Venezia-Feralpisalò: post match

At the end of Venezia-Feralpisalò, Day 37 of the Serie BKT 2023/24 championship, which finished with the result of 2-1, Venezia coach Paolo Vanoli and Joel Pohjanpalo analyzed the match as follows.

Paolo Vanoli
"I had said that we would have to change something in formation, having played two very difficult games in all aspects. The changes were also a function of that, it was the time to get Jajalo back into the rhythm of the game from the start. I preferred to rest a few players from the first minute. It was a game in which I knew we would struggle a bit and so it was but I can only congratulate my boys who threw their hearts over the hurdle, and this unites us with the fans. When we meet teams with a low block we are a little slow, we need to be quicker to find the play and go inside the lines. Until the end we will be there, we will now go for another challenging game because we need the three points hoping for Como who has our destiny in hand. We have to grow in keeping the level of our game constant, regardless of the result, it's a matter of mentality. When Feralpisalò equalized we took courage and energy and went back to pushing forward, but we should have done that even when we were ahead. In the first half they allowed us few chances, in the second half I wanted to change something by also inserting Pierini who was good at giving us depth. In Svoboda's place I probably would have closed my eyes and shot but I give him kudos because he was very lucid in giving that ball to Joel.“


Joel Pohjanpalo
"Definitely I'm very happy with the win and the two goals, Como's result keeps us in the race for direct promotion. We want to focus on the next game, today was a very open match in which they also had to win at all costs. In the end the big chance came, I congratulate Svoboda because he was very cool in front of the goal in that situation. We knew we still had some time after their equalizer to look for the win, in the end we got it at the last good chance. Very happy to have scored two such important goals for the whole team and the fans, who supported us in great numbers again today, they are also a very important component in this season of ours. It was important to secure third place today and regardless of what the outcome of the regular season will be, we will be ready.“