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05-03-2012

Asamoah: “Atalanta were shut (??), now focus on AZ”

Udinese midfielder Kwadwo Asamoah was in the mixed-zone to analyze the complicated match against Atalanta, which ended with a 0-0. “It’s been tough, they were shut and their strikers were close-knit (“closed-knit”?). We’ve played (“We played”?) a good first half, but it hasn’t been (“it wasn’t enough”?) enough. Playing at home was hard because they were shut (??) and we didn’t have room enough to hit them. The last chance in the last minutes was a shame, Consigli was very good. It’s a draw, now we have to focus on the next match”. How do you feel about that?
“In the final part of the match I was very tired, the trip to the USA with my national team left me tired. We have an important match on Thursday, we have three days to get ready for it and I want to be ready to help the team”.

How much do you care for Europa League (“for the Europa League”?)? “We want to go on. It’s different because we are facing European clubs, not Italian ones. It’s up to us to do our best also in Alkmaar”.

05-03-2012

AZ-Udinese: our schedule for the away match

Everything is set and ready at Udinese for the UEFA Europa League away match in Netherlands (“the Netherlands”?), where Francesco Guidolin’s squad is going to face AZ Alkmaar on Thursday.
Here is Udinese schedule for Wednesday, 7 and Thursday, 8 March.

WEDNESDAY 7 MARCH 2012
11 am: preparatory training session at the “Friuli” stadium in Udine (media access granted for the first 15 minutes)
6.30 pm: press conference held by coach Francesco Guidolin and one of Udinese players “(Udinese’s players”?) at the “AFAS Stadion” in Alkmaar (Netherlands).

THURSDAY 8 MARCH 2012
9.05 pm: UEFA Europa League match AZ Alkmaar-Udinese, due at the “AFAS Stadion” (live on Rete 4 and on Premium Calcio on the digital terrestrial television).