Udinese coach Luca Gotti felt his men ‘did everything they could’ in the 1-0 defeat to Cagliari. ‘Another game that we lose because of a penalty’.
The Bianconeri are 12th in Serie A after 32 games and sit eight points above relegation with six games left.
The Casteddu secured three vital points in the relegation battle, but Gotti felt his home side did all they could to secure the win.
Udinese coach Luca Gotti felt his men ‘did everything they could’ in the 1-0 defeat to Cagliari. ‘Another game that we lose because of a penalty’.
The Bianconeri are 12th in Serie A after 32 games and sit eight points above relegation with six games left.
The Casteddu secured three vital points in the relegation battle, but Gotti felt his home side did all they could to secure the win.
“From the outside, it actually seemed to me that the team tried to do everything they could,” Gotti said at a press conference after the game.
“We also tried to change the set-up several times, let’s talk about another game that we lose because of another penalty I find it hard to agree with.
“On episodes like that, I find it hard to agree with it, like against Torino it becomes decisive for the score.
“We had several chances, the crossbar, that of [Ilija] Nestorovski, even several balls that passed through the Cagliari box without us being able to materialise.”
The Friuli have lost four of their five last games but Gotti doesn’t believe his players are lacking in motivation.
“As far as Udinese are concerned, there’s no motivational problem,” Gotti said. “The opponents who came here have played games with a lot of heart, but if I see the movie of the match in my head, I see a team that tried to do everything they could.”
But the coach admitted he missed suspended captain Rodrigo de Paul against the Casteddu.
“We can also have this interpretation,” Gotti said. “He’s the player who has found more concreteness in this squad.
“The one who has managed the situations that happened to us in the best way.”