Fourth consecutive defeat for the rossoblù between Serie A and Coppa Italia for Cagliari. But Davide Nicola is not so pessimistic: «I have to say that we played a great game except for a quarter of an hour, the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half», his analysis in the press room at the “Penzo” after losing 2-1 . «Venice had managed to be faster and smarter than us at 1-0, this made us nervous. We were careful and made few mistakes, but the few mistakes we make we pay for : it must be accepted, with the serenity of those who know they have to improve and be more concrete in the opportunities that arise. But I don't want to raise the specific weight of the responsibilities, because it takes away serenity. We must keep the bar straight and continue with the same attitude».
On the second goal, many mistakes. " You can always do something more when you suffer, but also when after 2-1 you create four goal opportunities ," says Nicola. "When you come from three games that I think were very good, seeing everything as negative is not right in my opinion. The quality with which we do things is sometimes good, but that final aspect is always missing. We continue to work, I only believe in this." A shot on target in the first half and a goal: "The detail we need to improve on is understanding that every action can have a dangerous outcome. But Cagliari didn't just do this type of first half against Venezia, and in the second half we were the ones who created."
Nicola goes against those who criticize Cagliari's current situation: "We have a clear identity, where the interpretation of men with certain characteristics varies. Other times we put Lapadula with Piccoli, others an offensive midfielder: but we, except for those fifteen minutes, were in good shape. Of course a first half where you end up behind like that burns you, but you have to be good at capitalizing on what you create. I'm not used to seeing everything in black: this is the way to express ourselves ". But there's no need to think about the market now: "Talking about it now would be inconsistent, now I have these players and I'm two less because last year there were Oristanio and Shomurodov. But I'm happy with the guys I have available".
Now for Nicola's Cagliari there is a trio of Lombard teams: Inter at home, Monza and Milan away. "Today Venezia took something they deserved in other games, that's football. Let's hope it happens for us too, we have to do this job convinced that we must never give up. It's too easy, when things go wrong, to think more than they are: I think this team has the potential to reach the objective, of course we have to be ruthless and understand that the opportunities must be converted into goals . I'm sure that these guys will improve even more, because they demonstrate it game after game: playing like this the results will come".