A visibly satisfied Roberto Mancini met the Sky journalists to speak about tonight’s game at the Stadio Bentegodi: “Tonight we played well, just like we did against Sampdoria. Maybe it is harder for us to play at home, maybe at the San Siro we feel more pressure. We will however try to improve because there were still some simple errors, but we played well. Hernanes? I think that tonight he played at his best position, but he can also play deeper in midfield. Kovacic and Shaqiri will do better in the coming games, especially Xherdan who is yet to adapt to reach his best form. Handanovic? He is one of the best keepers in the world. I do not kn0w what the current situation with his contract is, we will have to wait and see”.
Regarding the transfer market: “I think that very few players will be sacrificed, but sometimes you are forced to do things even though you don’t want to. It is hard to tell right now, but I am sure that next year’s players can do better than we have done this year. The defence did well, just like they did against Samp. At the end we fell back and left a lot of space for our opponents, but it was also thanks to Hellas Verona. It’s hard to play here given their recent run of form, but we did well and managed to do what we worked on during practice, something which is easier said than done. Santon and D’Ambrosio? Davide was a little tired and I can definitely say that Danilo did a good job tonight”.
The final part of the interview was about the upcoming derby and Gary Medel: “We have to think about winning the derby because of the importance of the game, even though they will surely see it the same way. Who will be in front of the defensive line? Medel does well playing in front of the back four, if we then add some technical ability to the team then we can’t fail to do well with all the quality we have in the squad. If we didn’t have Medel, we would be in trouble”.
Source: FCInterNews.it