THE POST-MATCH. The Nerazzurri coach after the 0-0 in Bergamo: «We have been together for 40 days, the team is learning a new system and needs to improve in fluidity and on the wide channels».
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Several topics were addressed by Maurizio Sarri in the press conference held a few minutes before the end of Atalanta-Hapoel Tel-Aviv 0-0, directly from the belly of the Bergamo Stadium on the evening of Thursday, August 20: «If you analyze the result, it is not positive. The performance is the positive aspect: the team has a good level of order, in the offensive phase it is slow and the second it takes to recognize the play causes a loss of fluidity and timing».
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«We took few initiatives on the wide channels, there we definitely need to do more – explained the Nerazzurri coach -. I still see many positive aspects: it is a team that has been playing this way for only 40 days, it will have many difficulties that we expect. The boys’ desire to learn this new system leaves me positive».
The Nerazzurri coach updated on the condition of Giorgio Scalvini, who left halfway through the first half due to injury: «He had a very swollen ankle, as soon as he took off his shoe and socks it was visible». A thought on the performance of the midfielders: «Gaetano had a good performance, Samardzic took good initiatives for 60’, Ederson needs to become slightly more orderly but in the end he is a huge presence on the field. At the moment I am more worried about the initiatives on the wide channels, which I saw few times in the match».
«This was the third match against high-level teams and we did not concede goals – he concluded with an eye on the defense -: this does not mean that we are a solid team, but there are some positive signs from this point of view as well».
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