A “proud” Rolando Maran accepts Cagliari didn’t take their chances against Lazio but insists “other matches stop earlier, even when there’s VAR.”
Lazio scored twice during stoppage time to seal a 2-1 win, leaving Cagliari to rue their wasted opportunities at the other end.
“If we had closed the game, we would have been talking about a completely different match,” Maran told Sky Sport Italia.
“We had seven clear chances. We created a lot, more than Lazio. We didn’t concede much.”
A “proud” Rolando Maran accepts Cagliari didn’t take their chances against Lazio but insists “other matches stop earlier, even when there’s VAR.”
Lazio scored twice during stoppage time to seal a 2-1 win, leaving Cagliari to rue their wasted opportunities at the other end.
“If we had closed the game, we would have been talking about a completely different match,” Maran told Sky Sport Italia.
“We had seven clear chances. We created a lot, more than Lazio. We didn’t concede much.”
“There’s a lot of talk about the regulation, but other matches stop earlier, even when there’s VAR involved.
“The guys gave everything they had, something that makes us proud.”
Despite that, the coach wants to see the Rossoblu “continue like this” as the manner of their defeat was “a great sign”.
“We are aware that we want to continue like this. There’s a lot of anger. When you play against Lazio, creating six chances, it’s a great sign.
“We leave defeated, but with our heads held high. We had to make three forced changes.
“We played with 10 at the end because of [Fabrizio] Cacciatore’s injury. This was the right path and I have to congratulate the lads.”