"To be a competitive team, we have to push hard and give more than 100%. I expect this from everyone, I am lucky to have guys with these characteristics and dedication. When we have shown this, we have shown more quality than we thought we had". Rolando Maran requires an effort for this match, given that the energies have also been consumed, due to the compression of the challenges. But, the Italian technician is clear in his idea of what he expects from his players in the confrontation, very important for the objective, with Finland.
Maran is also clear about how the match will be played, ruling out any idea of seeing an entertaining challenge, something for which he was criticized quite a bit in the match won in San Marino two days ago: "The difference between Belarus and Finland? They are two teams that have different playing systems, but they are very organized. Finland is a difficult team, they make the opponent play badly. They are similar in the way they stay on the field, very tight, which denies the opposing team speed."
Focusing on the players, the newest duality born in the team is between Pilos and Mitaj on the left wing of defense: "They are players who can have different roles, have different characteristics. They cannot complement each other by playing together, they can alternate, like currently". The new approach, which seemed like a discovery of Maran, Shkodra's Kerjota, has not yet been seen on the field and an explanation from the technician for this controversial choice was needed: "I have invited a few more players to complete the group, as there were many matches and I wanted to get to know them. He did not have the opportunity, or it was not the moment to line him up, but he was part of an introduction to this group to get to know him better. Let's see if the opportunity arises, but it was foreseen".
