"Our strength was cohesion"

Andrea De Paoli crowned his debut with the Catania jersey by scoring after three minutes of play; in the press room, at the "Veneziani," the rossazzurro forward observes: "The emotion is immense, I couldn't have expected a better debut. The important thing was to bring the match home and fortunately, we succeeded. The dedication is for my grandmother who passed away about ten days ago, so it's for her, who I will miss and who gives me the strength every day to face my journey. If Monopoli's ranking is what it is, it means they have qualities, undoubtedly; I think we were good at being a team, it was a match full of contrasts and second balls. Our strength was cohesion, it seems rhetorical but it's not, and especially after the equalizer, we were good at not getting crushed, we knew how to suffer but also restart with quality; so time, strength, and spirit rewarded us. We are entering the crucial phase of the championship, no one will give anything away, and we will have to be good at facing every match with this spirit, it's useless to make plans and think long-term, we have to face every match as a final to try to always bring home the victory, and on a personal level, the same applies. I'm not a guy who thinks about the distant future, I like to enjoy what I have, live every day with ambition, with serenity, and with lightness, and then face every match to give my best."