Vanoli: "The game after the break is the most important"

On the eve of the Day 10 of Serie B 2023/24, when Venezia will face Reggiana at the “Mapei Stadium-Città del Tricolore“ tomorrow at 18:30, the arancioneroverdi coach Paolo Vanoli analyzed the team's situation and the opponent.

"We are very sorry for Jay Idzes, first and foremost as a person, but now our task is to stand by him with serenity. He has shown that he is a strong player with great potential, he arrived with great desire in a league he did not know and was a surprise for all of us. We need to come out of a difficult period stronger and we will all help him do that. We have been working hard and we are doing well. The players who have returned from national teams, especially the Americans given the many hours of travel need some time to recover but I have always said that playing for your country must be a privilege and it is right.

Reggiana is built well with very experienced and category players, they have collected little for what they showed on the field. He got a lot of players and maybe all these newcomers need some time to integrate, maybe the break did him good from this point of view. Certainly Nesta's hand is showing. As I always say, B is difficult and that's why it's beautiful. Every game must be like playing against the leader this must be our mentality. At the end of the first half of the season we will see where we are at, as of today we are only thinking about Reggiana, which will have to be faced as if they were at the top of the standings. The game after the break always scares me, it's always the most important one. Turning the switch back on to the players right away is the hardest thing when the competition approaches.

My greatest success is to have built a roster where everyone can play in their partner's place, with experienced players and willing youngsters who push and raise the level of training. Everyone is important; that's the only way to become a team. In a long season there are always the unexpected, as we could see, and you have to be ready.“