…ABOUT MATCH

It will be a very important match, I told the boys and they knew it. Eight are missing, but we always think about the single. I think the team is doing a lot. I think the attack is a false problem: the numbers of this team in these ten games have been important, considering that in the last few we have found the best three defences in the championship. We still scored 11 goals in ten games, it's clear we're coming from 4 defeats, but paradoxically the performance continued to grow.

…TORINO

Tomorrow we will find a very difficult, very physical team, which I think has 15 clean sheets, which does not concede a goal in the first half hour and which comes from three years of great work done by Juric. In ten games we are demonstrating the numbers of a team that is not where we are in the standings. I want the boys to understand that everything we achieve we get on the pitch, tomorrow we have to play with a healthy madness, a healthy desire to go beyond certain concepts, not make calculations. It is the most delicious opportunity to give credit to what we have done in the last three matches, when we met monsters and Empoli demonstrated that they have an identity. We have a crazy goal in mind, it would be the first time in Empoli's history and I only have this in mind. I live for this.

…DOUBLE STRIKER

Everything can be feasible, we are experimenting with different things, maintaining our game structure which is allowing us to use as many offensive players as possible. From week to week I experiment and understand that my players have the possibility of occupying different spaces, without distorting their characteristics. We have done an incredible job with our staff, because we are performing in a very important way. It means that we are working in the right direction. We didn't start from the same level of form and it's clear that compared to Turin we had less recovery time, but we set up the week ad hoc. We have to build it, like all teams do: the difference is often made by those who join. And in any case, to respond specifically, we tried two different setups.

…INJURY REPORT

This is my regret. There are Ilic, Schuurs and Djidji, then it's a shame for Gineitis because we wanted to see him at work. Gineitis, which is a serious thing. The rest of the team is in excellent shape, we had another good week. We have to demonstrate that we are mentally and physically ready. Sanabria recovered well after treatment, he had an excellent week. Zapata has the continuity of the greats, he always takes care of his body and I see them well.

…ABOUT MATCH

We are solid and perform well, we must continue like this. Sometimes we win and sometimes we don't, but we have been right for several months already. It's always right. When you don't score it means you lack quality, sometimes you don't get your best. There are no regrets other than the injuries: you can't do anything, captain. But it's a regret.

…MENTAL PREPARATION

It all starts from training, it's not like you make a speech and then fix it. You always have to go strong, in the match you need to do what you've tried. We always have to be on the ball, but he seems like a mature Toro: even in difficult times we're always tough. The work on the head is created with time and training and then brought into the match.

…RISKS

I saw them live at San Siro. The difference between us and them is minimal, it all depends on work and the desire to improve. They did well at San Siro, it will be difficult and we will play on the details.