"In the eyes of the boys, a sense of belonging"

In the press room, Mr. Toscano answered journalists' questions: "Prioritizing the championship over the Coppa Italia was a choice agreed upon during the week. In a developmental path, it's important to see the youth sector players; I believe that for the growth of these young players, it's an important experience and they will remember it for a lifetime, as I said before the match. It happens to all players starting out to have their first opportunity, and today they had it: I think it's also a pride for Catania and the fans to see their boys wearing the Catania jersey. For 45 minutes, in my opinion, they played a good game and held up physically and mentally, then it's normal for the values to emerge. We also aimed to give playing time to those who were playing less, and we did that. Annoyance at the magnitude of the result? That wasn't the goal; we knew it would be a tough commitment for the boys supported by 3-4 more experienced players; I'm interested in the experience they had to have today: wearing this jersey, playing in this stadium, and understanding what it takes to one day become a stable part of such a team. I'm happy because I saw in the boys' eyes the sense of belonging and the desire to give something to Catania; regarding the result, it's normal for the values to emerge after 60 minutes from a physical and impact standpoint. We could have parked the bus in front of the goal to avoid conceding more goals, but it wouldn't have helped; instead, I tried to give them courage, as if they were playing in their team, the Primavera, and until the 45th minute, I saw good things. Growth comes from these matches: if you don't put them in these matches, you never know what they can give you for a match, a half, five or twenty minutes; from here on, their growth will be seen, and I'm convinced that over the course of the championship, some of these young players can be useful to the cause. The injured? Lunetta joins tomorrow, for Guglielmotti we await the final training because in these two days he will have to do differentiated work to understand if he will be available for Saturday, De Rose will start to push a bit with the group, but at this moment we have to focus on the match with Cavese. We will start working from tomorrow; we are aware of coming from two championship matches where growth has been important, and we must insist on that path. Sturaro is starting to work with the group, eager, the question is how long the path taken will hold; I see him very motivated even in the small segments with us, he is showing impact and personality, let's see in these days how his recovery proceeds. The challenge with Cavese? Classic match of this group, it's a very annoying and organized team that concedes few spaces, we will need the best Catania as against Trapani in the championship and Avellino."