Another 1-0, but this time against us: after the one against Verona, the one against Florence . But Davide Nicola, after Fiorentina-Cagliari, finds good indications: «It gives greater awareness», he says. «We doubled our opponents for xG, had more ball possession and did better in the second half. We introduced different characteristics, which perhaps would not have been developed like this in the first half: the match was played and interpreted with the right awareness, so much so that at the end of the match I told the boys that when we increase this type of arrogance to play regardless of the opponent and home/away, the points will come . Because I challenge anyone to say that Cagliari would not have deserved at least one point».
Nicola complains about the 1-0: « For me the goal is in active offside because Kouamé disturbs a lot, but we accept it with great serenity», the explanation of the Cagliari coach. «And not in my opinion: if you freeze the image it is like that, it certainly affects the shot. This does not change the fact that I am not saying that we lost because this choice was made . What I am saying is that Cataldi puts it in the top corner while we, on the same action, find a deflection. In the second half we had to find even more quality to improve in the development of the game, especially in the final pass and in the deflection on goal. But it must be noted that the teams were built for different objectives. Our objective is not only to be satisfied with putting in important performances, but to want to get points even on a pitch like the one in Florence».
Nicola points out Viola's substitution at half-time in Fiorentina-Cagliari: «In the first half Nicolas was unable to get us going again with the quality we know he has», he declares. «In the second half a player like Gaetano came on, then the game strategy was to maintain a fast pace of play to find the gap on the right in the spaces that Fiorentina usually allows . I want the team to be increasingly aware that in these games they can take points: then we can lose, but we have to raise the bar».