«In my opinion we played an excellent game up until 2-0, then objectively we dropped off a bit». This is Davide Nicola’s analysis at the end of Juventus-Cagliari 4-0, which marks the elimination of the rossoblù in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup. «We’re sorry, because it’s been a while since Cagliari advanced to the next round: we were so pumped up. We honored the tournament in the best possible way and it’s disappointing because in the first half we could have even found the advantage: that wasn’t the case. At 2-0 there was little to defend, we don’t like to wait and we took risks there.”
Lots of new formations this evening in Cagliari. «Someone has to grow but it was right to see those who have played less at work, because everyone is needed», Nicola’s explanation. «We basically have to create numbers and we don’t have them yet. To do this we must create opportunities, even against very strong opponents. We must try to become more skilled at exploiting them, to shift the inertia of the matches. We are ambitious but also humble and we must recognize the qualities of the opponent, but Cagliari has shown that they have ideas and that they want to honor their commitment to the maximum. Then, of course, we had carelessness and the score was more rounded.”
In closing, Nicola underlines how Cagliari did not snub their commitment: «We didn’t think like that. In fact, we came here tonight knowing that we obviously had to make some changes to keep everyone on track. The intent was to believe in it and we demonstrated it up to 2-0 in a convincing way. Afterwards it must be recognized that Juventus has its qualities: we didn’t succeed in what we wanted, but Cagliari came here to compete.”
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