Sinisa Mihajlovic challenges his boys: “We are not a team capable of winning eight to nine games in a row, but I would like to be proven wrong… I can assure you that from here to the end we will nibble more points off those ahead of us.”
Capitol formation: “I think we will start with Mario, because he has more physicality than Menez. That said, neither of them has that intensity that I would like, so it will be relay. From both I expect them to be decisive in these last 11 games. Balotelli’s attitude? I’m not talking about smiles and jubilation. It’s enough for me that he scores. I am referring to the spirit of sacrifice, he has to help the team as everyone else does. If he does he plays, otherwise he doesn’t play. I cannot go against myself and the interests of the team. He will have chances that he will have to be good at taking advantage of.”
“Berlusconi says he and Bacca don’t see them well together? I fully half agree…,” the punchline, quoting former Bari and Lecce player Luigi Garzya, made famous for his famous linguistic gaffe from Mai dire gol.