The words of coach Thiago Motta after the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa match against Lecce played this evening at the 'Alberto Picco' stadium:
"Surely it is a difficult moment for everyone, but we have to accept the reality, potentially we have value, but we are not showing it and we have to give much more. I don't want to say that everything is fine, because it's not, but it's time for everyone to look at what they can give and try to do their best. We have to look forward and be aware of our capabilities and limitations.
When I say that each one of us has to accept reality, I'm talking primarily about myself and the players: Spezia is a club that has struggled for years and years to get to Serie A and it can't be a walk in the park to stay there; therefore, each one of us has to fight every day and every game with a clear goal in mind.
To compete with the other teams in Serie A we must be aware of our situation to open ourselves up to change and improvement, thinking we are more than what we are at the moment will not help us to grow, but can only harm us.
Bertola deserved to play, he is training well every day, he is a young boy who has grown a lot in these months. The team I lined up today was the one I thought would be suitable to face Lecce, but they were better than us.
It's normal that the fans are angry, it couldn't be the opposite, but on Sunday we'll need everyone's support to overcome a team that at the moment is doing twice as well as many others in Serie A, including us.
I expect the best Empoli possible, they are deservedly living a wonderful moment, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that they are probably the fittest team in Serie A, and we will face them with all our strengths, all together. They will face a team that is going through a difficult moment, but that will want to fight hard to go up and show they can reach the goal of salvation.
It doesn't matter if I expected to be positioned differently in the standings at this point, it matters where we are now, it matters the reality of the facts and this is the time to accept it and understand that we must improve to do all the good of the club."
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