"When I hear the word 'easy', I get shivers, because there are matches that can be more or less tiring, but there are no easy ones. We saw it in San Marino when for 15 minutes we slowed down and risked conceding a goal. This clearly shows the difficulties that any team can create when you are the first to create these facilities for the other". Rolando Maran has not yet overcome the blow he received in Helsinki, when he lost the match with two shots on goal by the opponent, thanks to the mistakes of the red and black goalkeepers. It cannot be otherwise, such a "tremble" from San Marino, a team that closes the FIFA rankings.
The Italian coach, at the press conference on the eve of the challenge with the national team of the country with 34 thousand inhabitants, also explained how he saw this series of matches: "There has definitely been good progress, beyond the fact that we slowed down when we secured the result with San Marino. But the match with Finland came and we thought about managing the fatigue. Fatigue that served because 10 against 11 was not seen. The team is good, many things have been perceived. I carried forward what was my idea on the field with the players. The players were fantastic in following, in availability, they have not missed a training session, an analysis, they have faced everything with great commitment. I am very happy that such alchemy is not always found. But I feel that there is a desire to grow and do things together and this pleases me".
However, as befits him, Maran has defended Etrit Berisha and Alen Sherri, negative protagonists in the defeat with Finland: "There are roles and roles, we all make mistakes, me first. For the goalkeeper, mistakes are decisive, so we must be supportive and understand that when the goalkeeper makes a mistake, it has a special importance. But I have a lot of faith in the goalkeepers who have come onto the field. I am sorry that I will not have either Berisha who is disqualified or Sherri because he left the field with a muscular problem. So Mario will play. I am sorry that they are not, but Mario will have this opportunity because I have a lot of faith in him."
