Second consecutive defeat for Latina, beaten at home by Giugliano. The Nerazzurri coach, Pasquale Padalinoanalyzes del Francioni’s match like this: “We conceded yet another goal from a set piece, how can you explain a defeat like that? I don’t know how many saves from the opposing goalkeeper, chances and corners we collected and yet we weren’t able to win. I can’t blame the boys for anything because they gave everything but unfortunately the episodes have an impact and today the episode is very difficult for us. I tried to change formation by placing three of us in the middle of the field, when I saw that we were becoming long and not very brilliant it was enough but the defeat was not the result of tactical issues. We conceded a goal on a great free-kick by De Rosa, which also arose from a possible foul in our favor shortly before. I have to persevere because it is impossible not to get results while playing in this way. We certainly lack something in terms of individuality but the team is aware of it. We don’t lack balance, otherwise I would change something, but the truth is that we don’t suffer against our opponents, even if in the end we don’t win games. Maybe it’s a problem of attitude, because in the open field we have difficulties due to the individual characteristics we have, but it’s like nitpicking because the facts show that we only concede goals from inactive balls. I take the criticism, I feel sorry for the boys because they don’t deserve it given the effort they put in.”
Padalino silences rumors about a possible change on the bench: “The club has confirmed their trust in me and if it were to change, I would have no remorse because I know I did everything I could. We coaches are always in discussion, I was sent away from Lecce as second in the table. Today the president came on the bench to shake my hand, I don’t know if he did it to silence the chatter around my position or he did it as a spontaneous gesture, in any case I appreciated it very much.”