Carlos Cuesta made no try and deflect accountability after , accepting private blame and acknowledging that his facet produced a efficiency nicely beneath the requirements that had made them one in every of Serie A’s extra compelling tales in current months.
The result’s a critical blow to Parma’s survival hopes.
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Having gone 5 video games unbeaten and given real trigger for optimism, back-to-back defeats to Torino and now Cremonese have left Cuesta’s facet wanting over their shoulder with eight fixtures remaining and the hole closing in.
The Spanish coach was forthright in his evaluation.
“Now we have not but spoken within the dressing room, however the feeling is obvious, we didn’t stay as much as expectations,” he mentioned, with . “We have to analyse and work to get again to the dynamic we had till two weeks in the past.”
NAPLES, ITALY – JANUARY 14: Head coach Carlos Cuesta of Parma Calcio 1913 gestures in the course of the Serie A match between SSC Napoli and Parma Calcio 1913 at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on January 14, 2026 in Naples, Italy. (Photograph by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Pictures)
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Parma 0-2 Cremonese – Cuesta accepts blame for disappointing loss
He was equally direct when figuring out the place issues went fallacious, pointing to an absence of sharpness in urgent and duels slightly than any situation with angle.
“The primary individual accountable is me, I would like to take a look at myself fastidiously to assist the gamers in the absolute best approach.”
Cuesta additionally highlighted a structural drawback that has lingered all through the season, the problem in connecting play by the midfield to the forwards.
“For those who can not contain the midfielders and progress the ball ahead, all the things turns into tougher,” he mentioned. “Even once we win the ball again, we should be extra exact in exploiting the areas earlier than the opposition reorganises.”
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With the worldwide break now arriving, Cuesta was clear in regards to the precedence.
“Above all we’d like readability, the target has not been reached and we all know how troublesome the remaining calendar is,” he mentioned. “We should concentrate on ourselves, enhance in each space, and focus on crucial factors to get a end result in opposition to Lazio.”