Cagliari's first defeat of the season comes with many regrets, due to the many missed opportunities and the fact that they did not take advantage of a half in numerical superiority.
The 1-0 in Lecce gives Davide Nicola some indications to be able to have an impact during the break. «Serie A is also this: we need to maintain the mentality of proposing the game, but we need to improve and score goals when we produce so much, being more careful on set pieces», the message that the coach sends to the team as an explanation for the KO. «The boys produced a lot: apart from the two crossbars, one at 0-0, and the two one-on-one opportunities with the goalkeeper, we were unable to find the man on many balls inside the area. They were sensational and clear, from this point we need to try to improve. But, despite having two days less recovery than Lecce, the team has shown that they are doing well».
Bitterness. Nicola is not happy at all with not having brought home any points from Via del Mare: «A draw tonight would have made us nervous, imagine what it means to have lost». A situation that does not satisfy him also because, in the 45th minute, Dorgu was shown a red card that could have turned the match around. «The incidents change the dynamics: they, left with ten men, closed themselves in the area to try to delay the spaces between the lines and we had to make the ball circulation faster and more qualitative. In the second half we created many opportunities to bring it our way, but in the end in football it matters what you finish off. We also often delayed the final pass».