Stefano Pioli unveils anti-Dinamo ingredients
Stefano Pioli unveils anti-Dinamo ingredients
On the eve of the Champions League clash against Dinamo Zagreb, Stefano Pioli spoke in a press conference, “We are playing for so much, we have to get a positive result, as do our opponents. It is a very important match and we have prepared it for what it is. We don’t need anger, we need concentration and lucidity. Dinamo is a great opponent, they haven’t lost at home since 2021, we will need to approach the match well.”
“We need to stay inside the game, we need compactness, every now and then we still stretch the team too much, this makes us run more and lose energy, it must not happen – the words of the coach -. Every game we face it as if it were the most important, as if it were the last. We have played many like that. I don’t think we need special motivation, everyone knows when tomorrow’s challenge will be important. We are fine. It is clear that we have some aches and pains, but we are fine mentally and physically. We know the importance of the match and we have prepared for it as best we can.”
“Dinamo is a team that defends well, knows how to restart with great speed, they are a complete and strong team that you have to pay a lot of attention to. They are doing very well in the Champions League and they are winning the league, they have great values also at the individual level. They have a good player like Petkovic, who makes the team go up, and another one like Orsic who is very fast. It will be important to have compactness and be clear in negative and positive transitions.”
These are the words of Ante Rebic: “Dinamo Zagreb is a great opponent, as they showed in the first leg match. We have analyzed it well, we know its weaknesses. I hope we will take the three points in Zagreb and take a first step toward our goal. The round of 16? The work of the last three years has led us to reach the group stage, now we want to take another step forward and qualify for the round of 16. The environment? Maksimir is not as warm as the Split stadium, but it’s nice to come back to Croatia. The pitch will definitely be perfect, the environment maybe a little less so, but we are going there to do our best.”
