Genoa, Alberto Gilardino is cryptic about Mateo Retegui

The words of Alberto Gilardino ahead of Genoa-Milan

On the eve of the match against AC Milan valid for the eighth day of Serie A, Genoa coach Alberto Gilardino presented the match during the pre-match press conference. In addition, the former Fiorentina center forward wanted to shed light on the condition of Mateo Retegui.

"We have several situations and evaluations to make ahead of tomorrow’s match, including Mateo. We will evaluate in the next 24 hours with great clarity, as I have always done and as we have always done in these weeks and months. Retegui reported severe pain in his knee and we will evaluate whether it is worth recovering him without però risking compromising his championship. There'è the willè from everyone to see him on the field, but you have to be lucid in the evaluations that you go to make on certain players" began the coach of the rossoblù.

"I think you have to limit the error rate on our part as much as possible. We will meet a strong team both in the starting 11 and on the bench. What è has managed to build Pioli over these years è something extraordinary for the identity è that è managed to give this team. From our side, it will have to be a game faced with great courage. What I asked the boys è to face the match with determination" added the Grifone coach.

"They have great qualities" especially in the search for space, they have a lot of verticality". They are very good with the ball to the goalkeeper and to alternate the positions of the full-backs inside the field or in the width. On the flanks they can count on quality players like Theo, Leao, Calabria and Pulisic, while up front they have players who feel the penalty area like Giroud and Okafor. In the middle of the field, however, the players manage to implement their coach’s ideas. For our part, we must remain compact as we did in the other matches against the big ones at home" commented Alberto Gilardino regarding the individualitiesà of the Rossoneri.