kept out Stefano Fiore in injury time to ensure the tie ended 1-1 and firmly in the balance before the return clash at the Tardini. Parma XI Buffon, Benarrivo, Sartor, Baggio, Crespo (86), Veron (69), Stanic, Boghossian, Cannavaro, Balbo, Thuram. Substitutes Guardelben, Pedros, Giunti, Sensini, Orlandini (86), Fiore (69), Vanoli. Alberto Malesani Rangers XI Niemi, Porrini (57), Amoruso, Numan, Ferguson, Kanchelskis, Albertz, Ferguson, Wallace, Johansson (46), Hendry. Substitutes Brown, Durie (57), Amato (46), Stensaas, Wilson, Vidman, Miller. Dick Advocaat Parma 2-1 Wisla Krakow (3-2) UEFA CUP Round 2 Second Leg 3rd November 1998 Parma’s inconsistent start to the season continued after a tough fought draw in Poland. Despite defeat to Perugia, Hernan Crespo inspired a 2-0 win at home to Fiorentina, giving Alberto Malesani’s side some confidence before welcoming the Polish opposition to the Tardini. Parma were forced into two changes from the side that beat Fiorentina, Malesani had to do without Crespo, as Abel Balbo came in to replace the hero against Fiorentina. While Roberto Mussi replaced Diego Fuser. Parma flew out the traps, and took the lead within the first 20 minutes, Roberto Mussi broke down Parma’s right hand side, cutting the ball back to Chiesa, the Italians shot was blocked with the rebound falling do Stefano Fiore to hammer home from the edge of the box with a wonderful volley. The home side were in complete control of the tie after Fiore’s strike, with Wisla offering very little as the half went on. The tie was well and truly put to bed inside the first minute of the restart. Juan Sebastian Veron caught the Wisla defence sleeping as his freekick picked out Alian Boghossian at the far post, the Frenchman drilled his shot across goal, deflecting off Bogdan Zajac making it 2-0 on the night and 3-1 on aggregate. Zajac would get the chance to redeem himself as the game drew to a close, Parma once again in Europe were struggling with set-pieces, as Zajac found himself in acres of space to slot past Buffon, the muted celebrations told its own story, it was too little too late for Wisla. Parma now faced a mouth-watering trip to Scotland, to face Dick Advocaat’s Rangers in the third round, with the Govan side impressively seeing off German side Bayer Leverkusen in round two. Wisla Krakow 1 – 1 Parma UEFA CUP Round 2 First Leg 20th October 1998 The games were coming thick and fast for Malesani and Parma. After successfully seeing off Juventus and Fenerbache, Parma had to prepare themselves for the short trip to Bologna to negotiate a Derby dell’Emilia, before heading off to Poland for round two of the UEFA Cup to face Wisla Krakow. Parma’s inconsistent start to the season continued in Bologna, another frustrating 0-0 draw, would see them record their third goalless stalemate of the season. Three draws out of the opening four rounds, firing yet another blank in the league was surly causing concern for Malesani. Despite Parma’s lack of goals this season, the Italian tactician kept the faith with Hernan Crespo and Enrico Chiesa to lead the line in Poland. Parma also welcomed back from European suspension Fabio Cannavaro and Dino Baggio while Alian Boghossian and Antonio Benarrivo made way for Nestor Sensini and Paolo Vanoli. The coach’s faith was rewarded when after just two minutes on the clock Enrico Chiesa gave Parma the dream start. A Juan Sebastian Veron corner found Chiesa, who’s glancing header at the front post got the better of Artur Sarnat in the Krakow goal to give the visitors an early lead. Despite the early advantage, Parma were looking increasingly uncomfortable playing in what can only be described as a farmers field. The host were unlucky not be level, a fine stop by Buffon in the Parma goal kept the score at 0-1. With Parma unable to get control of the ball due to the unpredictable pitch, Krakow were mounting more pressure, this time Buffon was beaten but has the upright to thank for Parma’s lead staying intact. The home fans smelled blood as they began peppering the Parma goal with shot after shot. Despite the intense pressure, Parma had the chance to put the game and tie to bed as Dino Baggio broke with just Sarnat to beat, Baggio fluffed his lines and his weak effort was kept out by the Polish goalkeeper as the first half drew to a close. Parma were forced into a change that would see Hernan Crespo leave the field just after half time to be replaced by Abel Balbo. It was Crespo’s strike partner Chiesa who was Parma’s main threat, twice stinging the gloves