“Important response but we need to improve”

After the 1-1 draw with Foggia, coach Lucarelli responded to the journalists' questions in the press room: "What I said on the eve of this match was not superstition, Foggia and Catania have values and these are teams that at the moment they are making less than they are potentially worth, but with their change of manager bringing something more in terms of motivation and the transfer market it was a sight unseen game. Paradoxically, we suffered less when outnumbered than in the first half in which we made so many mistakes; considering the man less we didn't steal anything but we have to improve, even if there was an important character response. It's true that the Italian Cup can be a shortcut but we face 18 matches in 74 days, our training sessions are wind-down and finishing sessions, we have no opportunity to work from a tactical and pitch point of view. Our enemy is time and with so many close commitments we have to grit our teeth and know how to suffer like today, there are no alternatives. It's not easy but since it's not impossible there's already a possibility. We must make a virtue of necessity even if we lose Haveri, suspended, and Zammarini due to the knee injury. I would like to give those who return after the injury the opportunity to catch their breath but it's not possible, my job is to be able to find solutions."