After the defeat against Alcione Milano, the Pergolettese coach Giacomo Curioni he commented in the press conference: Against Arzignano we should have gained something more, today too. We started well, there was a great reaction after the initial deficit and then we quickly doubled the lead.
We tried to regain our mental energy, the boys gave a great response in terms of spirit: Alcione Milano have many points in the standings and many possibilities of keeping the defensive intensity high with substitutions, plus their goalkeeper has done some good saves. It’s a shame we weren’t able to equalize it. On the right I needed width and Anelli’s change was in this perspective.
We needed more quality in the last pass, but after a performance like that it’s difficult to criticize my players. With the changes we tried to give the team new inertia, but it became increasingly difficult. After a defeat like this, we will have to try to recover on a mental level during the week: it is a heavy knockout considering what was expressed on the pitch, now we have two days of rest and from Tuesday I am sure that the team will prepare as best as possible in view of the next race. We all win and lose together, today we lost as a team and we will get back up as a team: I don’t want to crucify anyone.”