Davide Nicola proud after defeat to Atalanta
David Nicholas proud despite defeat
Davide Nicola, Cagliari coach, swells his chest despite the defeat to Atalanta. "There's no regrets, we met two teams that scored 16 wins and finishing both games with the feeling that we could take 2 points è rewarding – he stressed to Dazn microphones -. It must give us awareness, working like this; sooner or later you get what you deserve. We must give credit to a strong opponent but also say that today Cagliari played a great match".
On the penalty not conceded in the first half for a touch of Kossounou’s hand: "These are episodes that happen, I have my own precise idea but I never feel like reducing a performance to a single episode. It will be the referees to evaluate".
"When you face teams like that you have to have humility" and recognize the qualities of others,” added the Sardinians’ coach in a press conference. “It’s about waiting, having confidence and letting the players grow. This does not come immediately, at the end of the first round we will make assessments. The match è was interpreted very well, we switched from a 4 to a 3 defense, with good results. In the end we also tried with centimeters up front, although we suffered a bit of frenzy".
"With Luvumbo we were playing a different possibility of the game, especially in the moments when we had to restart. Once he came out we had to change our strategy, focusing on stretching out as a staff. Deiola? I wanted physicalityà in the middle of the field, and skill; in set balls. Along with him I included the qualitiesà in the insertion phase of Adopo and Makoumbou" concluded Nicola.