of Sarnat early in the second half. Cross balls proved to be Parma’s weakness in the first round against Fenerbache, that was the case once again in Poland. A deflected cross saw the ball spin high in the air, Thuram and Sensini were panicking as Tomasz Frankowski got between them to head the ball down to Tomasz Kulawik who fired past Buffon to square the game up with 20 minutes remining. Rattled Parma were lucky to get back to Italy with a draw, the had the brilliance of Buffon to thank as Krakow went after a deserved winner. Parma and Malesani, were delighted to get out of Poland on an awful pitch with a draw and a vital away goal. Just five days after returning from Turkey, Alberto Malesani’s side were on the road again. Match day two in Serie A would see the gialloblu head to the picturesque surroundings of Venezia. However, Parma’s woes in front of goal were to continue as they recorded their second 0-0 of the season, now three games with out a goal. Three days before Joachin Low confident Fenerbache side rocked up to the Tardini, Malesani was given a huge shot in the arm. Playing Juventus at home before a big European night might not be seen as ideal preparation, but for Malesani it set his Parma side up perfectly. Dino Baggio’s 47th minute strike was enough to secure all three points against bitter rivals Juventus and Parma’s season was finally up and running. The charismatic Parma boss rang the changes form the first leg. Just five of the side that started in Turkey would start in start the second leg. Shot shy Parma were delighted to have back a fully fit and ready to go Hernan Crespo lead the line. The Tardini was jam packed as smoke filled the vocal Curva Nord. Parma as expected started on the front foot, with Crespo and Asprilla combining well early on. Despite the home sides encouraging early play they had to be alert of Moldovan and Baljic again, as the two ran Parma ragged in the first leg. Juan Sebastian Veron’s calming influence and creative talents were clearly missed in the first leg. The Argentine was controlling the game from the middle of the park, creating chances for both Crespo and Asprilla but neither could test Rustu in the Fenerbache goal. It didn’t take long for the hosts to get themselves back in the tie, Diego Fuser’s cleaver flick over the Fenerbache defence cause a mix up between Saffet Akbas and Rustu as the defender headed past the Turkish goalkeeper who was caught in no mans land. Parma were beginning to pepper the visitor’s goal, a second seemed inevitable. It came as half time fast approached, an absolute howler from Rustu, gifted Hernan Crespo an easy tap in from close range. Stefano Fiore’s long-range shot looked to be a comfortable save for Rustu but his poor attempt to keep it out let him down as the ball fell to Crespo to put Parma 2-1 up in the tie. Despite Parma’s dominance, the game was on a knife edge, and that man Baljic, who tormented Parma in Turkey swung the game in favour of Joachim Low side. Much like Moldovan’s goal in the first leg, Parma’s defensive fragility from set pieces was clear to see as his free kick missed everyone and nestled in the corner of Buffon’s net, in truth the Italian goalkeeper should do better. Parma were rattled for the next few minutes as Fenerbache had chances to put the game to bed, however Parma managed to ride the storm. The tide turned again, with 20 minutes left on the clock, Alain Boghossian smart dummy, allowed Crespo to one-to with the Frenchman as his cute back heel flick set up Boghossian, who’s cool finish put the tie to bed, sending the Tardini into raptures. Parma would hold on to go through 3-2 on aggregate, in what was a thrilling first round tie. Next up Parma were off to Poland to face Wisla Krakow in round two. Parma XI Buffon, Thuram, Mussi, Sensini, Boghossian, Veron, Fuser, Benarrivo, Fiore, Crespo, Asprilla. Substitutes: Sartor, Orlandini, Balbo, Guardelben, Vanoli, Giunti, Longo. Manager: Alberto Malesani Fenerbache XI Rustu, Hogh, Uche Okech, Akbas, Bulut, Yakin, Moshoeu, Dogan, Korkut, Bajlic, Moldovan. Substitutes: Diyadin, Bolic, Sahin, Savut, Sozeri, Ozsoy, Senturk. Manager: Joachin Low Elvir Balic’s 65th minute strike against IFK Goteborg, was enough to see Fenerbache scrape through the UEFA Cup qualifying rounds on away goals to set up a first-round tie with Parma. Alberto Malesani couldn’t have wished for a tougher tie, than an early season trip to Istanbul. The Turkish side had just hired young German coach Joachim Low and despite losing Jay Jay Okocha to PSG for £11 million they had made an impressive start to the season. New summer signings Elvir Baljic and Viorel Moldovan were flourishing while Murat Yakin was proving an inspirational bit of business. Low was quickly making an impression in Turkey. Fenerbache were undefeated in their opening five games, scoring 16 and conceding just three in the process. As for Parma and Malesani they headed to Turkey having struggled with an unconvincing 0-0 draw at home to Vicenza in the opening day of the Serie A season, meanwhile Fenerbache were five games into their season and fully in the swing of things, battering Karabukspor 4-1. Malesani made five changes to the side that drew with Vicenza. Luigi Sartor, Diego Fuser, Alain Boghossian, Antonio Benarrivo and Juan Sebastian Veron all sat out, while Nestor Sensini, Mario Stanic, Paolo Vanoli, Stefano Fiore and Raffaele Longo all came in to the starting 11 in Turkey. Parma were greeted in the usual Turkish football fashion. An absolute cauldron of noise and colour welcomed them, with huge clouds covering the pitch from the intimidating red smoke bombs and flairs, creating the illusion both main stands were the fires off hell. Parma looked immediately unsettled in their new intense surroundings, the deafening boo’s and whistled drowned out every Parma touch of the ball as the hosts soon took control of the game. Despite Parma’s nervous start, Dino Baggio tried his best to silent the hostile home crowd as his long-range effort was comfortably pushed away by Rustu in the Fenerbache goal. The Sukru Saracoglu stadium would soon erupt though as Elvir Baljic’s deep freekick caught Parma defence sleeping, Viorel Moldovan found himself free of Nestor Sensini to head past a helpless Buffon from close range. giving Low's side a deserved lead. Baljic and Moldovan were causing Parma all sorts of problems, whether it be from Baljic’s dangerous deliveries or Moldovans trickery and pace, Parma were like a rabbit caught in the headlights at times. Despite the home sides dominance, Alberto Malesani thought his side had drawn level against the run of play. With half time fast approached, a smart one-two between Asprilla and Vanoli, set the Italian on his bike down Parma’s left-hand side, his cross was headed down to Asprilla who somehow managed to blast wide from close range. With the second half under way Parma were beginning to look a bit more settled, and were coming in to the game more and more. Malesani made a change. Diego Fuser was on to replace Mario Stanic as Parma chased a vital away goal. Malesani’s plan and Parma’s encouraging play was soon brought to an abrupt halt. Less than 10 minutes after Fuser came on, Dino Baggio picked up his second yellow card of the game, his late two footed lunge on the hour mark forced Paul Durkin to reach for the red card, reducing Parma to 10 men. 1-0 seemed like good result to take back to Italy now for Malesani. Parma continued to attack despite Fenerbache having the man advantage, however the Turkish outfit remained very dangerous, particularly on the counterattack. As the game was coming to an end Low’s side sprung on the break with that man Baljic at the heart of it again, Baljic found himself in a footrace with Fabio Cannavaro, Baljic’s blistering pace had struck the fear of god into Cannavaro and the Parma defence all night, with Cannavaro beaten and Baljic bearing down on goal, Cannavaro commited a foul that had Durkin reaching for his red card yet again, meaning Parma finished the game with 9 men. Malesani’s side got out of Turkey losing just 1-0 to an impressive Fenerbache, however had it all to do in the second leg now without suspended Dino Baggio and Fabio Cannavaro. Parma XI Buffon, Sensini, Thuram, Cannavaro, Stanic, Baggio, Longo, Vanoli, Fiore, Balbo, Asprilla. Coach – Alberto Malesani Fenerbache XI Rustu, Saffet, Okechukwu, Dogan, Tayfun, Yakin, Moshoeu, Metin, Bulut, Moldovan, Baljic. Coach – Joachin Low “We considered making Gervinho available for Juventus, but he still has a problem he picked up last week and he won’t feature in the match, like Grassi who came off in the Lecce game with a back problem.”
