Roberto Donadoni's words at the end of Mantova-Spezia: "I wanted to manage the ball better, and in the second half I decided to bring on Comotto for Nagy, but in the second half, as in the first, Mantova set a different pace for the match, showing more desire, grit, and determination to win, and that's what I regret the most. We have to congratulate them. If you can leave something on the field in terms of quality, you can't do so in terms of determination.
I'll have to review the match, but I have a pretty clear idea of what we did, both with and without the ball, and it's not a question of being tired, but of wanting to play more. There were many situations where we were late on second balls, and when you win back few balls during the game, it's difficult to find the confidence to try to turn the situation around. They were superior in this regard, and that triggers a negative mechanism.
We conceded a couple of absurd goals, to say the least, because when I see a player going alone without ever being challenged, it means you lack determination. you have to try to close him down and make a decision; it's a matter of reading the game and not wanting to concede. Today, it's right to see the glass as half full and not just half empty. Everything that happened today must be a lesson. There's little to justify, but we must learn from it all.
We started by breaking the deadlock, and the signs weren't all that bad, but the problem was what happened after that. When you're in the lead, you have to try to play football, but we did very little, just a few counterattacks, lacking courage on the pitch and failing to find the reaction needed to bring home a positive result. There was too much tension and fear, and when that happens, it escalates into something negative.
When you lose a game like this, you have to work on everything, including your physical condition and your attitude towards your opponents, because today we were too passive. Their substitutes came on with the desire to make an impact, while ours adapted to the mood among their teammates on the pitch, so now we just have to redeem ourselves through hard work.
What matters now is to lift our spirits, which are low, work hard, and hold our heads high to ensure that these situations don't happen again".
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