Pontedera - SPAL, coach Di Carlo’s post-match conference

At the end of the match between Pontedera and SPAL, coach Mimmo Di Carlo reached the press room of the "Ettore Mannucci" Stadium to comment with the journalists present on the match against the Tuscans.

"We knew we were facing a tough away game against a good team that is inside the playoffs and is healthy. It's a pity for the goals we conceded in the end of the first and second half, which cost us the defeat: in soccer you have to score goals and not take any and it's a pity to have conceded two goals as we did. It is an accident on the road that we pay dearly, however, the team still fought until the end without ever giving up. It is necessary to do better on situations like those from which Pontedera's goals originated, but now we have to reset and restart to prepare for next Saturday's game against Carrarese.”

"They are a broken team with a precise identity of play, while we have it but we are not yet at 100 percent. In the second half with Siligardi, Rabbi and Dalmonte up front we thought we could make transitions to go for a goal and instead we conceded it on a goalkeeper's deflection. Today, unlike other occasions, the episodes cost us dearly and did not allow us to bring home points."

"Three players stayed home and two had to leave the field due to injury, but this is soccer and we should not give any kind of alibi to anyone. We saw that SPAL is there and can definitely make their way to salvation, but they have to do it with a little more attention. I can guarantee that we will not give an inch, we will still try to take the best from this match and, in view of the next game, to correct the mistakes made. Today my players until the end did not give up anything and this is the right mentality. Let's reset and restart, as I said, because in this team the qualities are there, but in some circumstances it is necessary to be shrewder and less light."