Half happy. Cesc Fabregas he returns from Turin with an important performance – at times super as he himself defined it at the end of the match – but without points in the standings for his Como. Who always plays well, but often doesn’t collect in proportion. It happened in Naples before the national break, partly last week with Parma at home and yesterday in Turin against Vanoli’s Granata. Lots of action, lots of effort, but zero points. The Spanish coach starts from the group, solid as a rock: “It’s normal that you’re not happy if you don’t win, but I can say that I saw a compact team in Turin too. We are a family more than ever – he added – even if football is like this, often unfair. We deserved so much more. Only Juve were stronger than us, in the others we would have deserved much more, even in Turin: today (yesterday) I was struck by how my Como team played and as a coach, I can only thank them for the performance”
Fabregas also considered the talent of Nico Paz, who was replaced last night in the second half: “Not well in the first half, he then recovered. Eventually he was tired and I replaced him. He’s a young boy and needs to be managed well. We need to be calm with him, we have to be patient. You can’t always ask to go to the top. I’ve been saying this for a long time. The fans always ask for a lot, which is normal for someone like him. But I repeat: it must be managed as best as possible race after race.”
And from the Como coach, a caress also to those who – like Braunoder – gave a lot last championship and last night Torino committed a defensive negligence that cost them the match goal. Like a good family man, here is Cesc at the end of the match: “We spoke with him, he is a golden boy who gave a lot for promotion to Serie A. Today, after a period of inactivity, he has entered a difficult moment and he handled it well. Then a small mistake can happen. No drama. But I think football hasn’t been fair to us, not only tonight, but also in the last 5-6 games. I’m sorry for the boys and their commitment. Losing like this is difficult to accept, but this is football: we have to look ahead and try to redeem ourselves already on Thursday at the next one at home.” In short, the coach is already focused on the next one: Thursday at Sinigaglia against Lazio, an opportunity to return to winning as well as playing well.