Nicola frustrated by Cremonese regret against Juventus, but also pleased

COMO, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 27: US Cremonese coach Davide Nicola appears on through the Serie A match between Como 1907 and US Cremonese at Giuseppe Sinigaglia Stadium on September 27, 2025 in Como, Italy. (Picture by Marco Luzzani/Getty Pictures)

Davide Nicola is glad Cremonese left their defeat with Juventus feeling ‘remorse’ because it means they put up a battle, together with Jamie Vardy’s second aim in three Serie A video games.

The Grigiorossi suffered solely their second Serie A defeat of the season, conceding the opening aim inside 85 seconds of Luciano Spalletti’s Juve debut.

Each targets have been successfully arrange by Cremonese gamers, because the makes an attempt to anticipate noticed the ball knocked again into the trail of Filip Kostic and Andrea Cambiaso to complete off the strikes.

Vardy bought his second aim within the final three Serie A matches, however it was too little, too late to show this round.

Nicola noticed Cremonese enchancment towards a giant membership

“The lads bought me regretful on the finish, as a result of we felt irritated at having wasted all the first half, however ending towards Juventus with regrets is an efficient factor, particularly after such a poor efficiency with Inter,” Nicola instructed Sky Sport Italia.

“Maybe we have been missing one thing when it comes to physicality within the ultimate third, however essentially I’m happy with the general efficiency. If we had opened it up a bit earlier, it’d’ve been completely different, however this stuff occur towards an opponent of such high quality.

“I consider this may assist the workforce to develop and step up a degree in future. We had three very robust video games this week with restricted choices, however the lads had the appropriate angle and it’s one factor to lose large fixtures when conserving your identification, it’s one other to lose badly with out placing up a battle.”

Spalletti pulled some tactical surprises, sustaining the 3-5-2 formation, however notably with Teun Koopmeiners positioned in the course of a three-man defence, with Manuel Locatelli and Khephren Thuram in midfield.

“We had a tough thought how Juventus would play, maybe altering one or two gamers, as we knew Kenan Yildiz and Kelly have been out. We definitely didn’t count on Thuram to be prepared to begin, however Locatelli defending the defence was one thing we had already evaluated, as he had that place in a Coppa Italia sport,” continued Nicola.

“We attempt to modify the positioning of our three midfielders relying on the opposition, the place we are able to discover the areas and create steadiness. Luckily, all three of our midfielders are versatile and may play just a few completely different roles.

“I’m essentially glad that Cremonese confirmed our solidity once more this night and have been very tough to beat.”

Their solely different defeat of the season was 4-1 to Inter at San Siro on October 4, having crushed Milan, Sassuolo and Genoa.

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