Parma, 18 December 2022 – Comments made by the Crociati’s coach Fabio Pecchia, after Parma vs SPAL, on matchday 18 of Serie BKT 2022-23.

WE CREATED A LOT, BUT THIS WAS NOT ENOUGH
“It’s a loss that stings. Congratulations to our opponents, but I also congratulate my boys. This is a match we have seen before, at home, where we pick up very little, but we look ahead. The team must continue to work like this, I like to see this attitude. But we have to win games, we leave ourselves too much to do on the road. I reiterate my compliments to the boys for what they do and for what they produce, obviously we wanted some points from this game. We must continue to persist and work. We must keep our enthusiasm high in such a young team, because when you perform like this and go home beaten, the team must continue to believe”.

A FRUSTRATING DEFEAT THAT WEIGHS ON OUR CONSCIENCE
“They were better, simple as that. We have been leaving ourselves a lot to do on the road for several games, the opponents take advantage of it. There is work to be done, but certainly when you create so much, matches can also be turned around, today the first half was of a very high level. I don’t need to say anything to my team about quality or level of play, SPAL barely entered our half. We have to be more clinical in front of goal however, more precise, that’s for sure. The team works well, our goalkeeper always comes out unscathed. This makes us angry, it weighs, but we must accept the result”. 

BLOCKING PREVAILED OVER CREATIVITY
“Waste of time? It seems that defensive behaviour is favoured, I understand the attitude of the opposing team that has to do its own. But I would like a different protection because you risk losing, you don’t play with rhythm. In the second half there was no play, the rhythm was broken. Credit to SPAL, but in certain situations sitting back and defending is favoured and not those who want to take a game forward. It has happened to us several times already, that’s why I got angry. The sending-off? I think the assessment that was reviewed is correct, I don’t say anything, that’s fair. But regarding everything else, about certain moments of the conduct and with the game being interrupted, it’s like not playing at all”.