Luciano Spalletti stopped by a InterTv ahead of the official pre-match press conference at Appiano Gentile to give his thoughts ahead of the match away at the Stadio Marc’Antonio Bentegodi against Hellas Verona.
“Given the results we are watching we need to pay attention, it wont be easy to keep up with the pace of the teams that keep winning. We need to keep winning. I could rotate players but this is a decision made on the accumulation of fatigue, I doubt the idea that the players that play the most can’t play or that I don’t like them. At the heart of the analysis of our staff, who take everything into account, we will reason in this way. However this squad has demonstrated a lot of quality and needs to take into account the manner in which this has been done.”
Spalletti was then asked about his relationship with Hellas verona coach Fabio Pecchia stating that: “he is a wondeful person aside from being a fantastic player from whom I have learned many things. A lot of the things that I am looking to teach were dictated to me byt he quality of the players I have coached. He is one of those people. He has been an assistant coach to great managers, he was already a coach when he was a player. I have seen how well they work, Hellas Verona are good but have lacked continuity. They could have been 3-0 up in the first half against Atalanta.”
In conclusion Spalletti was asked about the great way in which Samir Handanovic is part of the teams buildup: “It wasn’t a specific request of mine but that of football. When they press you, the player that needs to create from deep has to be the goalkeeper. Thankfully Handanovic has always done this, it is a quality that he was taught by Bonaiuti. This quality is a solution to be in command of the play. Who has surprised me the most? They all have, I like all my players, the results go side by side with the team. Clearly the fact that we have more and more leaders is something that makes me very happy.”
