Martusciello: «In Mantua to play our game»

“A Mantua to play our game and look for a positive result against a team full of enthusiasm after the promotion and the decent start to the season”. John Martusciello closes the market book and keeps open only the one on the pitch, in view of tomorrow evening’s challenge (8.30pm) at Martelli Stadium against the Virgilians, returning from the defeat at Castellammare di Stabia.

The market

“I have already had the opportunity to say that playing so many matches with the market open is a distraction for everyone, but it certainly doesn’t apply only to the Salerno. It goes like this, we tried to isolate ourselves and until the match against Sampdoriaall in all, the results were on our side. Now that the transfers are closed, we need to focus on learning and improving daily. It was like this before but even more so now“, said Martusciello, who will immediately bring the latest arrivals with him Wlodarczyk, Jaroszynski, Ferrari, Hrustic, Torregrossa and Stojanovicin strict chronological order of announcement.

The “new ones”

“I had listed the needs to the director from my point of view and I believe that the squad has been reinforced to the best of our ability. We welcome into the group elements of quality and absolute experience for the category and I certainly have more choice. I am happy with what the company has done. From the day I accepted this adventure I was aware of the path to take, even of the waiting time to be able to work with the final squad. My staff members and I rolled up our sleeves and thought only about the pitch, receiving maximum availability from everyone, even those who left and knew it could happen. – he added – I thank those who greeted us for their contribution in the very first part of the season, while the exhortation for the new arrivals is simple. Courage, I tell them. Maximum application is needed and I have no doubt that it will be like this. We are talking about guys who have hundreds of appearances, a footballing background and an important personality. Most of them trained with their previous clubs. Ferrari has kept himself in shape in recent months and immediately trained with us. The break we will have after the next round will certainly help us to work with more time available to transfer our dictates. Some of the new ones could even start from the beginning but I will only have a briefing tomorrow morning to make the appropriate decisions on the formation”.

The opponent

A win, a draw, a defeat. Mantova of Possanzini he is a very respectable opponent. “A well-trained team from all points of view, especially technical, that will make us run in vain. We are well aware of the difficulties we will face. – Martusciello continues – Mantova has maintained the same base as last season in which it overwhelmingly won the championship Series C. Try to play good football and it will certainly be a good match. We want to do the same and try to rectify the mistakes made previously. I think everyone has seen proof that this Salernitana has a big heart, a united group that wants to do well and come out unscathed from the next round. These are the fundamental ingredients. Then it takes work and attention to grow gradually. Tomorrow I know there will be a lot of fans following us, they will represent an extra gear for us, as usual. During the pre-season retreat I said that it would be our job to bring them back to our side. In our small way, in these few matches played so far we have done what we could but we still have to continue to demonstrate a lot”.