A defeat that «weighs, weighs a lot. Today, if you had achieved a result, you would have been more and more in the game." Davide Ballardini doesn't mince words when describing his Sassuolo's defeat in Genoa.
Neroverdi took to the field already aware of the defeats of Empoli, Frosinone and Cagliari, therefore a unique opportunity to get back in the running for salvation. Instead, after Pinamonti's advantage, Genoa's comeback came and now the standings are becoming more and more dramatic.
«Now for Sunday's match against Cagliari we can talk about an inside or outside match because if we don't win on Sunday we're out», explains Ballardini, «Today's game wasn't to be lost, maybe you didn't deserve to win but you certainly didn't deserve to LOSE".
«We had many situations in which we could have been dangerous but we weren't good in the last step», analyzes Ballardini, «nor did we take responsibility. I remember some actions with Volpato or Toljan that we didn't finish. We weren't as good and bad as you need to be in the last ten metres. But I don't remember a save from our goalkeeper. Today Sassuolo were well placed on the pitch and conceded almost nothing to their opponent on a pitch that had fans who pushed hard. For me, however, Sassuolo played a good match today against a team that has proven to be strong."
With two days to go for Sassuolo, second to last but with 3 points of safety, the next challenge becomes fundamental. " Until today we could say 'it's important but not decisive', now the next one against Cagliari is decisive as far as we're concerned", comments the coach.
(Unioneonline)
