Udinese is back to winning ways at home! This afternoon, the Bianconeri overcame Venezia 3-2, winning three golden points. In the post-match press conference, coach of the Friulians Kosta Runjaic analyzed the performance of his boys…
Runjaic’s words.
ON THE VICTORY AGAINST VENICE “It was a tense game, with many goals and many duels, the two teams gave everything and in the end we won in front of our fans: the best possible scenario. It was a liberation, especially after the third goal. Today we saw a good energy. If you support Udinese you have to be able to suffer, today we all suffered; after 2-0 we lost control of the match, they were backs to the wall, but they were able to react, we had some problems, also psychological. Venice’s first goal, however, came on their second shot on goal on a nice free kick. Then came the 2-2 still on a free kick, we knew they could be dangerous. In the end we managed to get the third, in the first leg we had lost after going ahead by two goals, so today is even better. This win is good for the head, good for the body and makes our fans happy. Why are we suffering? There are many factors to consider, we need to improve step by step. We worked hard during the week, we always have last season in mind. We still need to improve, when we are mature we can do our analysis and act accordingly.”
ON THE TRIDENT AND NOT ONLY… “We used different tridents, not only Lucca-Sanchez-Thauvin, we can play with three or four offensive men, as well as with three or four defenders. What counts are the individuals and today everyone gave everything. Lucca maybe could have done even more, but he scored an important goal, he fought many duels, he ran a lot, he gave everything; Thauvin also ran a lot, he is a very important player for the team; Sanchez was not as involved in the game as we expected, but it was a very intense game. They had come here to equalize, it was a game with many duels but we did well. We can still improve and learn lessons for the future from today’s match.”
ON THE CHANGES IN THE RUNNING GAME. “This afternoon we had a short bench, before the game we had thought about possible changes, we already knew that Sanchez could not play ninety minutes. Bravo came in well, gave everything and scored an important goal. Iker is training well, he has to continue like this. We are happy for him and for the win.”
ON THE STARTING FORM. “We usually play three-man, but today I deployed Kristensen at fullback even though it is not his position and he did well. He is fast, aggressive, strong up front, he has played fullback before and is an option. Today Karlstrom was missing, with his absence we thought of a different form to keep more possession of the ball. Playing with four, you have an extra midfielder, but there are many factors to consider and then make our evaluations. The most important thing is always the players.”
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