UDINE (ITALPRESS) – Never settle. Seven points in the last three games and a reassuring +13 on the salvation zone, Udinese can look forward to the coming months with confidence. But woe betide them if they let their guard down, starting with tomorrow’s trip to Lecce. “What we are working on is the consistency of results,” Kosta Runjaic confirmed on the eve of the game. “We know that everything cannot always work, but we are working on the mechanisms and the way we present ourselves in the away game, and this is how we are coming to the match with Lecce. In recent weeks we have had stability, we have approached matches as a team and we are more relaxed. It is clear the step forward we have made, but from a technical point of view we can still improve. Against Empoli we conceded some chances and it is precisely on this that we have to improve, we have to be alert, focused, always overcome our limits. The goal is to maintain concentration regardless of the opponent. Many positive things were seen, but there is potential for improvement, in soccer you cannot relax: if you give less on the field then you play badly.” Lecce is “a very strong team, we know what to expect. Tomorrow we will have to give everything, run a lot, play as a team, be stable at the back and also show the joy of playing, because it’s a good moment for us.” “The players understand each other more and more, they are growing together and can still grow together, we also have individual qualities and it shows more and more on the field. We have to continue like this to improve as a team,” highlights the Friulians’ coach, according to whom “we have to improve in one-on-one situations, which are a very important element. Then also on the outsides, for example Kamara and Ekkelenkamp on the left, they have to coordinate, they have to understand each other; communication is important, we often communicate little but we have improved, I see it in training. We are very satisfied with the team’s developments but surely we can defend better.” Returning to the Via del Mare match, “Lecce is a team that does not do so much possession but is strong in transition, on the right side they have fast players and they have a striker who runs a lot. We have to avoid certain situations, be better with the ball between our feet and be able to react immediately especially in defense. We have to be alert, quick and careful not to miss anything that happens on the field, we have to understand in advance how the game can develop in individual situations. These are the things we are working on.” Davis is back available (“he needs time to reach 100% of form, but this is already a step forward, he will train today and will come with us to Lecce”), as for Pafundi “he is a great talent but he is still young, he still has to train, absorb all the information he gets and also take example from the more experienced ones. He is on the right track, we see his talent, but it also takes character and work.” And as for the end of the season, “we want to do the best we can, right now we cannot relax, on the contrary we have to take advantage of the positive moment to score as many points as possible. We have already improved from last year and every player wants to improve even more, we have many goals that we discuss with the team. Soccer is made of goals, we also have them and we work to achieve them.”- photo Ipa Agency -(ITALPRESS).
