Mister Longo, what a debut: "And without conceding a goal"

by Lorenzo LonghiREGGIO EMILIAFor Raphael Longo, deputy of Fabio Grosso, the debut in Serie B It couldn't have been better, considering the weight of the victory yesterday afternoon: "We started again with great balance and intensity after the defeat against Spezia. It was a difficult match, we played well and we are happy, also because we were good and cynical in taking advantage of the opportunities we had. Furthermore, we did not concede a goal, which has not happened in eight matches".

True, very true: the clean sheet had been missing for too long, even if, to tell the truth, two goals in Sassuolo he also suffered them, the VAR cancelled them ("and if it's offside, it's objective: you draw a line and there's little to discuss", he says) but there were some mistakes: "We're still working to improve on our readings, but we've rolled up our sleeves. Skjellerup? He played a good match, like everyone else". The debut: "There was a bit of emotion, which vanished at the start. Then Fabio will be back next time, who was a caged lion today". Above all, his colleague Guido Pagliuca, coach of Juve Stabia, has become a caged lion, whose expulsion immediately after the half-time whistle, by referee Ferrieri Caputi, has sparked the anger of the Campania club.

The sole director, Filippo Polcino, speaks of "arbitrage one-sided" and he takes it especially for that red: "What our coach is suffering is unworthy: we are not the ones who should be sent off, but the referees. We will defend our coach with all our strength, it is the second time (it also happened in La Spezia, ed.) that he has been kicked out in a few weeks and we are not being given credible explanations. They say he called the referees 'unworthy', but they are the ones who are unworthy. We will not tolerate these situations anymore".

Returning to Sassuolo, the return to the three points was fundamental also because the others continue to run: "We needed to win and send a signal to the championship – explained Edoardo Iannoni, yesterday on the pitch from the start in place of the suspended Thorstvedt – to make it clear that the Sassuolo It's always there. We are calm: there have been some incidents along the way in the last few weeks, but we continue to work and concentrate only on ourselves".