“I don’t want to talk about what happened, but I’ll take this opportunity to clarify some things. We played against Lecce on Monday night, unlike Roma, who played a day earlier. We had to deal with playing three games in six days. We played our best team on Thursday night. During the week, before this Lecce game, Iacoponi and Bruno Alves – according to you and what you’ve written in the papers – they didn’t know if they were going to be able to play. Now I’ll ask you a question: when Parma beat Roma 2-0, what did people say? People mostly talked about Roma being tired because of the Europa league and that some players had already played that week. Taking away the credit from my team? And now? I’m not looking to take away from Roma’s performance and win.” “We will make our assessments on how the guys are doing tomorrow. What system? That will depend on the players I decide to send out onto the pitch. It’s clear that ultimately we will develop in a certain way and defend in another. This depends on the players that are picked.” “Kulusevksi will be seen in a different way. Until recently he was seen as a young guy from the Primavera, a guy who was only born in 2000. Now he has to do even better, since Juventus have made an important investment in him he will be judged differently. The advice I would give him is to go out on the pitch and continue to have as much fun as he has had so far without trying to overdo it because he could then have some difficulties. He’s a young man. Next year it’s clear he’ll earn a lot more money but from that point of view he has to do what he’s always been capable of doing: he’s a youngster who doesn’t like to lose, even in training. He has to remain clam and composed at his age.” The game tomorrow? “Juventus played on Wednesday and we played on Thursday but nobody pays attention to this – here in Parma at least – . That said, at Juventus there are players who play less in the league but not because they’re not good enough but rather as a part of a team management dynamic. We’ll be playing against a team in good physical and mental shape, it won’t be a simple match, we know we’re up against it but a lot will depend on how we go into the match and our desire to get a result. From a motivational point of view there’s very little to say in games like these, you have to find the energy that the match itself gives you. It’s a difficult but good game to play, in a stadium that will probably be sold out. I think that when you’re starting your professional career it’s everybody’s dream to play against Juventus, and to play like equals. That’s what I’m looking forward to.” “After this setback, we need to start again with our feet on the ground and not think that we’ve already secured survival. I can’t really criticise the lads because Atalanta are a great side. They’re the team that have impressed me the most. Of course, we didn’t want to concede five goals. We need to roll up our sleeves. It’s a step in the wrong direction and one that needs to serve as experience for us. Neither myself, the Coach nor the team expected to lose in this manner. We’re all disappointed for our fans, who followed us in numbers again today. Now, we need to go again stronger than before and stay united and compact, as has been the case up to this point. We must simply demonstrate that we’re Parma. We’ll go again in the same way that we’ve gone again after other defeats. The January transfer window is open but we need to avoid talking about it too much. There’s ongoing dialogue with the Coach regarding the market. The more we name names, the more we help our competitors.” “We always need to display the same attitude. We’re a group that works hard during the week and we always try to give our best. This was also the case today but Atalanta were the stronger team, compliments to them. We need to get back to working hard this week so that we can get back to winning ways. There needs to be the same attitude both when we win and when we lose, we have players with great character so we can keep on looking ahead. “Sometimes, football makes you realise where you actually are. We work hard, it’s not easy for me to comment on a defeat like this but we all work and try to maintain the same attitude, irrespective of the results we pick up. This game will serve as a lesson for us, we’ll train hard during the week to prepare for our next match: this is our mentality. We can’t do anything about the match that we’ve just played. However, we can work with intensity to ensure that we’re ready when it’s time to play our next fixture. “In the first 10-15 minutes, we created a few situations and tried to implement what we’d prepared during the week: the aim was to defend well and try to attack the spaces that could open up due to the way that they attack their opponents. Even though we were heading for defeat, we tried to give our all until the final whistle, but Atalanta were superior to us on