Spal on the road to Sassari: Baldini analyses the challenge against Torres

La Spal she left for Sassari where he will complete his finishing touches before Sunday's match. Baldini takes stock before the start with the usual pre-race conference. "We have not recovered Payroll - explains -, Bidaoui he had a couple of training sessions, the first since I've been here, we'll leave him in Ferrara to work. Karlsson we lost him for a few weeks. The others are fine. Having more players available I will make all the necessary assessments".

What race are you looking forward to?

"The Torres they have had the same coach for several years, they are a well-tested team and it is clear how tough they are. They have some suspended players, but they have equally good players to replace them. It is clear that at the moment the problem is conceding goals, with Torres the concentration must really be at the highest levels and I will field players who have given me this feeling during the week".

How is the mental state of the team?

"We are working both on the collective and on individuals. I'll give you an example: Calapai. He was one of those I saw in the most difficulty, while in the last match he was among the most positive. I see it differently, as do others. It is a path that would require time, which we do not have, and therefore everything must be accelerated. I have also recalibrated the work a bit, so that it is oriented towards preparing for the match, but also less invasive in their minds. We are changing several things. We must absolutely eliminate the fact of going behind. The only time it didn't happen, we won. It is also a fact that then we find the goal, even if with difficulty".

What did you try to do to further strengthen the defensive phase?

"You'll see on Sunday, I don't want to make things easier for the opponent. In the end, it's the players you have available that lead you to choose the formation and the system. I didn't come here as a fundamentalist. Now we've recovered several players, this is a group that allows you to field a very technical team, but also a more compact one".

With Radrezza absent, what role can he play? El Kaddouri?

"There were some ailments during the week, Antenucci, Zammarini and El Kaddouri. This is to say that it is true that El Kaddouri has an extra week of training in his legs, he is at the complete disposal of the team but at the moment he certainly does not have the ninety minutes. It will be up to me to understand whether to use him more in the first part or in the second part of the match. His quality is evident, we must try not to lose him".

Beatrice Bergamini