“After their first goal, the team collapsed. We got it wrong in terms of our attitude and our interpretation of the match, and I include myself when I say this. Counter-attacks? We knew that Lazio were a team with players capable of doing damage when you give them space between the lines and space to counter. I think the difference came down to the motivation levels displayed: Lazio were superior to us when it came to challenges and duels. When a technically superior opponent displays greater desire to get the result, it only gets harder. My expulsion? There was a misunderstanding with the referee, it concerned a certain incident in the first half. Regardless of this, we got it wrong today.
“We struggled on the flanks mostly through Patric, whose attacking play caused problems alongside Marusic. We were struggling but not for their second goal. We didn’t cope with their attackers when Patric was pushing down the left. We made mistakes and there are no excuses. When you play badly against a team like Lazio then there is risk of making them make you look stupid. Despite being 4-0 down at half-time, the team at least came out with a different attitude after the break. “Everyone who came on did well. Sprocati’s first goal in Serie A came on this negative day, but this has to give him some confidence because he has the technical ability, he’s good at playing on the shoulder and he can use his right and his left. It’s clear that he just needs to be more confident in his own ability, he can earn more playing time and this depends on him. If we consider the fact the fact that Lazio only missed out on Champions League qualification on the final day and that they’ve continued in the same manner, the Biancocelesti have the possibility of reaching their objective. Difficulties can emerge during the year, but Inzaghi has done well to keep the same style of play while changing certain elements, such as playing Luis Alberto in centre midfield. With a full squad, Lazio are a very strong team.” “Against Genoa, we changed tactically when Biabiany came on in midfield. He had the physical attributes to play in that role with Luis Alberto opposite him, moving Kucka onto Milinkovic-Savic seeing as they’re a physical match. If we analyse the initial decisions, we came to Rome to play with four attacking playersseeing Biabiany is one, but he can do very well in defence and keep things balanced. In the second half, we changed to a 3-4-3. However, it’s not the system that makes you do better or less well, it’s how you interpret the game that matters. The difference between the first and second half was the fact that we got everything wrong in the first, including our attitude.“
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Here’s what he had to say:
“The aim is to get a result. We must be aware that we’re coming up against a team that’s strong in every department and who also possess great individual players. However, we must also know that we can get a result if we’re determined and solid. Sierralta, Barillà and Stulac are all unavailable, while Scozzarella is suspended. We’ve worked on a few different things during the week and tomorrow I’ll decide who plays. These lads have demonstrated that they can do well even in difficulty.” “My 100th appearance with Parma? It’s a real positive and it’s something that’s been in the works for some time. They’ve come by pretty fast. We’ve achieved so much that you don’t realise how much time has passed. It’s a great feeling on a personal level, although what interests me most is getting a result tomorrow. Leaving Parma? Reading your name linked to other jobs can be nice, although I am only focused on advancing my work here at Parma. Our aim must be to stay up and to think about our match against Lazio. Let’s also not forget that Parma is a top club with a great history. We’re progressing really well and we want to keep this up. “How is the team doing? We’ve been through a tough spell but all teams have them. We must remain well-balanced, it was important to win our last game against Genoa. The team had a sense of relief after the game but we were back to working with intensity as always during the week. We’ll head to Rome determined because our goal still hasn’t been reached. Lazio? They’re a complete and strong side. We’re aware of their quality but every single one of us wants to prove that we’re not inferior. We must be pleased to be playing in such a top stadium tomorrow, yet we cannot just be in awe. We must look to play the perfect match, conceding as little as possible. “A Coach tries to put everyone at ease in a way to get the best out of their team. We must be technically strong tomorrow but they can threaten on the counter-attack. We must all pay close attention. It was great to see the whole stadium pushing the team on during our win against Genoa. I don’t think that this result arrived by chance. The condition of the pitch? I haven’t seen it yet, but I don’t think that there should be any excuses – we’ll see tomorrow. We must look at getting a result to help achieve our objective. If we think that we can relax after the last game then we’d be completely mistaken.” This was an important match against a direct rival and we got the win,” continued Dimarco. “Not getting results before made this win vital because we needed to get in a position for survival. We had 30 points, coming from home and away games. It didn’t change anything.’ Dimarco also commented on his own display: “I need to keep working, I’ve been out for a long time so I now need to look to be ready when called on. Now, we’ll play Lazio in Rome and we’ll go to play. We know that it will be hard but we know what we can do. We’re a bit calmer now, this win was really important.”
