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04-02-2010

“A clear mind and care for the details”

Gianni De Biasi: “It is a 180 minutes (“180-minute”?) match, we have to try to score during the away game. We have to be careful to defend and to avoid fouls within the penalty area”

On the eve of Roma-Udinese coach Gianni De Biasi wants to point out that: “The Cup is a very important objective, but avoiding relegation must come first, at the moment. Roma is living an extraordinary moment: they last lost here in Udine, it was 17 matches ago! (??, invert the phrase perhaps?) We must keep a clear mind and care for every detail. It is 180 minutes long match (“180-minute long match”?), and I think it is fundamental to score during the away game. We must be careful about counterattack actions, to make an example (?? Invert the phrase?). They have excellent strikers, skilled in free kicks from just outside the area, so we have to keep them away from our penalty area”.
The bianconeri (“bianconeri” in this case lower-case???) have sawn (“sawn”? Past participle of “to sow” is “sown”, isn’t it?) good seeds in the League, but have harvested little recently: “True. In Catania, we played well and it was not at all an easy field to play on, nor they were (“nor were they”?) an easy team to face. Against Sampdoria, it was a bad home defeat. We should have been more concentrated and should have handled the final minutes in a better way”. A word about D’Agostino and the called-up (??) players for Tim Cup: “Gaetano only needed to be a little more confident and to get a better physical condition (“to get in better shape”?). As for the match in Rome, I am going to let the best possible line-up to hit the pitch from the first minute”. About Geijo. “A strong forward, but quick and sure footed (“sure-footed”?); a courageous striker and a good (“a good”?) at defending the ball and keeping it”.

05-02-2010

“The debut was a great emotion to me (“for me”?): I want to do my best for Udinese”

Alexandre Geijo Pazos about his first Italian minutes on the field

After playing for a few minutes at the Olimpico during the Tim Cup match, Alexandre Geijo Pazos seems to be a very determined guy: “ I have noticed many differences with the Spanish Liga especially in terms of tactics: both in the defensive and in the offensive phase, the team move (“moves”?) on as a compact block. In Spain there are more one-to-one duels”. Geijo debuted at the Olimpico, the legendary Rome stadium. Were you a little worked up? “Yes, I was. I was proud of wearing (“the”?) Udinese uniform and to play at the Olimpico with that t-shirt” (“top”?). We all have realized how Geijo is a strong although quick and agile forward: “I like quick football, through passes, ball recovering and defending. I am versatile and ready to do my best to please Udinese”. What is your idea of Udinese, up to now? “It is a deeply talented and skilled team. Difficult periods are common in football, we only need to win a couple of games in a row to recover and be more confident”. Now out of curiosity about his t-shirt number, 27: “During my career I have always had high numbers such as 19 or 22. The other day, my girlfriend picked 27 up among the ones available. It doesn’t matter to me, it is unimportant. The number doesn’t make the player”.