At the end of the derby lost at the Mapei Stadium by his Reggiana to Modena, the Granata coach spoke in the post-match press conference William Avenues.
“The biggest disappointment is for our fans. Due to their determination and desire to get the result, the team was right. Today I’m pissed off: they canceled out a shocking goal for us, then the match changed. They tell us that the referees have to evaluate the extent of the fouls in Portanova’s actions. This is shocking. Modena has this attitude from set pieces, we had the misfortune of not returning the ball well the match and he postponed it. It’s fair to say that we could have been more qualitative. In a siege, there is no great tactical development, you have to put as many balls as possible in the penalty area and hope the boys’ performance satisfies me, we should have pushed harder in the last sixteen metres. Balanced match, conditioned by episodes, we would have deserved a draw. We are sorry to have lost it for the people and for our possible leap in quality. We put Modena in the last 25m time, in the end I tried two strikers and two attacking midfielders. The VAR left us a hundredth of a second, it seemed like a command for the referee. Seeing it again made me much more angry.”