With the goal, it was enough to just hit it well and it went in. These were three very important points for us, especially after the recent period where we only got one draw. Now, we have to think about the next game straight away. It was a very tough game, both sides wanted to win. Desire proved decisive. You don’t go anywhere without it. It’s still not over and we’ve not achieved our goal because we have eleven games left. That’s still quite a lot. We need to stay focused and think about one game at a time. Let’s now think about the Lazio game. 33 points? We’re not counting them. Let’s keep going forward! We’re thinking about getting as many as possible. We’ve finally won again at the Tardini, it was the first time for me. It’s always a nice feeling to play against your old team and Genoa was my first team in Italy. I enjoyed this match. I certainly didn’t expect to start so well on a personal basis because I hadn’t played much for six months before. I must thank Parma for giving me this chance.”
Heres what Parma head coach Roberto D’Aversa made of this afternoons important win at home to Genoa
We wanted to win at home, in front of our fans. It was important to get back on track as we chase our objective. We still need more points to secure survival. This was a balanced match considering what it was worth and if you analyse the chances it was a fair result considering that we had players who were back after a long time out while others played but weren’t at 100 per cent. The guys put in a great performance and it was enough to win.” “Gervinho? We spoke about his chance at the end, he said he didn’t see his teammates and I think he lost sight of where he was going around the goalkeeper. It was important to bring home the result, sometimes trying too hard to score means you can make mistakes but I don’t want to blame Gervinho who’s always been a positive figure for us.” “The crowd pushed us on and created an atmosphere with their chanting. That unity is important when you’re fighting for survival. We need to keep thinking about our work in the week, it’s delivered 33 points so far and now we’ll try to do our best in a tough away game at Lazio.” “The tempo was quite high in the first half, the team often wanted to press hard while we also tried to do that in the second half but got it wrong. The result was too important and we needed to be tidier technically to get men over and create two-on-one situations out wide. In the first half, we had two chances through Dimarco and Inglese. In the second half, there was the goal and the Gervinho chance. Overall, you have to be satisfied with four chances in Serie A in a game like that, it was a very important result for us tonight.” “At the moment, Napoli are one side who are playing very well as a team in Serie A while the rest look to make the most of the characteristics of their individual players. Three years ago, Parma were in Serie D and now we’re in Serie A with 33 points. It seems ridiculous to me to speak about attractive football. Have other teams looked at me? I get lots of calls from people offering compliments which I pass on to the guys for the season they’re having. I’m very focused on my work here at Parma, I’m really happy to be here. Let’s enjoy this win, the guys are having an extraordinary season.” Roberto D’Aversa was in front of the cameras yesterday ahead of today visit if Genoa. Here’s what the coach had to say;
“Barillà has done everything to make himself available but we’re not going to take the risk with him. Stulac also needs more time to recover. Ceravolo is back, while everyone else is also available. We came out on top during our earlier meeting without Gervinho and Inglese and the strength of the squad was clear to see. In times of difficulty, we’ve always managed to get the best out of ourselves. I’ve never looked for excuses, but over the course of the season, we’ve often played games whilst dealing with injuries. Sierralta, Bastoni and Dimarco are coming back from different periods spent on the sidelines and long-time absentees mean more energy wasted. Genoa are coming into this off the back of six positive results. They’ve got pacy players like Lazovic and Kouamè, and they’re capable of threatening on the counter-attack. We must concede as little as possible to them, playing the game with as much balance as possible. “Having heard some statements after the Empoli game, it seemed as if the opposition deserved to win more than us. However, we had two great chances through Inglese and Kucka at 3-2 and 3-3. We’re currently going through a tricky spell. It was important to rediscover a certain attitude. We must maintain our gap in the league standings. Obviously, we’re the first ones to regret the draw considering that we were winning and we had chances to seal it. After a year, we’ve gone from losing to Empoli in Serie B to now having more points than them in the league standings.” “Inglese? He has a slight issue that has been affecting him for a couple of months. In the week, Scozzarella almost always trained with the team while managing his workload. Rigoni did very well, switching with Kucka as a playmaker, Matteo could play from the start, we’ll see. Before his injury, Dimarco was doing very well. We need to make some evaluations, both are in condition to play from the start.” “For a team that needs to stay up, work must focus on all aspects. In Genoa’s last game, Frosinone looked to not concede after going a man down and it’s not easy to play in such a game even if Genoa dominated. What we need to do is look to concede fewer goals, working on staying compact while showing great desire. “Tomorrow at the Tardini, I’d like to see an atmosphere like the one we had in Lega Pro against Reggiana because it’s a very important game for us. We need to worry about ourselves while looking to get a result, we’ll try to win but without giving the opposition space. Balance will be needed against a team that can play on the break. “Inglese doesn’t focus on just whether he can score and he’s shown that all season, he’s disappointed that he’s not always been able to give his best. I’ve told him to stay calm, he’s the first to think about how he can improve and let’s not forget how great a season he’s been having. I always speak with Gervinho, he’s matched his goalscoring record in Italy for a single season thanks to his teammates as well. The team deserves credit for always helping him and he deserves praise because he was ready to have a great season.” "There’s certainly some regret,” he admitted. “It was an edgy game where we did a lot and took the lead three times. Unfortunately, we made some mistakes and paid dearly for them. When we go ahead, we defend very well but today we gave up chances that we need to stop as soon as possible. We also had chances to kill it off, we need to be more composed in our area because there were situations that we could have avoided.”
