Sportal.it exclusive, Stefano Eranio gives a grade to Alberto Gilardino

Sportal.it exclusive, Stefano Eranio: "Gilardino perfect"

Former Genoa midfielder Stefano Eranio, intercepted by Sportal.it at the Padel Trend Expo, the event dedicated to padel scheduled from January 19 to 21 at the Allianz MICO in Milan, praised Alberto Gilardino for his work as coach of the Grifone in this his first season as a coach in Serie A: "Am I surprised by him? In my opinion, there are many like him in Italy, unfortunately, we should have the courage to give them the opportunity'to do so. Gilardino è he was good at understanding the problems of Genoa last year, and this year he is taking it forward, I think he is perfect just for what è the set-up of the team. Bravo, grade 8".

Even a former Genoa man like Raffaele Palladino is doing well on the bench, at Monza: "Palladino surprised me more than Gilardino. I was convinced that he could teach soccer with all the teachers he had, especially Gasperini, who makes young people play well, I had no doubts. It's normal that it takes courage on the part of the companyà to risk something".

Eranio, at AC Milan for five seasons, then defended the Rossoneri coach Stefano Pioli, who was strongly criticized despite the Scudetto: "Miracles are not made because" to win what you have won you still have to have something in the team, but I am amazed by these criticisms, because" I consider him one of the best Italian coaches. He has shown important things on the level of the game, he has not è never been trivial, è been unlucky because è he had in the top moments many injuries that are still haunting him. In my opinion it is not good to say certain things about him".

"A midfielder in whom I see myself? For the way he was before, Florenzi, like Pellegrini, but especially Florenzi who è started as a midfielder and then many times he plays as a fluidizing full-back, a little bit like è he has been in my career. A mix of these two I think it is fair to say that a minimum of similarity is there".