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22-02-2011

Guidolin: “My boys did everything they could”

In five days coach Guidolin will be back in the stadium that, a long time ago, was his home, but, for the second time, as a guest (run-on sentence with too many commas!): “It is going to be a particular week to (“for””) me, Palermo was a beautiful page (???) in my career. I was fine in Sicily and I hold (“have”?) good memories of that period, I was moved, last season, when I went back to “Renzo Barbera” (“Renzo Barbera Stadium”?) for the first time” as Parma’s coach, and I was welcomed by an ovation. The supporters and the footballers I have coached actually feel a strong, sincere affection for me”.

Sunday’s match is going to be a direct match between teams fighting for a top placing: “Both Palermo and we (“We and Palermo…”?) are fighting to gain our place in Europe. They’re not facing a crisis, I’ve been watching them: they can easily win when the first-strings are OK and available. When someone is missing they can have some trouble (“problems”?), but since the team will be complete against us, it will be a very tough match. Palermo believe in their coach and when it is so, you can always tell it on the field” (???).

Brescia’s home draw hasn’t undermined the trust among the players: “We’re all serene, we were supposed to win against Brescia but we are also aware of the difficulties we are to find from now on. The boys did everything they could, I’m very satisfied of (“with”?) their performance. I’m rather disappointed in myself, as I could have done more to oppose Brescia. I am severe and demanding with myself, I didn’t intervene because in the second half I got the impression that the team could break the deadlock”.

The coach is very glad of (“for”?) German Denis’ (“Denis’s”?) performance: “He did what I asked him to do, he worked hard, and he was also a bit unlucky in the first half when he missed the goal”.
There are still 12 days (“12 games”?) before the end of the championship, but the coach is focused on next Sunday’s match: “I don’t pay much attention on (“to”?) the calendar, I concentrate on one oppoent (“opponent”?) at a time. It’s what I’ve always done”.

The medication to succeed again has been prescribed at the beginning of the season: ambition and humbleness. “Cohesion and sense of belonging are fundamental values for a group willing to reach certain goals and (“is”?) a basis to continue a (“continue with a good project”?) good project. My job is based on that”.

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31-01-2011

Guidolin: “Glad and conscious of our strength”

With the three points conquered at (“the”?) “Olimpico” in Turin, Udinese is now up to 36 (“points”?), only two places away from (“the”?) Champions League: “In the first half we haven’t been (“we weren’t brilliant”?) brilliant – says the coach – we’ve been (“we were”) a bit inaccurate playing too many high balls and in depth. In the second half, on the other hand (usually, if we use “on the other hand”, we should start the preceding phrase with “on the one hand”), we’ve improved (“we improved”?) in speed (“by”) keeping the ball low. Though in disadvantage (??), we’ve recovered and conquered a victory improving our physical conditions (“condition”?), rhythm and intensity. We are glad and conscious we can fight in order to stay as long as possible on the train leading to Europe”.
These three points, added to the last ten, make thirteen in the last five matches: “We need to be convinced we can fight among the teams between 34 and 38 points. We’re very proud to be two points away from Inter and Roma, right before Palermo and Juventus”.

When they reached the draw, the coach has (“had”?) substituted Di Natale with the Swiss Abdì: “It was a cool-headed choice. Di Natale is our first-rate (“first-rate what”?=) and, although I knew we could hope for something more than a draw, I wanted to preserve him for the next championship matches scheduled next Wednesday and Saturday. Against Bologna I’ll have to renounce (???) to Sanchez, who’s been red-carded, so I’ll have to rely on Totò even more”.

In Turin, Udinese have shown the same sparkling game as they had last Sunday against Inter: “Keeping the enthusiasm, altruism and growing (??) will high is all that matters. I have at my disposal a group made of a world-beater (???) , Totò, skilled players, such as Pinzi and Domizzi, and many young players studying to become champions” (master’s or Phd degrees?).