From the edge of Feyenoord‘s pitch, just a few minutes before kick-off, Barzaghi from Sky Sport described a focused warm-up by the Nerazzurri, intent on isolating themselves from the pressures of the opposing crowd even before the initial whistle.
The journalist then linked that concentration to the words spoken before the match by Marotta, explaining what the Nerazzurri president means when he talks about a healthy group and the absence of “bad apples”: “We often talk about the importance of coaches, first Inzaghi, then Chivu. But it should also be emphasized how this team, often in difficult moments, has closed the locker room door and confronted each other, as the players themselves are telling us, and has also resolved problems among the players themselves.”
“This is what Marotta means when he talks about a healthy group and that there are no bad apples: the group faces difficult moments, they confront each other and try to overcome them all together,” Barzaghi concluded.
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