Head and heart. Therefore clarity in the most delicate moments and the ability to react if the road becomes difficult. Trainer Paolo Bianco shows his Monza the recipe to turn the Serie A dream into reality.
At 8pm the red and white team will take to the “Ceravolo” lawn for the first leg of the Serie B playoff final against Catanzaro, a team that in the regular season collected 17 points less than Pessina and his teammates. «In these matches we have to limit errors, because we have very little time to recover. But we must also know that a negative episode does not compromise a 180-minute double match”, explained Bianco in the press conference to present the match.
The first leg semi-final against Juve Stabia, with Monza forced to come back from 0-2 to 2-2, remains a warning for the red and whites: «In Castellammare we went out of the match for 20 minutes and conceded two goals. If we managed to stay in the game for 180 minutes, the team would have all the qualities to complete this mission.”
The approach will be one of the key themes for a Monza team who, in the final of the regular season, often conceded something in the first half hour of play. It also happened in the last match against Catanzaro, last April 6, when the Giallorossi took the lead in the 6th minute through Pontisso before Pessina equalized in added time.
«We had a great opportunity for direct promotion, if we didn’t achieve it it was both our fault and thanks to others», said the coach regarding the difficulties at the end of the season which opened the doors of second place to Frosinone.
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