Enzo Maresca
Enzo Maresca on the Team’s Professionalism
Enzo Maresca said “I think the players, once again, showed how professional and serious they are. It’s very easy to sleep, or fall down, in these kind of games. Football is full of surprise. I said to them before the game to show how serious we are, how professional. I think they showed that and it’s an important message for all of us.”
Enzo Maresca on Scoring More Goals
Enzo Maresca said “We have to be serious. It’s never easy, as I said before: football is full of surprise. If you are not ready mentally, if you do not take it seriously, you can drop against any team. The most important thing is that we are serious, we are professional.”
Enzo Maresca on Player Selection Decisions
Enzo Maresca addressed player fitness, saying, “He’s okay. It was just a technical decision. No more than that, he is okay.”
Enzo Maresca on Tyrique George’s Performance
Enzo Maresca said “I think he was very good. I said before the game, probably with young players, sometimes it is better to tell them the day before so they can prepare but with some of them, tell them at the end so they don’t get nervous. The plan with Tyrique, we knew already he was going to start but I told him just two hours before the game. I think he was very good. Also, Sam Rak-Sakyi was very good. I’m very happy for Marc Guiu, in the end he scored. He hasn’t got many minutes with us this season but he is working hard. They are all 18, 17, 19 – it’s important.”
Enzo Maresca on Starting Mykhailo Mudryk in the Premier League
Enzo Maresca said “We consider Misha, all of them for every game to take the best XI we think. The important thing is Misha continues to improve like tonight. He scored a fantastic goal, he had some good moments. The important thing is he continues to improve.”
Enzo Maresca on Lessons from the Match
Enzo Maresca said “First of all, if you remember; in the first five minutes we conceded a chance. So you can learn, as I said, if you concede there, the game will change. You have to always be focused, you cannot drop. In my opinion, the way to show respect to them is to not underestimate them. That was the message before the game. Don’t underestimate nothing because football is full of this kind of surprise. We don’t need that.”
