DT of Benevento on Lapadula: “He was wrong in January to express his desire to leave in that way”

This Tuesday, Gianluca Lapadula he was once again the hero of benevento by scoring the winning goal against Pisa for the semi-final leg of the Serie B Promotion Playoffs. That is how, after the game, they consulted Fabio Caserta, the team’s manager, about the ‘Bambino’ and his answer caught the attention of Europe and Peru.

“We are happy because winning is always good. We have achieved a very important result, but now we have to recover physical and mental energy for the return leg. I’m happy because winning was important.”he began by saying. “I didn’t want to change Lapadula before his goal. He wanted to put Moncini in Calò’s place and move Tello back, and then put Moncini up front. After the advantage, I decided to switch to Lapadula. Winning is good but we don’t have to think about the second leg. In this game, we shouldn’t think that a draw is enough.”he added.

Later, he referred to what happened with Gianluca Lapadula in January of this year, when the striker had allegedly refused to play to force his departure from the club.

“In my opinion, he had made a mistake in January in expressing his desire to leave for personal reasons in that way. He was wrong, then he argued, he spoke with the club and it was all about returning to the ranks, but not being able to count on him was not a positive factor. neither for me, nor for the club, nor for the player himself. Now, however, we have to look forward and think about the present, not the past: we have gone one step further but I don’t want to stop.”concluded Fabio Caserta.

SERIES B PLAYOFFS

This Saturday, May 21, Benevento will face Pisa again for the second leg semifinal. The winner will continue in the race for promotion.