"It went very well, especially in the first half but in general, I saw good spirit. Prior to this match, Verona were 10 points ahead of us, but we deserved this win. Matri is our player and Antonelli and Antonini both came from our Youth Sector. Having a teenager like Petagna is not something every club has. I liked the way he came on and the substitutions were spot on. Seedorf did well in that.

He’s given things a shake up and a beneficial one. This is his first match, at the start of this week he was training as a player and today he won his first game as a coach. It looks like we‘re starting off on the right foot. We hope he’ll be as successful as Sacchi and Capello.

We’re not selling Balotelli. He got here this time last year and scored 12 goals in 13 games. He’s calm and he dedicated the goals to his coach. I think there’s a good feeling between the two of them.

A good coach has to take account of the players that he has and their characteristics. With Leonardo, we were playing Brazilian style, similar to Santana, the Brazilian coach and Seedorf plays with two in front of the back four as well. We’ll try and keep doing well. We’re behind in the league but we’re still in three competitions. We’re the only Italian side in the Champions League and we have to keep our heads held high. We’re in the Italian cup and we’ll do our sums at the end of the season. Wednesday is an important game as the Coppa Italia can get us into the Europa League next season. We’re lucky that we’re playing at home. We have 25 points and we have a lot of work to do.

Brocchi’s youth team have done well. Our Youth Sector has given us De Sciglio, Abate, Petagna, Cristante and a lot of other players in other Serie A teams. We have to be positive. If we play like this, we’ll do well for the rest of the season.

The home matches without the Curva Sud aren’t the same. Let’s all hope we’ll be back to normal soon.”