a technical level. For me, it’s important to talk about the future now because we can no longer do anything about today’s game. This week, we’ll prepare to win our next one. “The team’s attitude stays the same both when we win and when we lose, we have players with strong mentalities. Even after big defeats, we can come back stronger as we look to work to achieve a good result at home. I haven’t had the chance to talk to the team, but the important thing is to return to the training pitch and think about recovering from this defeat. The players have shown that they can do better, we know what we can do better, now we need to remain focused ahead of our next match. “Kulusevski is young, he’s learning every day and needs to continue to work hard. This is football: what you’ve done no longer counts, you always need to display what you can do. He’s a humble lad and I think he’s got a great future ahead of him. Great things are expected of him but we’re here to give him support whenever he needs it.” “This match should make us understand that, despite the big absences we have, those who take to the pitch need to have certain characteristics, ones which have allowed us to achieve big things in the past and reach seventh place in the table. It also should make us understand that we all need to keep our feet on the ground a little bit more and realise that next Monday we’ll be involved in a very important game when it comes to our objective.” This was what Roberto D’Aversa had to say following Parma’s defeat to Atalanta today on matchday 18 in Serie A. The Coach continued: “Today, the difference was there for all to see. This wasn’t our intention but it’s useless to deny the facts: they were superior to us from the first until the 90th minute. We actually got lucky with the result.
“We knew the strength of this team, including their physical capabilities. Meanwhile, they also have quality in attack: players like Ilicic, Muriel and Gomez almost always make the most of the opportunities they have when they’ve got the chance to shoot at goal. The regret we have is that we didn’t cause a stronger team many problems, as opposed to what we’ve done in the past against other good teams. It’s not a question of absences or anything else, we must show humility in accepting the result by recognising that it didn’t come about because of our absences but because of what we didn’t do on the pitch. “At the end of the match, we spoke to the referee about something which happened at the end of the first half. But it was only a matter of clearing something up because I like speaking and clarifying things with referees on the pitch so I don’t have to come here and talk about refereeing decisions. Today, Mr Pasqua did well and didn’t have anything to do with the result. “Atalanta are the team that have scored the most goals in the league, they scored five against Milan before the Christmas break. We must be the first to understand the quality and potential of our team. I am primarily responsible and we’re all disappointed with the loss. With a team like ours, if more than one player plays below the level they’re capable of, something like what happened to day can take place. We struggled because we were up against a fully fit side with players that have allowed Atalanta to reach a high position in the table. They’re a complete side and are demonstrating this in the Champions League too. “We can’t turn up with a lack of humility and think we’re at the same level as Atalanta because they’re called Atalanta. For us, they need to be an example to aspire to so we can become like them in the future. That said, I am annoyed at today’s game and the five goals we conceded. I would have liked to see more fighting spirit, irrespective of the difference in technical quality. A little bit more sacrifice and determination. We need to keep our feet on the ground and understand what we’re fighting for: next Monday, we’ve got a vital game against Lecce. However, it wasn’t our intention to play like we did today and lose 5-0. Both myself and the players were slightly ashamed when the full-time whistle blew. “We’d spoken about using Inglese for 20-25 minutes before the game. With the scoreline the way it was, we decided to allow him to get more minutes under his belt. As regards Cornelius, we wanted to avoid setbacks. With Barillà being suspended for Lecce, we were thinking about that game when we brought Kucka off. I explained this to Kuco when he was substituted.” |
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