MILAN - Daniele Bernazzani gave his thoughts to Inter Channel after watching his Primavera side draw 1-1 against Udinese and finish top of Group B. "There are no easy matches. Udinese had nothing to lose so they came here looking to play their game. They're a decent side who have done well recently. We could only draw today and that's a shame because we want to win every match. Having said that, we're taking home an important point because it means we win the group; it's the result we needed."
After 43 competitive matches this season (26 in the league, 4 in the Coppa Italia, 9 in the NextGen Series, 4 in the Viareggio Cup), the Primavera will now have a month to recover and prepare for the final stage of the Campionato Primavera. Bernazzani observed: "It won't be easy to take to the field again after such a long time without any competitive action. We'll have to make sure we don't ease off too much and we play friendlies that keep us ticking over at a high tempo."
The coach then analysed today's match: "Perhaps we lacked some of the aggressiveness and determination that we probably would have had if we'd been forced to go for the win; that's obviously a limitation. After taking the lead we did started playing around a bit and took our foot off the pedal. That's something we need to improve on, even though all the matches we'll have now will be decisive and any lapse in concentration is unthinkable."
On how he has done since replacing Stramaccioni: "What mark would I give myself? None, I'm pleased that we've achieved our first target. It was just a question of getting used to the team and keeping things the way they were already set up."
