Vieira: ‘Genoa needed to be aggressive, however disappointing purpose to concede’
Patrick Vieira knew Genoa needed to be ‘aggressive’ towards Inter, however has regrets over the Lautaro Martinez purpose and explains the place his group ‘shifted our mentality.’
The Grifone made it a surprisingly even encounter at San Siro towards the reigning Champions of Italy, testing Josep Martinez with Caleb Ekuban and rescued by the woodwork towards Nicolò Barella’s scorcher.
by a stroke of luck, as Lautaro Martinez’s header on a Hakan Calhanoglu nook ricocheted in off the chest of Genoa defender Patrizio Masini.
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“It was an awesome recreation towards a top quality opponent, so it was vital to be organised, concentrated and in addition aggressive. We did that, however it’s disappointing to concede a purpose on a set play,”
“I’m nonetheless very pleased, as a result of we confirmed that now we have character and are heading in the right direction.”
Vieira modified Genoa mentality
MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 22: Lautaro Martinez of FC Internazionale scores his group’s first purpose through the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and Genoa at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on February 22, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Photographs)
Vitinha, Milan Badelj, Morten Thorsby, Sincere Ahanor and Lior Kassa had been out injured, , so Vieira appeared to 18-year-old Lorenzo Venturino off the bench.
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“These younger gamers signify the way forward for the membership and we should imagine in them. Younger gamers have to play with a purpose to develop. Venturino has been coaching with us for a number of weeks, and we think about him.”
Whereas Genoa are actually very stable, they’re nonetheless struggling to attain objectives, discovering the web solely 24 occasions in 26 Serie A video games.
“We’re a group who trigger lots of issues for different Serie A sides, however after we win the ball again, we should create extra scoring alternatives. We’ve got high quality, we have to imagine extra in our alternatives and that is the place we should do higher,” agreed Vieira.
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“I believe the potential has at all times been right here on this group, however we modified our means of taking part in a bit bit and what actually shifted our mentality was recognising we needed to elevate the extent of behaviour, each on and off the sector.”
Vieira known as San Siro residence each as a Milan and Inter participant, so trying again at a number of the crunching tackles that had been his bread and butter, does he agree with Gian Piero Gasperini that trendy soccer has grow to be too mushy?
“I believe soccer modified with VAR, there’s much less freedom for gamers to enter tackles. There are lots of extra cameras and a few behaviour you’ll be able to now not get away with, however the sport stays the identical and that you must get pleasure from it. We neglect that soccer is a recreation, at occasions the strain is just too unfavourable and we neglect to get pleasure from ourselves.”
Vieira’s former Milan teammate Alessandro ‘Billy’ Costacurta was within the Sky Sport Italia studio and the Frenchman joked about their completely different disciplinary information.
“Billy was smarter at not being seen!”
