Lucchese - SPAL, coach Colucci's pre-match conference

After finishing the eve's refinement, coach Leonardo Colucci reached the press room of the "G.B. Fabbri" Sports Center for the pre Lucchese - SPAL conference, a match valid for the 24th day of the Serie C NOW 2023/2024 Championship.

"My opinion on the market is positive, functional players have been included in the context of an already important group. As regards the condition, we know that those who arrived first, such as Büchel, Zilli and Edera, the more they play the more they have the possibility of putting minutes in the legs. Petrovic has always played and is already in condition psychophysically as well, which is the element that can help you the most on the field, and Ghiringhelli is also regularly available."

"I don't feel pressured. Those in this profession know that, with respect to everyone, we need to have broad shoulders because we are judged by the result. I am convinced that between the new signings and the recoveries of important players who are already on this team, we can do well."

"I understand the protest that arose after the last game, and I prefer that to resignation. This is the situation and we have to come out of it as men. We all put our faces on it but it's the players who go out there and, beyond the right or wrong individual reads and plays, they are the ones who have to defend us, it's time to put our chests out."

"The goalkeepers are all four doing well from a physical point of view, including Alfonso, who in recent days underwent a medical assessment with a reassuring result. As for the fielding of the new ones, we all know that novelty is always nice and it may be that someone among them will also start from the beginning. We always evaluate the conditions in which the boys arrive, the minutes they have accrued and all the other factors that give us the necessary indications for their best insertion."

"I don't think there are any problems of abundance within our roster, also because now we have so many close games ahead of us and in March we may lose some players to national team call-ups. Those who play even for one minute have to give their all and those who do not play have to set an example. You have to be professional always and the first part of the season teaches us that it is always better to have a few more players."

"If there was even a second's doubt that the group was not following the coach, I would not be here today talking to you. You have to see where in these months the team has given its all and where, on the other hand, we have had difficulties. I can assure you that the team group is healthy, with values and ready to give everything all the time."

"The arrival of new players is an important element because it brings positive energy. Beyond that, however, there is one medicine that is even more positive and that is victory, we have to take it because the boys deserve it for what they do every day."