“The goal? I received a great ball from Bruno Alves and I’m very happy with it,it was important to get a positive result here and Empoli have got important points at home recently like in the game against Sassuolo. It was important that we ended the negative run of results but let’s not forget that we played against Juventus, Inter and Napoli recently so it’s normal to lose some of them. The attitude and determination from this team have been on show all season, we need to keep going because there are more games left and we need more good results to stay up as soon as possible and that’s our goal. “We played our game today, like against Cagliari even if we conceded at the end. We’ve always shown that we can play well even if the results haven’t come.Today, we were very focused and we showed that we’re alive. We need to continue like this until the end of the season. We made individual mistakes, the first goal came from a dead ball, the second was a penalty and the third from a rebound that unfortunately went in. We need to turn these negatives around but continue with this attitude because we defended well and we have to focus more on set pieces because they make a difference in Serie A. “We’ll analyse this game with the Coach and start preparing for the Genoa game on Monday and that’ll be a tough one. The Coach will analyse the mistakes we made and we’ll look to improve in the week. You have to give this team credit, we’re having a good season and we need to continue even if we’ve been through a negative spell lately. We certainly can’t relax after that period but we faced technically good sides. In the first half of the season, we did well while we’ve faced big sides lately who have deserved to win. We need to continue game by game, to be in Serie A we must give our all to get as many points as possible.” Heres what Roberto D’Aversa had to say after this afternoons dramatic six goal thriller with Empoli; “We’re bitter about the result, I can’t reproach my lads regarding their attitude in interpreting the match, especially as it was important to get going again after the defeats we have suffered. If we’re here complaining it’s because the lads have just played an important match at a difficult place to play, with the points at stake also being important. I know how hard the lads work during the week and I know how much they wanted to win this game. It was a difficult match, and the regret comes from the goals we conceded and the fact we didn’t make the most of Inglese’s chance to make it 4-2 or the opportunity that Kucka had when it was 3-3. I asked the lads to start picking up results again, and I don’t feel like I can reproach them for anything. I wanted to see a good attitude from the team, and the boys gave the maximum possible. Therefore, I’m satisfied. “When you’ve got the opportunity to kill off a match, you’ve got to do it.For their third goal, three men threw themselves in front of the ball. This attitude pleased me because it was clear they were trying to do everything to not concede again. Even when the score was 3-3 we tried to win it. We’re disappointed at not having got the three points after going ahead three times. Our objective is survival, and this often means that you look at the negative aspects more, something which can lead to you to not dealing with things in a calm manner. We probably would have won this game some time ago, either because we were a bit more polished or because of a sense of calm that makes you do things with more certainty. We’ve now got 30 points and need to be happy with what we are doing, we have suffered a drop in form and it is possible that we will lose against some teams. Let’s not forget that we are a newly promoted side and that a year ago we lost 4-0 here. “Inglese isn’t 100% fit but continues to fight out on the pitch despite this, Barillà was rested against Napoli after playing all of our games during the first half of the season. Sepe? Since he’s been here, I think Gigi has got it wrong in one game, he’s the first one that knows when he could have done better. In the first half of the season, he was one of the best goalkeepers in the league. I also know how great he is as a person, too. We have to keep on improving. It’s possible to have a dip, but you can’t do anything but praise the boys when you look at what they’ve done so far.We’ll continue to work to achieve our objective.” |
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