Despite the defeat Stefano Rossini tries to look at the glass half full. «Today I saw a great team that, despite the numerical inferiority, played a beautiful match. This defeat must not affect our path and our awareness. I would be worried if I saw a team in difficulty. We lacked a bit of clarity in the attacking phase in the second half. Marquez’s expulsion? I don’t want to comment on it. Caldiero Terme is one of the teams that will fight until the end of the championship to win and I am proud of my boys. We emerge stronger from this match, certainly not diminished. Starting from Tuesday we will return to training more motivated than ever.”
Then came Captain Silva’s words. «We did well to break the deadlock, then we conceded an avoidable goal. Then, despite the numerical inferiority and the disadvantage we played a great second half, but unfortunately we weren’t able to score the equalizer. Now we must transform this anger into determination in view of the next matches also because our destiny is still in our hands.”
The report cards
Moro 5.5: it’s not that he has any major faults, on the contrary, he is attentive and precise, but he could have done better on Baldani’s free kick.
Neapolitan 6: absolutely not shipwrecked. Iob’s defection puts him in a very high role in the first half (third in the trident) with covering duties on D’Agostino and carries out everything second term. In the second half he covers the defense and does well there too.
Silva 6: a couple of excellent closures prevent the collapse.
Sum 5.5: we don’t want to punish him for the expulsion, the error comes from Corradi, in fact he is also clever enough to knock the opponent out of the area but he is unlucky because Baldani’s free kick is still worth 2-1. In any case, it is always better to remain with eleven men rather than ten, especially with 45 minutes of the race ahead, therefore only half a point less.
Articles 5: tidy, he limits himself to the task until he fails to close on Fasan which triggers the equalizer, after which he gradually disappears from the match. From 33′ st Marquez 5: definitely avoidable expulsion because his reaction to a stopped game, in addition to being of no use, also puts the team in crisis in the next match.
Gerbaudo 6: a couple of conclusions that could have been much better, he invents a veronica and the assist from which Recino’s goal was born and in the second half his volleyed conclusion was straight into the goal but was saved on the line by the home defense. From the 11th minute Zini 5.5: enters, causes a bit of confusion but does little.
Corradi 5: he doesn’t play badly, but he remains a victim of events and is unable to change his pace. His short back pass was decisive, in a very simple area, which triggered Somma’s expulsion and the 2-1 goal.
Toure 5: he struggles at the start, as the minutes go by he becomes foul and staid, he ends up performing half as well as the others. Today we needed pace in the middle. From 25′ st Baudouin 6: he enters a particular phase of the match, he only has to cover Caldiero’s counterattacks and overall he does it well.
D’Agostino 5: he lights up in spurts, a couple of interesting and enlightening plays, however it’s too little for someone like him in a match like this.
Ndoye 5.5: he starts out very active and with a lot of desire, but fades away as the game progresses. From the 23rd minute Russo 5.5: he doesn’t give the shock that would have been needed, it must be said that he too enters a delicate moment with Piacenza with ten men and in difficulty.
Recino 6: he fights, he blurts out, he suffers the header of the home defense but the only good ball that is delivered to him unlocks the scoreboard.
Rossini 5.5: his Piacenza showed too much nervousness in such a delicate match, the sudden absence of Iob paid for it, but today the team, in addition to being without rhythm – and a match like this from Caldiero was predictable – also appeared excessively frayed in midfield.
