Parma-Venezia: post match

February 3, 2024

At the end of Parma-Venezia, Day 23 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
"Today's game was an important test for us especially on a mental level. Congratulations to my boys who played a great game against a very strong team. With a great technical gesture they managed to win the game for them in the last minute, but we as always have to raise our heads and look to the next match. The game was very good, we maybe started a bit contracted in the first minutes but then, changing our set-up, we settled down and our performance improved. Since I arrived in Venice the fans have been very close to us and I have to thank them, I am happy with this team and I think they are too. We will do our best to get as far as possible and always honor this jersey thinking about our people who always support us. Parma's initial set-up with four strikers did not surprise me, they have a superior technical and physical quality in this league. Maybe in the first 15 minutes we lacked a bit of calmness in our play, we were struggling to take the width and dribble, but when we set up with three we played a very good game. Great strides have been made this year and we are not there by accident.“

Joel Pohjanpalo
"We played in an important stadium with a great atmosphere and perhaps in the first phase of the match we suffered a little. Afterwards we took the field and besides my goal we created several chances to double. Details in games like these make the difference, unfortunately they found the winning goal in the last minute. We held our own against a strong team like Parma, the match was very balanced but in the end they came out on top and there is nothing we can do except to file down the details and focus on the next game. We know that playing against Sütirol is never easy, they are a very compact and close-knit team. The support of our fans, home and away, is always crucial for us and it was good to hear their support today as well.“