SPICE. Perhaps Mazzarri has seen us for a long time. The Cagliari coach after the defeat against Lazio had spoken of presumption. Against Spezia the team abused the dribble, losing …
SPICE. Perhaps Mazzarri has seen us for a long time. The Cagliari coach after the defeat against Lazio had spoken of presumption. Against Spezia the team abused the dribble, losing “bloody” balls that the opponents turned into gold. Building from below is not a defect, but you have to do it when you can, without forcing, otherwise the risk is to put those in front of you in the position of hurting you. More or less this is the picture of the defeat suffered on Saturday at the “Picco” by the rossoblùs. And here comes the presumption that in some situations of the race takes the place of humility. Cagliari is a license that cannot be afforded.
Alarm. After the series of useful results, two defeats in a row that bring everyone back to earth. “On Saturday we were punished by two technical errors that have courage in Spezia – underlines the Cagliari coach -. After the wrong penalty, the inertia of the match had to go to our side, but we got scared and they created many difficulties for us. Today I will speak with the boys, we must leave immediately and already think about Milan. We have seen that we can do well when we put certain concepts into practice. Cagliari must wake up, otherwise we will lose the advantage given by the good things we have done in the last period ».
Character. The team seems to have forgotten that he raised his head when he put his heart and soul on the pitch. If you lose the individual duels, if you always arrive after the opponents on the second balls, it means only two things: either you are not physically fit, or you are not in the game. Given that the last two defeats have different origins, Mazzarri’s team is lacking that determination that has put teams like Atalanta, Napoli and Fiorentina to the whip. “I always remind the boys that now the opponents respect us – Mazzarri explains – and they wait with more spirit and preparation than before, the result of our good results in 2022. We must understand this and have the right mentality to get back to doing well”.
Remedies. Meanwhile, the direct competitors do not go a thousand then. Sampdoria are only one point ahead and Cagliari are fourth from bottom at the moment, even if Venezia have a game to catch up. There remains the regret of having wasted a gigantic number of opportunities to get out of trouble. There was bad luck, this is true, but also many mistakes paid for at a high price. «They could have had at least five points more», a refrain that Mr. Mazzarri often repeats. But maybe the goalkeeper Cragno is right when he says: «We have to do our best to be able to improve. The other teams have begun to get to know us and often close in defense to strike at the restart ». A defect to correct. Quickly.
R.M.