Modena, January 27, 2024 - The statements from manager Fabio Pecchia, released at the end of Modena v Parma, on Matchday 22 of the Serie BKT championship.

'I congratulate Modena; they deserved the victory, and we deserved the defeat. When the field is so clear and the outcome is so evident, we can't go searching for many situations. The verdict was obvious, a below-par performance from us. Beyond the result, with Venezia and Lecco, we had performances where we did things differently. Then the matches were lost, but today was a completely different defeat. It's always a defeat, anyway. Modena played its game; we'll go home and analyze a below-par performance. There was disappointment and regret; we intended to play a completely different game, setting a different pace, intensity, and quality, but we couldn't. We are capable of doing much better than today. Every match must provide technical, tactical, management, and also mentality indications. I am sure we will find the right inspiration for the next game.

There are no beautiful or less beautiful defeats; defeats always sting and are bitter. We hold onto it tightly to face the next one; what happened today, we must leave behind. It was a poor performance, and we already starting to refresh ourselves on our goals tomorrow, we have the desire to have a fresh start. Irregularity in Modena's second goal? Talking about an incident in a game like this seems too simplistic. When I talk about the performance and the game, I don't discard anything because there are indications. The approach wasn't bad; we positioned ourselves in the opponent’s half to find the right space to enter. We couldn't, and we found ourselves a goal down. A bit of nervousness, and the game became increasingly complicated.'