Montella: “It was not a bad game, if only Montolivo… “
Coach Vincenzo Montella addresses several important topics after the disappointing result in Athens against AEK.
On Andre Silva: “He will score in the next game…“
On AEK: “I think they can pass the group stage, we still have to secure qualification for the next stage, the Greeks are solid and fast, fantastic atmosphere, with a wonderful audience.”
On the delicate match with Sassuolo: “It’s going to be our seventh game and we have only one day to prepare it with only one complete training session, but the team is ready. This result, we accept it, it is not negative, but against Sassuolo a better result is definitely needed“.
On the possible sacking: “We are leading the standings, let’s talk about this. It’s not easy to play in Europa League, we can talk about a complicated race, but it’s not a catastrophic 0-0 away from home in Athens.”
On the match: “I saw a team that fought, accelerated in the second half, we went close to finding the victory and we created more than our opponent. If we had scored when Montolivo hit the post we would have deserved that win. It was not a bad game, in the second half we played well, in the first half we were more contracted, we are here to grow. I do not agree we played bad because it was not easy to play here, I saw positive things.“
On Suso: “When he is good he is a player who can make the difference“.