"Yesterday at the press conference I said that I had seen a lighter headed team, more calm after the Bologna victory. Today they have confirmed it", said a satisfied Gattuso after the victory at the today at the San Siro (against the now relegated Hellas Verona). The scoreline was 4-1, with goals from Calhanoglu, Cutrone, Abate, and Borini.
Now, they head towards the Italian Cup final, scheduled on Wednesday against Juventus. At the stadium, this afternoon at the end of the match a chorus was raised: 'We want the Italian Cup'.
"And who does not want it... We know however, that we will have to make the perfect match. Juve has something more than us, but as a player, many times I have won in teams with something less. We will have to get there with great clarity, mental freshness and respect for the opponent. I'm sure we will prepare for it well, we will definitely play the game well", explained the Rossoneri coach to SkySport's microphones.
"The thing that bothers me most is that in games like today we have always struggled, we lost important points on the road. Today, we are at 60 points, when I arrived I did not think we could get there. We could have done better with the 'smaller teams' but this team has values, and today we have seen each other through."
"The average age is 23/24 years and I believe that good things can be done. Most beautiful week since I have become coach? I do not see anything funny in my work. I only enjoy that hour and a half when I have the whistle to train the players.I always feel a lot of tension and stress, it's part of the game."
"Calhanoglu? He is a typical 10 that combines quality and quantity. He manages to do both phases, in modern football there is a brush. Now it is the added value of this team and still has great margins for mental and physical improvement."
"Cutrone? He worked hard, it takes great passion. He has precise characteristics but sometimes it is not clean in the technical gesture. When one has passion, he must have the desire and the poison to want to improve. At a certain moment he thought only of the goals and he was wrong. At his age he must give priority to his work and understand that in the end he bears fruit".
