Serse Cosmi saw the problem clearly when Crotone lost 2-1 to Udinese. ‘We weren’t our usual selves when attacking today. Unfortunately, we were our usual selves when defending.’
Nwankwo Simy’s penalty had temporarily equalised, but Rodrigo De Paul bagged a victorious brace.
Serse Cosmi saw the problem clearly when Crotone lost 2-1 to Udinese. ‘We weren’t our usual selves when attacking today. Unfortunately, we were our usual selves when defending.’
Nwankwo Simy’s penalty had temporarily equalised, but Rodrigo De Paul bagged a victorious brace.
“We started well, didn’t run many risks and had a couple of chances with Molina. Then as time wore on, I don’t know what happened, the attitude changed and even physically the team was losing the ball cheaply in transitions,” the coach told Sky Sport Italia.
“There was a 15-20 minute period where Udinese played entirely in our half and that’s when they scored the goal. We made adjustments in the second half, did well to stay in it, the penalty I thought would boost our enthusiasm and push us on to overturn the game.
“Instead, De Paul’s second goal came moments later. We had this huge chance with Simy hitting the post and Riviere tap-in cleared off the line, but other than that, I will admit we weren’t our usual selves when attacking today.
“Unfortunately, we were our usual selves when defending.”
Crotone are practically doomed to relegation at this point, but Cosmi’s future is still up in the air, as the team certainly improved since he took over from Giovanni Stroppa.
“I haven’t been working at Crotone long, but I think they still understood I am proud to have been called to a Serie A club after such a long time and will always be grateful. I don’t care if I came here because someone else turned it down. I am curious, I like the club and I ask for nothing.
“On the one hand, there’s the work that is seen on the pitch, but then there are also the results. If results don’t come, the club has to work out if that’s because the work is insufficient or if it’s because there simply aren’t the resources to do any more.
“As the great Carlo Mazzone used to say, coaching is a wonderful profession until the weekend.”